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‘Known Hazard’: Property hit three times by drivers in last 11 years
The shed behind the Lessard family home on Brothers Avenue looks like it’s prepared for the apocalypse. It’s…
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Perseverance Theatre furloughs employees after debt piles up
Perseverance Theatre, Alaska’s largest professional theater, furloughed its employees after several years of financial problems that are now…
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Kings for keeps: Fishermen can now keep kings, if they can find them
Correction: The annual limit for king salmon applies only to nonresident fishermen, not resident fishermen, as this article…
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Nugget Mall sale falls through, deed goes to creditor
A planned buyer for the Nugget Mall has backed out of a $12.5 million deal, the Empire confirmed…
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Eaglecrest to break ground on public use cabin
This summer Eaglecrest Ski Area will break ground on a project 20 years in the making: a public…
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High school student designs downtown bike racks
New bike racks installed downtown were designed by local high school student Ben Campbell. The pair of bright…
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Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast
Update: Fish and Game has pushed back the date they will begin requiring the new shrimping and crabbing…
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Aboard the megaship, the 1,092-foot Norwegian Bliss
On a Tuesday docked in Juneau, the Norwegian Bliss dwarfs everything around it. Alaska’s new “megaship” looks less…
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Celebration 2018 ends with song and dance
It’s over, but Celebration will be back in 2020. Juneau’s biggest honoring of Native culture ended with a…
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Historic Hellenthal Building rebuilt with modern lofts
When Dale Whitney and Christine Hess finally gutted the Hellenthal Building on Franklin and Front streets, they looked…
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At toddler review, the story’s in the regalia
Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled several names. The article has been corrected. Five-year-old McKayla Paul,…
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Controversial timber sale can’t find a bidder
It seems nobody wants to buy timber on Kuiu Island. After failing to sell the first time around,…
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Glacier Bay cruise ship permits get redo
Correction: This article initially attributed a policy to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) instead of the…
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Dead whale likely struck by vessel, necropsy shows
A dead humpback whale which washed up on Admiralty Island last week was likely struck by a vessel,…
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Bird colony attacked at glacier, possibly by dog
About 35 sleek, black-crowned Arctic terns nest at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in the spring and early…
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Forest Service fighting 56-acres wildfire north of Juneau
Firefighters are working to contain a forest fire that has broken out north of Juneau in the Berners…
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Dead humpback whale washes up on Admiralty
A humpback whale has washed up dead on Admiralty Island across from Douglas Island, according to the National…
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Whale watching boat runs aground with 113 passengers
A whale watching boat ran aground Wednesday morning with 113 customers aboard, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.…
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All 417 national park sites in one trip. What keeps a Christian LGBT adventurer going
Mikah Meyer has driven 46,000 miles to get to Alaska. The self-described “little farm kid from Nebraska” has…
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Alaska lawmakers call for alliance with other states on Canadian mining issues
A group of Alaska lawmakers wants to team up with Montana and other U.S.-Canada border states in a…