Associated Press

Juneau’s long-awaited whale sculpture is expected to come ashore Monday after nearly 10 years of waiting. The Juneau Empire reports that the life-sized, six-ton bronze whale sculpture is expected to arrive from Bellingham, Washington, at the Juneau ferry terminal early Monday.

A restored World War II searchlight has taken its place at the Kodiak Military History Museum and is now near a bunker that used to light the skies with similar technology. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports that two volunteers with Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park found the searchlight in a field of searchlights in Oregon…

KENAI — The Kenai Peninsula community of Sterling will be at less risk from future wildfires as government and Native corporation officials are planning a fuel break near the town. The planned Sterling Fuel Break will be a series of forest cuttings around an 8.5-mile section of Sterling’s border with the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.…

ANCHORAGE, — The public and news media in Anchorage will no longer be able to listen to the Anchorage Police and Fire Department’s radio system. City officials announced Friday that both the fire and police department’s radio systems will be encrypted and audio feeds on the internet will be taken down. Municipal Manager Mike Abbott…

The code of military justice for the Alaska National Guard is getting an update, two years after a scathing report into alleged misconduct found a lack of confidence in the guard command.

ANCHORAGE — A teenager sought on an Anchorage manslaughter warrant is in custody. Anchorage police say Deandrew Webster II turned himself in. Police on Thursday announced Webster was sought in the fatal shooting last weekend of Xeryus Tate, 17. Police just after 2 a.m. Sunday responded to a shooting near east Fourth Avenue and Newell…