News
Special session continues in almost-empty Alaska Capitol building
Most state legislators have left Juneau and aren’t scheduled to meet again until Aug. 19 due to differences…
Opinion
Opinion: Juneau needs new ferry terminal like it needs a hole in a boat
What’s the rush to spend money designing a project that may never get built — that shouldn’t get…
News
US Sec. Kennedy, in Alaska trip, repeats doubts of vaccines, while promising new ‘universal vaccine’
Comments follow the secretary’s decision to axe funding for mRNA vaccine development
Neighbors
Community Calendar for Aug. 6, 2025
Submissions to this calendar can be sent to editor@juneauempire.com. They should include the date, time, location, short summary…
Opinion
My Turn: The Tongass needs a legislative exemption from the Roadless Rule
A permanent exemption of the Tongass from the 2001 Roadless Rule is necessary
News
Ships in port, Aug. 6-9
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
News
Police calls, July 31-Aug. 1
This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent
Neighbors
Woven Peoples and Place: Fireweed jelly with Haida Botanicals
The land guides us in lessons if we lend our eyes and ears to hear it
Neighbors
Writer with Wrangell roots writes for show highlighting Native culture
As a child, Larisa Koenig experienced a vision of her grandfather being mortally injured during a totem raising…
Opinion
Opinion: The world has changed, and so should taxes
The commerce of the world is different — immensely different — than it was decades ago
Opinion
My Turn: Our country requires leadership
An open letter to Alaska’s congressional delegation
News
‘Exhausting and demoralizing’: How public media in rural Alaska is responding to federal cuts
A Q&A with two longtime Alaska public radio employees
News
Rural communities, tribes sue EPA over $2.8B in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects
The sudden withholding of federal funds poses an existential threat to projects that have been in the works…
News
Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down
Public broadcasting has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for decades
News
Ships in port, Aug. 2-6
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
News
Trump’s EPA proposes rollback of basis for climate change rules, sparking Dem outrage
Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would scrap what is known as its endangerment finding, established under President…
Opinion
My Turn: WWII altered the US diet, and we grew larger
The post-war period saw a complex interplay of factors that dramatically changed the American diet and the way…
Opinion
Opinion: Legislature has a constitutional duty to address Dunleavy vetoes
If we do not act during this special session, the vetoes will become permanent
Sports
I Went to the Woods: The original Southeast Alaska cruise
The ferry is charming. It demands patience.