Juneau community members came together to fix trails on National Trails Day
Volunteers working on the Lemon Creek Trail cleared a boulder and a stump and rerouted water in three places.
Who will make the top four? US House candidates in Alaska have one more day to appeal to voters.
It’s become an Alaska parlor game to guess who’ll make the final four in the special primary. There are dozens of candidates, and we’ve never voted this way before.
New revelations and 3 other takeaways from the first Jan. 6 committee hearing
The committee transported the audience back to Jan. 6 with video of what happened that day. It also made a strong case that former President Donald Trump was responsible for what happened.
Vulnerable residents flown out of St. Mary’s as major tundra fire closes in
Yute Commuter Services sent all of its planes to St. Mary’s to evacuate residents, and about 60 people arrived in Bethel on Thursday night.
Alaska senator faces civil trial after blocking a constituent on Facebook
The verdict could set a precedent for actions online by Alaska’s elected officials.
When to expect results for Alaska’s special primary election
The results in the special primary will decide which four candidates get on the ballot for the special general election.
Report documenting boarding school deaths, abuse and loss of culture is a good first step, advocates say
Many see the first volume of the report as just the beginning of the government’s attempts to document the systemic and forced assimilation of Indigenous children at boarding schools.
Ketchikan assembly restores funding to local LGBTQ group, overriding mayor’s veto
Pride Alliance board member Ryan McHale said he believed the mayor had subjected the LGBTQ group’s request to greater scrutiny than other nonprofits.
US Army Alaska is now the 11th Airborne Division, will refocus on ‘Arctic ethos’
Army’s command in Alaska has a new name now, to reflect its new focus on fighting in the Arctic and helping develop tactics and equipment for the region.
Alaska Human Rights Commission sues to pause special US House election certification
According to plaintiff Robert Corbisier, the entirely by-mail election discriminates against visually impaired voters.
Celebration begins with arts campus opening and totem pole dedication in Juneau
One theme of the opening of Sealaska Heritage Institute’s new arts campus was unity among Lingít, Haida and Tsimshian people.
Juneau doubles down on its rejection of The Glory Hall’s downtown affordable housing plans
The case will go back to the Planning Commission for its reconsideration, according to city officials.
Juneau police seized nearly 10K pills believed to contain fentanyl in a string of busts this week
Fentanyl is behind a 71% increase in drug overdose deaths in Alaska from 2020 to 2021. More than 250 Alaskans died from a drug overdose last year.
Experienced travelers say staff shortages and COVID-19 outbreaks are spoiling their Alaska cruises
Some passengers want the public to know that lots of people are getting infected during cruises, and they’re left in the dark about outbreaks on board.
In Alaska’s legal confusion over public funds for private schooling, Law Department says it’s under review
Some correspondence schools have been reimbursing families for private school classes under a law enacted in 2014, but the Alaska Constitution says the state can’t pay public funds to any religious or otherwise private educational institution.
EPA official says agency is committed to cleaning up contaminated Native corporation land
Progress has been too slow, Carlton Waterhouse says.
Gov. Dunleavy, lawmakers celebrate passage of Alaska Reads Act
The act aims to improve student reading outcomes across the state by third grade.
A big 32-hour workweek test is underway. Supporters think it could help productivity
A pilot of more than 3,300 workers in the U.K. is testing a theory about work. Can people in various industries remain as productive if they just work 32 hours a week with the same pay as 40 hours?
Celebration set to kick off in Juneau
This year’s theme is “Celebrating 10,000 years of cultural survival.”
Scientists examine Gulf of Alaska sea floor to see effects of bottom trawling
Scientists from the conservation group Oceana, which is based in Juneau, spent eight days aboard a research vessel circumnavigating the Kodiak archipelago.