Thumbs up, thumbs down

Thumbs up

John Sturgeon: The man, the myth, the legend. Sturgeon schools the feds via the U.S. Supreme Court−twice.

Ketchikan basketball: Boys’ team claims championship for the first time in 45 years.

Eek: Southwest Alaska town gets running water, finally.

Legislative move: Ballot measure seeking to move the Legislature to Anchorage clears its first hurdle.

Thumbs down

Water pipe: Famed waterspout along the Seward Highway closes. Traffic and rock slides cited as the cause.

Murder rate: Anchorage is on pace to break another homicide record.

Air quality: Southcentral is a dry dustbowl after the early melt.

– Sarah Erkmann Ward, Blueprint Alaska