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Tourism leaders in Juneau expect the unexpected for the 2025 visitor season
Impacts of tariffs and federal firings will be navigated this summer by both tourists and locals.
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Warming shelter closes Tuesday, with staff highlighting its improvements this winter
A solution is needed for the summer as people using the shelter will return to dispersed camping.
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Assembly OKs Aak’w Landing tideland lease based on its goal of better managing tourism
Huna Totem says the dock is expected to be operational by the 2027 visitor season.
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Eighth annual Traditional Games kicks off this weekend, expanding Indigenous representation
Native Youth Olympics carry on Indigenous values with athletes reaching for their personal bests.
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Value of Alaska Native education emphasized by Sealaska Heritage Institute president at US Senate hearing
Rosita Ḵaaháni Worl says federal funds for cultural education vital to Alaska Native students’ success.
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Capital Transit is constructing a charging station for its new electric buses
Capital Transit superintendent says fleet offering better experience than first electric bus received in 2020.
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US Coast Guard Cutter Munro stops in Juneau as it begins its patrol
Crew conducts community outreach and details its mission in Alaska.
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Colors brighten Juneau’s spring during fourth annual Holi festival
“Forget the difference. Let’s be one. Let’s have fun.”
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Juneau shows up for democracy at empty-chair town hall
Constituents across Alaska feel unheard by congressional delegation, take the lead in community outreach.
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Sullivan generates warmth and heat with energy filled speech to Alaska Legislature
Senator takes barrage of friendly and confrontational questions from lawmakers about Trump’s agenda.
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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending March 22
Three decades of capital city coverage.
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Murkowski embraces many of Trump’s goals, but questions his methods
Senator addresses flood concerns, federal firings, Medicaid worries in annual speech to Legislature.
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Juneau School District submits budget for next school year to Juneau Assembly
The plan assumes $400 BSA hike and no staff vacancies; board also advocates for DH playground.
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Alaskans across the state rally to save Medicaid: their ‘lifeline’
Caregivers raise their voices to protect their jobs and the thousands of lives impacted if Medicaid is cut.
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Juneau Lyric Opera celebrates a chorus of community for 50th anniversary
German operetta “Die Fledermaus” that launched JLO gets revival with old and new voices Friday night.
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Southeast fisherman sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying records and attempting to kill sperm whale
The case is a “first of its kind” and sends a message to the larger fishing community.
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Fired and current federal employees find solidarity as community offers support
Trump administration seeks to make government more efficient; fired employees say opposite will happen.
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Site assessments begin in neighborhoods where flood barriers will be installed
HESCO barriers are on their way to Juneau. Funding to study a long-term solution is not guaranteed.
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Juneau and Whitehorse seek to continue sibling ties amidst trade war
Mayor hopes to preserve decades of friendship with sister city during ‘time of political uncertainty.’
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Students and faculty at UAS react to the decision to remove DEI references from all print and online materials
A week after a Board of Regents’ directive, UAS makes two online key modifications.