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A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire file photo)

Juneau police arrest man indicted on sexual abuse of a minor charges

Travis William Carlile was taken into custody on July 2

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Part of the Anchorage skyline is reflected in the south-facing windows of downtown’s Robert B. Atwood Building on June 17, 2026. Anchorage, Alaska’s biggest city, had a cost of living that was 25.5% above the national urban average in 2025, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and Worforce Development. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Urban Alaska’s high costs of living driven by health care and groceries

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Mendenhall Glacier barely touches Mendenhall Lake near Juneau in this photo Eran Hood took from a helicopter on Aug. 13, 2025. (Eran Hood photo)

Alaska ranked No. 1 in nation for mold risk in homes

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Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks Friday, April 26, 2024, on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska ethics committee finds ‘probable cause’ in Rep. Vance’s letter to Homer News

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Capital City Fire Rescue had a demanding Fourth of July weekend, responding to a total of 60 calls on July 3 and 4. (Capital City Fire Rescue)

Capital City Fire Rescue sees uptick in service call over 4th of July weekend

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Volunteers wanted for mass-casualty exercise at Juneau airport

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Seward pilot helps rescue harbour seal pups from remote Alaska location

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The Glory Hall sees increased demand for shelter, soup kitchen in Juneau

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Contract brings $100M boost to Ketchikan Shipyard

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CNN ranks Juneau No. 7 among America’s best towns to visit in 2026

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Juneau’s cherished ski area is losing money. Will the city keep paying?

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Sports

Janice Mason and Ian Graeme are once again on the starting line of one of North America’s most unusual and demanding adventure races as Race to Alaska launches June 17 in Victoria. (Courtesy Team Oaracle)

Crews ride the waves and battle the elements in epic Race to Alaska

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Alaska Science Forum: Flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)

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Woven Peoples & Place: Traveling greenhouse supports local food movement

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Fifteen Promises

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A quiz for America’s 250th

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Parade, picnic, midnight fireworks highlight Juneau Fourth of July festivities

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Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority approves $9.8M in grants

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Gimme a Smile: How to enjoy summer vacation when you don’t have any money

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New Indigenous-named cabin opens at Mendenhall Campground

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Glorious Mysteries

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Humpback whale freed from entanglement in Endicott Arm

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Sports

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears won fourth place during the Division II Hockey State championships in Palmer last weekend. Photo courtesy of Rapi Sotoa

Juneau takes home fourth place during high school state hockey tournament

The Crimson Bears also received the Sportsmanship Award last weekend.

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JDHS celebrates hockey team’s senior night with sweeping victory over Homer

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Alaska Science Forum: The season of senescence is upon us

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I Went to the Woods: Sodium and serenity

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Weekly Wonder: The whys of whale breaching

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Neighbors

Photos by Rod Boyce 
Bird collections manager Jack Withrow holds two species of snipe from the University of Alaska Museum of the North collection. A Wilson’s snipe is in his left hand. A common snipe is in his right hand.

Alaska Science Forum: A bird and a puzzling sound lead to discovery

I walked around outside our Two Rivers home early one morning, as I sometimes do. It was mid-May and we — that’s my wife, Julie,…

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OPINION: Community safety not just another priority for Juneau — it’s the priority

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Sorrowful Mysteries

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Capital City Fire Rescue welcomes six new members

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Luminous Mysteries

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Alaska Outdoors

An albacore tuna is hooked on a bait pole on Oct. 9, 2012, in waters off Oregon. Tuna are normally found along the U.S. West Coast but occasionally stray into Alaska waters if temperatures are high enough. Sport anglers catch them with gear similar to that used to hook salmon. (Photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/West Coast Fisheries Management and Marine Life Protection)

Brief tuna bounty in Southeast Alaska spurs excitement about new fishing opportunity

Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure fish from the south, and local anglers took advantage of conditions to harvest species that make rare…

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Another bust year for Yukon River king salmon returns, sonar counters show

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Hoonah’s rich fishing history remembered through totem pole

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Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.

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Murkowski and other US lawmakers seek guest worker visa exception for seafood industry

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Opinion

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Alaska Department of Health Commissioner Heidi Hedberg provides an overview of the department’s services to the Senate Health And Resources Committee in 2023.

OPINION: Alaska has a rare opportunity to transform rural health

When people hear that Alaska has been awarded $272 million per year for five years through the Rural Health Transformation Program, one of the first…

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MY TURN: Washington’s one-size labor law doesn’t fit Alaska

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OPINION: Alaska’s delegation wants you to look away

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LETTER: Community, not the building, is what’s important

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OPINION: Undermining one leg of Alaska’s seafood sector puts whole system at risk

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531 5th Street was named the Judge’s Choice. Over 225 U.S. flags and Alaska Sate flags were flown in Douglas on Flag Day, in additional to numerous decorations celebrating the country. (Douglas Fourth of July Committee)

Douglas draped in red, white, and blue for Flag Day

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Man arrested after girls chased through Juneau

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Alaska Native communites condemn social media trend ‘mocking’ totem poles

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Responders examine a dead fin whale that had been found on the bow of a cruise ship that docked in Seward on June 19, 2026. The whale was towed to a nearby beach, where a necropsy was planned. The response has been coordinated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Alaska SeaLife Center. Royal Caribbean said in a statement that one of its ships struck the whale, a female that appeared to be pregnant. (Photo provided by NOAA Fisheries)

Dead fin whale carried into Alaska port on cruise ship bow, investigation underway

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Body of missing man discovered in Juneau

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Capital City Fire Rescue tackle blaze at abandoned structure

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This eight-plex apartment complex in Juneau, seen Thursday, June 18, 2026, will be purchased by the Juneau Community Foundation and donated to the Alaska Legislature under a plan approved by lawmakers. (Claire Stremple photo/Alaska Beacon)

Nonprofit foundation gifts Alaska Legislature 16 apartments in Juneau

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Alaska study sees mixed results on links between kelp farms and CO2 levels

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LETTER: Juneau Garden Club appreciates support for planter project

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