The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium has hired Barbara Searls as its chief financial officer. Searls has been serving as interim CFO since January, and previously served as SEARHC's vice president of finance and administration from 2002-06.

The head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association presented Gov. Sarah Palin with a long list of concerns regarding her new oil tax proposal.

Sarah Donohoe and Vinh Le, students at Juneau-Douglas High School, have been chosen as state finalists for the 2010 Wendy's High School Heisman Award program. They are two of 19 finalists in the state who embody the Heisman spirit of hard work and dedication through their outstanding achievements in athletics, academics and community/school leadership.

...Still, the company reluctantly will support a tax bill as a compromise. Brian Wenzel, ConocoPhillips vice president of finance and administration, said his company would oppose such a bill except that it is expected to help producers and the state...