Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska

Alaskans are celebrating the life today (Nov. 26) of a Juneau prison innovator, death-penalty opponent and author. Charles Campbell, 88, died last month from pancreatic cancer at the Episcopal Church’s Goodwin House in Falls Church, Virginia. (Read his full obituary.) He headed up Alaska’s Department of Corrections under Governor Jay Hammond, capping a nearly 50-year…

What’s it look like inside an octopus? You probably don’t want to know, at least first-hand. That’s unless you’re a student dissecting one during this month’s Sitka WhaleFest

Election officials say Haines Republican Rep. Bill Thomas now holds a two-vote lead over Sitka Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

Sealaska shareholders will soon get their largest end-of-year dividend in three years. But it’s mostly due to the success of another regional Native corporation.

Juneau’s three legislative seats saw no changes in Tuesday’s election. Both its state representatives were unopposed and the capital city’s senator wasn’t even on the ballot. District 32 Democrat Beth Kerrtula got 5,291 votes, or 96 percent of ballots cast. The rest were write-ins. Her district includes Juneau’s downtown and Lemon Creek, Douglas Island, Gustavus,…