Site Logo
teaser

Opinion

Opinion: Climate change forces difficult choices

When you read about or hear about climate change, what typically goes through your head?

Eaglecrest Ski Area, seen above, is delaying its opening until colder weather and snowfall replenish areas affected by warm temperatures and heavy rainfall. (Courtesy photo / Chris Miller)

Sports

Eaglecrest opens for the season

The ski area will be open almost every day through Jan. 10

This photo shows snow- and sun-drenched mountains on Kupreanof Island in early morning, and a tree covered point on Mitkof Island at a cove by Marker 49 along the Inside Passage on Jan. 26. (Courtesy Photo / Cindi Lagoudakis)

News

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.

It is now and always will be a police car. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

Police calls for Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

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

Death Notices

Death Notice: Lillian Kahklen

Lillian “Lulu” Anne Kahklen, 72, formerly of Juneau died on Dec. 10, 2020.

A multiple-exposure photo of the winter-solstice sun arcing over the Alaska Range, taken from the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus on Dec. 21, 2012. (Courtesy Photo / Todd Paris)

News

Alaska Science Forum: Time stands still on winter solstice

Alaska Science Forum: Time stands still on winter solstice

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine used at The Reservoir nursing facility, is shown, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo / Stephen Dunn,Pool)

News

Fairbanks health system reports vaccine reaction in employee

The woman had been observed after receiving their shots, in accordance with vaccine protocols.

This photo shows the Juneau Pioneer Home on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

News

Pioneer Homes begin vaccinating residents and staff

Juneau expected to vaccinate last week of December.

This is a police car.  It has always been a police car.

News

Police investigate death

Police are working to positively identify the man.

Tease

News

Kids can send Santa an email

Emails should include the writer’s name, age and city of residence.

Has it always been a police car. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

News

Police calls for Thursday, Dec.17, 2020

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

Mark Emery wrestles with an alligator in Florida. (Courtesy Photo / Mark Emery)

News

Pride of Bristol Bay: How a gator-wrestling former kickboxer became a wildlife cinematographer

“He may be the most interesting man in the world.”

capitol

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: McConnell is blocking much-needed aid

Is it no wonder why Americans are being benighted help during this pandemic?

This photo shows signage outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A group of 35 states as well as the District of Columbia and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Google on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, alleging that the search giant has an illegal monopoly over the online search market that hurts consumers and advertisers. The lawsuit, announced by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C. by states represented by bipartisan attorneys general. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez)

News

Alaska joins anti-trust lawsuit against Google

States allege the search giant has an illegal monopoly over the online search market.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy at an Anchorage news conference on Sept. 15, 2020. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

News

Governor says he considers board appointments valid

By BECKY BOHRER

Scotus

Opinion

Opinion: Supporting Texas lawsuit was political malpractice

By Rich Moniak

Death Notices

Death Notice: Dwayne Toland

He died on Dec. 13, 2020.

The author drew a coveted elk hunt on Etolin Island a few years ago. In five days, he and his two buddies saw zero elk, but it still ranks as one of his favorite all-time hunts. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

News

I Went to the Woods: My ticket to paradise

Sheep. Goat. Caribou. Bison. Not necessarily in that order.

Daryl James (Courtesy Photo )

Opinion

Opinion: Bring police-seized assets into the light

information from Alaska is unavailable because because of “lax” laws.

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

News

COVID at a glance for Wednesday, Dec. 16

The most recent state and local numbers.