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Kyle Pickett will lead the Juneau Symphony through next year.

The Juneau Assembly will take public comments tonight on the proposed city and school district budgets for next fiscal year.

Several Alaskans were near the finish line of the Boston marathon when two bombs exploded in the crowded finish area.  No Alaskans are known to be among the three people killed and the more than 100 others who were injured. Forty-one Alaskans were registered to run Monday’s race and many had family members there to…

Winter ended at Eaglecrest yesterday (Sunday) with a splash.  The city-owned ski area wrapped up its 36th season drenched in sun, warm temperatures, plenty of snow, and the sometimes annual Slush Cup. That’s where brave skiers and snowboarders race down Hilary’s run to a pond filled with water.  The idea is to get across the…

A dog took the stage during this year’s Alaska Folk Festival.

Former Mayor Bill Overstreet is being remembered as a persuasive and successful spokesman for Juneau during the capital move fights of the 1970s and 80s.

The team selected to rate candidates for a new Juneau Police Chief reads like a “who’s who” in criminal justice and public safety in the capital city.

Three finalists for Juneau Police Chief will come to the capital city next week to compete in person for the job. They hope to replace Juneau Police Chief Greg Browning, who is retiring at the end of May. Nineteen men, including two from Juneau, applied for the job.  That list was whittled to six candidates,…

A settlement proposal that could have stopped litigation against the Juneau Planning Commission was never acknowledged by the city.