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Police calls for Friday, April 11, 2025

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Police calls for Saturday, April 12, 2025

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives at the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan during her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Feb. 4 2022. Palin’s yearslong defamation case against The New York Times, potentially testing the extent of First Amendment protections for journalists, will soon go to trial in federal court in Manhattan.(Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)

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Palin v. New York Times heads back to trial

The case centers on the former Alaska governor’s claim that an editorial published in 2017 defamed her.

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My Turn: RIP Road Scholars for Juneau Access project

The latest version of the state’s capital budget reappropriates approximately $37 million from designated Juneau Access funds for…

Angela Rodell is a member of the Affordable Juneau Coalition and a former Juneau mayoral candidate. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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My Turn: Juneau’s budget needs a common-sense makeover

For too long Juneau’s budgeting approach has started in the wrong place — asking how much revenue the…

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Letter: No local funds for scab labor

Using CBJ funds to help staff the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and Recreation Area in response to the…

The chambers of the Alaska House of Representatives are seen on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska House votes to cut proposed dividend, but huge deficit remains unresolved

Surpise vote with three Republicans absent drops proposed dividend to about $1,400 per recipient.

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Aurora forecast through the week of April 13

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…

A sign seen on Wednesday advertises rental availability at an apartment building in Anchorage’s Turnagain neighborhood. Residential rental costs in Alaska are now on par with the national median, a change from the past, when Alaska was had the most expensive residental rental prices, state economists have found. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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In turnaround, median rental cost in Alaska is now down to the national median

Rental costs have risen nationwide, but the increases in Alaska have been slower than elsewhere.

Lucy Nieboer brings an audience member to the stage at the Crystal Saloon in Juneau Tuesday night for an imrpomptu speech about the Haines Pool. That was during the set of relevantly-named Keep the Pool Open (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

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Musicians travel to Juneau to play for ‘Haines Night’ at 50th Folk Festival

Festival continues through Sunday at Centennial Hall and JACC, along with related music around downtown.

A school bus passes in front of the Alaska Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Legislature passes $1,000 per student funding boost, despite governor vowing to veto it

The Alaska Legislature on Friday passed a major increase to K-12 education funding, worth $1,000 in the state’s…

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Alaska charges 10 American Samoans with voter misconduct, widening a legal dispute

Attorney defending one case said he’s prepared to defend Samoans’ right to vote under the U.S. Constitution.

Chum salmon are delivered to Alaska Glacier Seafoods on July 25, 2017. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Chinook harvest limits to be almost 40% lower than ‘24

Allocation is “the lowest chinook harvest limit on record” for Southeast, ADF&G official says.

Contractors continue work on the new SEARHC medical center on Japonski Island. The completion estimate has been pushed back to the spring of 2026. (James Poulson / Sitka Daily Sentinel)

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Pent-up complaints heard by SEARHC during annual “listening session” in Sitka

Concerns voiced about faulty care, home health for elders, waits for service and hard-to-navigate system.

The planned restriction on phone services were expected to route more people to Social Security field offices as their staff levels were being cut. (Adriana Zehbrauskas / For The New York Times)

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Social Security rolls back restrictions on filing for benefits by phone

Widely criticized plan would have limited Alaskans to filing online or in one of three major cities.

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Police calls for Monday, April 7, 2025

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Police calls for Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The administration says foreign governments are racing to the United States to negotiate, but exactly which countries might strike a deal — and over what — remains unclear. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Opinion

Opinion: Cheerleading the dumbest trade war ever

In 2018, Sen. Dan Sullivan co-sponsored the STOP Act that he said “focuses on stopping the killer drug…

Venezuelan migrants waiting to cross into the United States after receiving an asylum hearing through the CBP One app in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. (Alejandro Cegarra / For The New York Times)

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White House moves to cancel migrants’ legally-obtained Social Security numbers to force self-deportation

Trump administration seeks to cut off access to credit cards, bank accounts, employment.

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Police calls for Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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