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Rainforest Recovery Center staff picked up Steven Jay West, 57, who though intoxicated, was described as “walking and talking” in the downtown area. A few hours later he was found dead.

Downtown Juneau will have more food trucks, retail and parking under a new Docks and Harbors design plan.

Alaska’s largest newspaper is about to have a name-change. Or, more accurately, a name restoration. Starting with its Sunday print edition, ADN will once again stand for Anchorage Daily News.

State regulators agreed to make permanent a nearly 4 percent electric rate hike enacted by Alaska Electric Light & Power a year ago. But state lawyers were able to wring some concessions out of Juneau’s electric utility in return.

The mercury continues to drop well below freezing overnight but Juneau’s city-run warming shelter won’t be ready until at least Dec. 1. The Juneau Assembly has approved $75,000 for the facility to operate over a five-month period.

Hydro One had requested the Regulatory Commission of Alaska waive the requirement that the Canadian company obtain an Alaska business license. The RCA refused,restaring the process from scratch.