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Rep. Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 15 on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Alaska House of Representatives. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Legislature approves bill allowing teenage alcohol servers at restaurants, breweries

The Alaska Legislature has voted to allow teenagers as young as 18 to serve alcohol in the state.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Murkowski votes to oppose Canada tariffs, Sullivan votes in support

Vote largely symbolic since resolution lacks support in the Republican-controlled U.S. House.

Sabrina Donnellan and her family attend a community luncheon for federal employees at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Choose empathy during these difficult times

“It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.” — Horace

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Police calls for Monday, March 31, 2025

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Police calls for Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sen. Sullivan should have a voice, not just nod along with Trump

I echo the concerns expressed by Diane DeSloover in her letter in the March 29, 2025. Understanding that…

Elon Musk boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Friday, March 21, 2025. Musk was traveling with President Donald Trump to Bedminster, N.J. The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Opinion

My Turn: Is it time to impeach Elon Musk?

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on…

NOAA Fisheries Alaska region, hit hard by staffing losses, helps oversee the harvests off Alaska, which produce about half the fish caught in U.S. waters. Here, a trawl net full of pollock — the largest volume fishery off Alaska — comes aboard the Northern Hawk during the summer 2023 harvest. (Photo by Hal Bernton)

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Internal memo outlines stark impacts of federal downsizing on Alaska regional fishery agency

Understaffed federal offices supporting fishing regulators cut even further, as NOAA Fisheries works ‘to keep the lights on’

Clockwise from top center: Malia Towne, Mackenzie Englishoe, Sophie Swope and Jazmyn Lee Vent. (Image by Mer Young/High Country News)

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How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for their future ancestors

Four women devoting careers to preservation of Indigenous lifeways under threat in Alaska.

Multiple vehicles line up at the entrance of Waste Management’s Capitol Disposal Landfill in Lemon Creek on Jan. 30, 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: CBJ budget challenges mount

Borough budget challenges just got bigger — and messier

Tidal Echoes editors Annie Kessler and Adonis Scalia holding 2025 editions (Photo from @uas.tidalechoes on Instagram)

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Tidal Echoes launches 2025 literary and arts journal Friday at UAS

Featured artist Mark Sixby and writer Corinna Cook will discuss works at unveiling.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at an event where he announced new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. President Trump unveiled his most expansive tariffs to date in a ceremony at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, saying he would impose a 10 percent tariff on all trading partners. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

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Trump imposes vast global tariffs; some key partners hit hard

©10% tariff for all countries; trading partners like China, Japan and Europe face significantly higher rates.

A pseudoscorpion contemplates a red mite for lunch. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On The Trails: Pseudoscorpions

Just before the spring equinox, a friend and I went out on the Fish Creek Trail one morning…

People tour the garden plots during the 30th Annual Juneau Community Garden Harvest Fair on Saturday, Aug 24, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Increasing food security without a state agriculture department

There is a path to increasing food security without an Alaska Department of Agriculture this legislative session.

KTOO’s public broadcasting building in Juneau. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Public broadcasting needs support as its elimination is considered by Trump administration

Like many of us I know that public broadcasting is in the sights of the Trump administration for…

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Police calls for Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Police calls for Friday, March 28, 2025

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Police calls for Saturday, March 29, 2025

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Jane Hale is a longtime Juneau resident. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Fight fascism — shop local

There’s an uncommon sight on Seward Street these days: a bra shop with cajones. The owners of Bustin’…

William Steadman, a Juneau resident, has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of producing child pornography, according to law enforcement officials. (Photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice)

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Juneau man faces minimum 25-year sentence after guilty plea to federal child pornography charge

William Steadman, 35, has prior child pornography conviction from 2018.