...studying a difficult language. This is an issue that must be addressed, and I encourage you all to help do something about it. Abby Lawson is a four-year Japanese-language student, student body secretary, and a senior at JDHS.

...is among board appointments announced by Gov. Sean Parnell on Wednesday. KINY reports that Baldwin serves as student body secretary at the school and holds a 3.75 grade point average. Baldwin is originally from Kotzebue.

...of Rick Clair and Lynda Giguere, of Juneau, Clair is stationed in Diyala Province, Iraq. Merijke Coenraad, student body secretary at Juneau-Douglas High School, and Marcus Farquhar, of Wasilla, were recently chosen among hundreds of applicants...