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Ned Rozell/Submitted A map showing some of Alaska’s more unique place names.

Alaska Science Forum: What’s in an Alaska name?

I once asked a snowmachiner heading out on a trail from Nome where he was going. “Boston,” he said before speeding off. Not knowing of… Continue reading

Ned Rozell/Submitted A map showing some of Alaska’s more unique place names.
The Juneau offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

Dunleavy makes new pick for Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board of directors

By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Craig Richards, a longtime member of the board in charge of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, has been replaced. On… Continue reading

The Juneau offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Salmon returning from the ocean attempt to jump Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Brooks River on July 12, 2018. Alaska’s commercial salmon harvest this year was nearly twice as big as last year’s small harvest. (Photo by Russ Taylor/National Park Service)

Alaska’s commercial salmon harvest rebounds after ultra-low harvest last year

The catch was more plentiful but money remains modest for Alaska fishers

Salmon returning from the ocean attempt to jump Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Brooks River on July 12, 2018. Alaska’s commercial salmon harvest this year was nearly twice as big as last year’s small harvest. (Photo by Russ Taylor/National Park Service)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis uses dynamic positioning to maintain its position near the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 5, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashly Murphy)

As the Arctic heats up, the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker fleet is preparing for boom times

The Trump administration and Congress, seeking to improve security, have approved funding for eight icebreakers and are planning even more

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis uses dynamic positioning to maintain its position near the Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, Aug. 5, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashly Murphy)
Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo Reverend Gordon Blue from the Church of the Holy Trinity gives an invocation at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial on Saturday, May 3, 2025.

Living and Growing: Psalm 30, Ouroboros, the dragon of fear and love.

Psalm 30:6 Weeping may spend the night, but joy comes in the morning. Holy Trinity Church is downtown. In a downtown parish, it doesn’t take… Continue reading

Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo Reverend Gordon Blue from the Church of the Holy Trinity gives an invocation at the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Shoppers and vendors mingle along rows of booths in the mall ballroom at Centennial Hall during the Juneau Public Market last year, which returns this year starting Friday, Nov. 28. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Weekly guide: Community calendar for Nov. 22-28

Visit Juneau Arts and Humanities Council for more details on this week’s happenings.

Shoppers and vendors mingle along rows of booths in the mall ballroom at Centennial Hall during the Juneau Public Market last year, which returns this year starting Friday, Nov. 28. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Cold water dipping is a centuries old stress reduction technique still practiced today. (Photo by Raven Hotch)

Recipes for stress reduction rooted in Indigenous knowledge

We must choose to live intentionally and learn to commit to our wellbeing.

Cold water dipping is a centuries old stress reduction technique still practiced today. (Photo by Raven Hotch)
Telephone Hill as seen from above. (photo courtesy of City and Borough of Juneau)

My Turn: Telephone Hill Concept C vs Concept D – could we see Pro Forma?

It is standard that before a municipality undertakes a construction project for housing that a pro forma is done for the project that shows the… Continue reading

Telephone Hill as seen from above. (photo courtesy of City and Borough of Juneau)
photo courtesy Tim Harrison Rev. Tim Harrison is senior pastor at Chapel by the Lake.

Living and Growing: ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God’

So says Matthew 5:9, one of the beatitudes of Jesus

photo courtesy Tim Harrison Rev. Tim Harrison is senior pastor at Chapel by the Lake.
Donlin mine camp, June 23, 2025. (photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska Supreme Court upholds early permits for Donlin gold mine, loosens reins on development

The decision has implications for mining and drilling projects on private and federal lands, experts say

Donlin mine camp, June 23, 2025. (photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Fresh produce is seen at the Alaska Commercial Company grocery store in Bethel on Oct 15, 2025. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska didn’t use $5M set aside to fund SNAP during the shutdown, even though benefits were late

By Claire Stremple Alaska Beacon Alaskans who qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program received half of their benefits nearly a week late as a… Continue reading

Fresh produce is seen at the Alaska Commercial Company grocery store in Bethel on Oct 15, 2025. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
The trans-Alaska pipeline, seen on Oct. 8, 2008, threads over snow-covered terrain in the Brook Range foothills. This year’s Alaska Division of Oil and Gas North Slope areawide lease sale drew brisk bidding and netted about $17 million, according to results released on Wednesday. (Photo by Craig McCaa/U.S. Bureau of Land Management)

Alaska onshore North Slope oil auction sets new mark for tract leases sold

Mostly small independent companies submitted nearly $17 million in high bids, the highest total since 2014 for an annual North Slope areawide oil and gas lease sale

The trans-Alaska pipeline, seen on Oct. 8, 2008, threads over snow-covered terrain in the Brook Range foothills. This year’s Alaska Division of Oil and Gas North Slope areawide lease sale drew brisk bidding and netted about $17 million, according to results released on Wednesday. (Photo by Craig McCaa/U.S. Bureau of Land Management)
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion: Senator Sullivan supports $500,000 Grift

A hidden clause in Congress’s spending bill turns public service into personal profit.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Letter to the editor typewriter (web only)

Letter: The Power of Voting: Our Voice, Our Future

In Alaska, less than 60% of eligible voters cast ballots in the last statewide election yet every vote has the power to shape our communities… Continue reading

Letter to the editor typewriter (web only)
Tone and Charles Deehr in Fairbanks, October 2021. (Photo courtesy Charles Deehr)

Alaska Science Forum: Red aurora rare enough to be special

Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College in Portland, Ore. He asked… Continue reading

Tone and Charles Deehr in Fairbanks, October 2021. (Photo courtesy Charles Deehr)
Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of at six Cook Inlet lease sales that Congress has mandated by held between now and 2032.

Trump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

The ‘Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale,’ scheduled for March, would follow a series of federal and state inlet lease sales that drew little industry interest

Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of at six Cook Inlet lease sales that Congress has mandated by held between now and 2032.
Photo by Kristine Sowl/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Brant fly over the water on Sept. 28, 2016, at Izembek Lagoon in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge supports the entire Pacific population of black brant, a species of goose.

Tribes and environmental groups sue to stop road planned for Alaska wildlife refuge

Three lawsuits take aim at a Trump administration-approved land trade that would allow for a road through designated wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Photo by Kristine Sowl/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Brant fly over the water on Sept. 28, 2016, at Izembek Lagoon in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge supports the entire Pacific population of black brant, a species of goose.
Win Gruening (courtesy)

Opinion: Sen. Dan Sullivan – promises made, promises kept

The senator has promised and delivered on red-tape slashing solutions

Win Gruening (courtesy)
The aurora borealis is seen from Mendenhall Lake in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. A series of solar flares caused unusually bright displays of the northern lights across Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday nights. (Chloe Anderson/Peninsula Clarion)

In photos: Dark clear skies and solar storm put on a show near Juneau

The aurora borealis danced over the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. Hundreds of Juneauites flocked to dark areas of town to catch… Continue reading

The aurora borealis is seen from Mendenhall Lake in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. A series of solar flares caused unusually bright displays of the northern lights across Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday nights. (Chloe Anderson/Peninsula Clarion)
Furloughed federal workers stand in line for hours ahead of a special food distribution by the Capital Area Food Bank and No Limits Outreach Ministries on Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

Government reopens after 43 days: Trump signs bill ending record shutdown

WASHINGTON — The longest shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday night when President Donald Trump signed a spending package that reopens the government and funds… Continue reading

Furloughed federal workers stand in line for hours ahead of a special food distribution by the Capital Area Food Bank and No Limits Outreach Ministries on Barlowe Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)