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The owner of Juneau’s Subway franchise is mounting his second run for Assembly. After Wade Bryson lost in 2008 he began hosting KINY’s “Problem Corner” call-in show.

Each spring, about 50 pickers young and old get paid a few bucks a pound to collect spruce tips during a short harvest window in small town Gustavus.

Knik Tribal Council started developing it’s lending program three years ago and is just now giving out housing loans. They are the only statewide organization of its type, though there are other regionally focused ones. At least half of their clients need to be Alaska Native or Native American, but anyone can apply.

During the summers, Juneau’s Noatak Post can be found playing the violin for tourists visiting the state’s capital as they disembark from cruise ships.

Alaska tribes’ are in legal limbo after the Interior Department said it was suspending accepting lands into federal trust pending a fresh legal review,. Many tribes in Alaska have long sought trust status for land that exempts it from state and local jurisdictions.

“It is sad to say goodbye to our dedicated customers,” general manager Kevin Daymude’s post said. “We have thought of you as family for the past 28 years.”