Site Logo
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2o23

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Cars and people move past the City and Borough of Juneau’s current City Hall downtown on June 5. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

My Turn: Assembly acting in misguided, costly and arrogant manner with City Hall ballot question

I urge voters to once again turn down the full faith and credit long-term bond ballot measure for…

(Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Proposed state medical board changes will decrease access to care

As a physician assistant (PA) who has practiced in Juneau for 20 years, I want to urge all…

A female humpback whale Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve biologists know as #219 breaches in the waters near the park. When a whale breaches, it often leaves behind flakes of skin on the surface of the ocean. Scientists can collect sloughed skin and send it to a laboratory to learn about the genetics or diet of the whale. (National Park Service photo by Christine Gabriele, taken under the authority of scientific research permit #21059 issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service)

Neighbors

Alaska Science Forum: The welcome return of an old friend to Icy Strait

There was a time when Christine Gabriele wondered if she’d ever see one of her favorite creatures again.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

A crowd gathers on the Photo Point Trail footbridge near Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center to witness flooded Mendenhall Lake during the first jökulhlaup on July 20, 2011. Sloshing debris beside the bridge floats atop the flooding lake. The lake reached 10.92 feet that year. (Photo by Laurie Craig)

News

Local jökulhlaups: when the ice melts

Suicide Basin’s history reveals Juneau’s unique position to study impacts of glacier lake outbursts.

The front of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau is seen on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

News

Two more Alaska ballot measures pass legal muster, but another is disqualified

Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Friday approved two ballot measures and disqualified a third from advancing into…

In this photo provided by Elizabeth Wilkins is Leo the cat on Aug. 31. Elizabeth Wilkins and her partner Tom Schwartz were reunited with Leo 26 days after their home collapsed Aug. 5 into the swollen Mendenhall River. (Elizabeth Wilkins via AP)

News

Couple reunited with cat 26 days after home collapsed into flooded Mendenhall River

A pair of Alaska teachers needed good news after they lost nearly all their possessions when their house…

(Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Cruise ships causing loss of quality of life, contributing to climate crisis

Xru

A plot of land at 450 Whittier St. is the preferred site for a new City Hall building. (Photo courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)

Opinion

My Turn: Support for a new City Hall

This article has been updated to replace an incorrect image purportedly depicting the proposed new City Hall.

An aerial shows the footprint of the test well drilled in the mid-1980s on land owned by the Kaktovik Native village corporation within the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The well is 14 miles east of Kaktovik and the melting the Beaufort Sea is at the top of the picture. One of the bidders in an oil and gas lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last year has canceled the lease it bought, the U.S. Interior Department said. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Interior cancels remaining leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday canceled seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Monday, Sept. 4, 2023

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Environmental Protection Administrator Michael Regan speaks at a news conference on Thursday at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage. Behind him are Bailey Richards, contamination support program coordinator for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Natalie Cale, chief operating officer for the Ounalashka Corp.; and Aaron Leggett, president of the Native Village of Eklutna. Regan made a five-day tour of Alaska as part of the EPA’s national Journey to Justice program, which focuses on the ways minority, Indigenous and low-income communities are disproportionately burdened by pollution and climate change. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

News

Alaska trip highlights challenges facing Indigenous communities, EPA leader says

Travels to the to the tiny Yup’ik village of Igiugig in the Bristol Bay region, to Utqiagvik at…

The existing Juneau City Hall building. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

My Turn: Is it really better to own or to rent?

The CBJ administration’s rationale for a new City Hall is based on the tenet it is better to…

Sandhill cranes fly over the Mendenhall wetlands. (Photo by Gina Vose)

Neighbors

On the Trails: An uncommon encounter with Sandhill cranes

One sunny day near the end of August, a friend and I walked on the wetlands on the…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 1, 2023

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

The Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore docks in Juneau in October, 2022. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

News

Ships in Port for t​​he Week of Sept. 3

Here what to expect this week.

U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka and former President Donald Trump stand on stage during a July 2022 rally in Anchorage. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Tshibaka is not a credible opponent of ranked choice

Preserve Democracy is a non-partisan group that claims to be “devoted to protecting election integrity.” Its CEO, president,…