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Alaska has recently taken center stage in multiple theatrical releases such as "The Proposal" and "The Fourth Kind" and in television reality shows including, "The Deadliest Catch," "The Alaska Experiment" and the recently debuted "Alaska State Troopers." Unfortunately, the major film releases featuring Alaska had minimal impact on the state economy because they were, for the most part, filmed out-of-state with places such as Massachusetts and Canada filling in for Alaska. And, while the reality telev  

The state law used to commit mental patients against their will is now being used to hold alcoholics at an Anchorage treatment center that held its grand opening Wednesday. The involuntary commitment provision has been allowed for years under state law, specifically Title 47, which is used to commit people for psychiatric treatment at the state mental hospital. But until this year, the state didn't provide any funding to force alcoholics or addicts to get sober.  

Beyond differences in substance and message, the campaigns of the two finalists for mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough offer a contrast in style and resources. Where Luke Hopkins has received a level of financial support not seen for a municipal candidate in Fairbanks in years, Tammie Wilson has received backing through a small-budget, door-to-door campaign. The candidates split two-thirds of the vote in the municipal election's first round.

Theyre learning as they go   -Tammie Wilson

 

Four local men accused of sexual assault appeared in Dawson County District Court Friday morning to enter pleas in their cases. The State of Nebraska alleges that Johnny Ellis, 32, had sexual penetration with a 12-year-old minor on or about Sept. 11, 2009. He is charged with two counts of first-degree forcible sexual assault, a Class II felony which could net him up to 100 years in prison if he is found guilty.  

Gov. Sean Parnell is proposing the state pay the entire Alaska college or job training tuition for every high school student who graduates with a A average and takes four years of math, science and language arts. Students who graduate with a B could get 75 percent of their tuition covered under the plan. Even C-plus students would get half their tuition paid for by the state under what the new governor wants to call the Governor's Performance Scholarship.

No matter who you are, no matter where you live, no matter what your personal circumstances, you can get a college education or you can get the job training you need to be a vital part of our work force   -Sean Parnell

 

KAY MILLER, No. 2 at Spuyten Duyval West, 115 yards, 7-wood. Thursday: Sunday: Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m.  

Anchorage's only methadone clinic, facing an influx of patients and not enough funding to treat them, has stopped accepting into treatment all new patients, including pregnant women. The downtown Narcotic Drug Treatment Center has been plagued with waiting lists for years, and until last week was accepting pregnant women on a priority basis. It now has 87 patients on its active roster but is only funded for 85, said clinical director Ron Greene.

Part of that is because we don't have capacity right now   -Anna Nelson

 

The Defiance boys golf team claimed the 2009 Western Buckeye League crown, outplaying the field by 11 strokes to clinch its first title since 1998. "I feel great for the kids, they earned it," explained DHS coach Steve Maxey. "We used all four sophomore's scores and they handled the pressure well. They played with their heads and made smart decisions."  

Last Friday, Darrel Hess, the newly appointed Homeless Coordinator for the city of Anchorage, along with a handful of state and municipal employees, got his first look at one of the cornerstones of Mayor Sullivan's recently announced plan to address the issue of homelessness in Anchorage. The group, which included Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis (D-Anchorage), the state's director of Health and Social Services, Melissa Stone, the city's Health and Social Services director Diane Ingle, and the city's in

We will pay, it’s how we choose to pay   -Johnny Ellis

 

If Rep. Scott Kawasaki, D-Fairbanks, has been irritable this week, it's for good reason. He's hungry. The state lawmaker normally eats five meals per day, big and small, including meat, fresh fruit and fresh vegetables.

It's harder than I thought   -Scott Kawasaki