Juneau and Southeast Alaska Economic Indicators 2010

Editor's note: Every year, the Juneau Economic Development Council (JEDC) prepares an economic indicators report for Juneau and the entire Southeast Alaskan region. What follows is the executive summary of the report.

UPDATE: Nettleton schools drop race as criteria for class officers

NETTLETON – Nettleton School District officials said today that race no longer would be used in deciding class officers. The announcement came in response to reports that the district policy allowed only white students to be elected class president in the middle school grades.

No need to share the luxury

TRAVELLERS who prefer to go solo have made a splash in the cruise industry

Vacation disasters: Our winner

Schnecksville couple learned 12 valuable lessons on their 'trip from hell' Readers shared some wonderfully horrible vacation stories. We ran several in Friday's Life section.

Mariners set course for Alaskan tour

Since their inaugural season in 2005, the Earl Marriott Mariners football team has travelled plenty, from Vancouver Island to the Okanagan, and even into high school football-mad Washington, where they played under the lights in front of thousands of fans last year.