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The next three graduating classes will have to earn half a credit less than the classes before them in order to graduate.

The tourism industry is on an undeniable rebound, but only some businesses are returning to profitability.

Alaska’s capital city has mostly reopened, with restaurants and businesses bustling with tourists. The state Capitol? Not so much.

You can watch here, on the city’s Facebook page, or listen in by calling 1-253-215-8782 or 1-346-248-7799 with the webinar ID 985 6308 5159. The public can ask questions in advance by emailing COVIDquestions@juneau.org.

Albert Kookesh, the Tlingit leader, Indigenous rights advocate, culture bearer, politician and basketball player, died Friday at 72. His death is reverberating across the state and his home region of Southeast Alaska.

“I had a lot less fear than I would’ve because both of my grandmothers told me their smallpox and polio stories of how they got vaccinated for those, and those sounded a lot scarier,” one 12-year-old student said.

Peak eclipse — when the moon is most entirely covered — will start around 3:11 a.m. and end at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday.

As a special session begins in Juneau, momentum seems to have stalled amid disagreements over the size of the Permanent Fund dividend.

The Alutiiq Museum, which is based in Kodiak, will begin to digitize its collection with the eventual goal of expanding and digitizing collections from other museums. Museum collections curator Amanda Lancaster says they’re already using a database and have most of their objects catalogued. “We use a database called Collective Access…. So, we already have…

About 140 people live in Juneau’s harbors. Juneau’s Docks & Harbors board proposal would have hiked their fees by 100%.