The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is hosting a rally to demand that Alaska’s cases of missing and murdered people be taken seriously and investigated further.
Yvonne Krumrey
Local News Reporter, KTOO
Juneau is built on hidden and assumed layers of power and access, influencing how we interact with identity, with the law and with each other. I bring you stories of the gaps in access to power, and those who are working to close those gaps.
Juneau musician Annie Bartholomew’s new album is a different kind of Alaska survival story
“Sisters of White Chapel” is about the Klondike Gold Rush, from the perspective of the women and sex workers who lived in the mining towns.
New totem poles on Juneau’s waterfront will soon have signs explaining their significance
“We realize weʼre going to have to work with the community to educate everyone,” said Ricardo Worl, communications director for Sealaska Heritage Institute. “This is not Disney Land.”
Family says untreated pain, solitary confinement led to man’s suicide at Lemon Creek
Cook is the third person to die in Alaska Department of Corrections custody this year. And his death fits a pattern.
Curious Juneau: Are those collapsing buildings along Glacier Highway the remnants of Juneau’s long gone dairy industry?
As it turns out, 87-year-old Juneau resident Elizabeth “Koggie” File grew up in the now-dilapidated buildings. She shared the family history behind them.
Students in UAS Northwest Coast Arts program will showcase their work on Friday
The gallery will be open to the public from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday in Egan 225, in same building as the UAS campus library.
A dozen new totem poles will be dedicated in Juneau on Saturday
One of those poles, carved by Gyibaawm Laxha David Robert Boxley, represents the Tsimshian people.
Juneau’s housing strain continues as warming shelter closes for the season
Juneau’s housing crunch usually worsens in the spring as seasonal workers make their way to town. But this year, a local housing provider says the situation is scary.
Juneau hosts Alaska premiere of film about first openly transgender woman to run the Iditarod
Apayauq said she’s happy with the response her film has gotten from other trans people so far, and she hopes to increase the representation of trans women that younger people can see themselves in.
Juneau shops pull local artist’s books in wake of threatening, anti-trans notes
This week, multiple downtown stores made statements supporting the trans community and condemning illustrator Mitch Watley’s recent actions.