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Pixabay image Voting power in Alaska’s largest home internet provider may soon change hands according to paperwork filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Billionaire seeks controlling interest in GCI, regulatory filings show

Paperwork filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska asks permission for majority voting power

Pixabay image Voting power in Alaska’s largest home internet provider may soon change hands according to paperwork filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Chicago and most cities with National Guard deployments are safer than Anchorage, stats show

Alaska attorney general says state supports Trump’s National Guard deployments elsewhere

Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with 62 evacuated residents from western Alaska, Oct. 17, 2025.

State begins distributing disaster aid to residents of Western Alaska, federal aid also approved

The State of Alaska has begun distributing disaster relief payments, totaling over $217,000 as of Friday, to residents of western Alaska impacted by storm damage… Continue reading

Alaska National Guard photo by Alejandro Peña Alaska Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III aircrew, assigned to the 176th Wing, arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, with 62 evacuated residents from western Alaska, Oct. 17, 2025.
Letter to the editor typewriter (web only)

Letter to the Editor: My take on the election

Cuts to the Assembly’s revenue will hurt the community

Letter to the editor typewriter (web only)
Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan attend a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau in June 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Bankrupting America’s future

Van Abbott condemns Trump’s reckless spending and Alaska’s silent partners

Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan attend a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau in June 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
Ellie Ruel / Juneau Empire File Participants grab placards, flowers and hearts at Marine Park before the Cancer Survivors Day walk on June 8, 2025.

Opinion: Cancer doesn’t wait. We shouldn’t either.

Wayne DeVore weighs in on the importance of cancer screening

Ellie Ruel / Juneau Empire File Participants grab placards, flowers and hearts at Marine Park before the Cancer Survivors Day walk on June 8, 2025.
Photos by Chloe Anderson for the Juneau Empire The Lemon Creek glacier is pictured on Sept. 29, 2025.

Weekly Wonder: Juneau’s ‘seasons’

Dozens of creatures are sensing a change of the season

Photos by Chloe Anderson for the Juneau Empire The Lemon Creek glacier is pictured on Sept. 29, 2025.
courtesy photo Guy Crockroft

Faith: Finding peace in a frantic life

Guy Crockroft reflects on tranquility

courtesy photo Guy Crockroft
Laura Rorem

Living and Growing: It is it so easy not to see what we need to see

Laura Rorem weighs in on selective vision

Laura Rorem
Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon Members of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian group Aanchich’x Kwaan perform on Oct. 18, 2025, at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. The dance and singing group has members of all age groups, from young children to elders. The group was among several that performed traditional dances at the convention.

Alaska Federation of Natives convention highlights typhoon response and Indigenous cultures

Attendees discussed policies and celebrated Indigenous cultures, but much of focus was on the flood.

Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon Members of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian group Aanchich’x Kwaan perform on Oct. 18, 2025, at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Anchorage. The dance and singing group has members of all age groups, from young children to elders. The group was among several that performed traditional dances at the convention.
Former President Donald Trump reacts as he walking back into the courtroom after a break during closing arguments in his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Opinion: The Weaponization of Racism

Alaska’s Congressional Delegation Enables a White Christian Nationalist Agenda

Former President Donald Trump reacts as he walking back into the courtroom after a break during closing arguments in his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)
The Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2025. Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost. (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)

What happens when the ice melts? These women in Alaska are sounding an alarm

When Debbie Clarke Moderow was running the Iditarod — the 1,100-mile sled dog race through Alaska’s frozen interior — she had a moment. Her hands… Continue reading

The Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska, Aug. 2, 2025. Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost. (Chona Kasinger/The New York Times)
Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2025. Hawley is one of the sponsors of the Faster Labor Contracts Act.

Opinion: A place government doesn’t need to stick its nose

Dennis DeWitt weighs in on the Faster Labor Contracts Act

Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2025. Hawley is one of the sponsors of the Faster Labor Contracts Act.
Win Gruening (courtesy)

OPINION: Voters to Juneau Assembly: ‘It’s time for a reset’

The implications of last week’s Juneau municipal election are unmistakable. Voters have sent an unambiguous message that it’s time to change course, and the city… Continue reading

Win Gruening (courtesy)
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy meets with members of the University of Alaska Anchorage chapter of Turning Point on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, the same day he proclaimed “Charlie Kirk Day.” (Governor Mike Dunleavy/Facebook)

Oct. 14 proclaimed ‘Charlie Kirk Day’ in Alaska

Governor Dunleavy Turning Point USA chapter on the same day

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy meets with members of the University of Alaska Anchorage chapter of Turning Point on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, the same day he proclaimed “Charlie Kirk Day.” (Governor Mike Dunleavy/Facebook)

Rivers in Alaska, Yukon set to warm: how will this affect salmon?

Research coming from the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder incorporated Indigenous knowledge into their research

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at an infrastructure and development symposium in Anchorage on April 22, 2025. (Ash Adams/The New York Times)

Opinion: Murkowski and Sullivan watch as Trump undermines democracy

“When accountability threatens the powerful, they fall silent.”

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at an infrastructure and development symposium in Anchorage on April 22, 2025. (Ash Adams/The New York Times)
U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)

Alaska flooding leaves 1 dead and 2 missing

At least 51 other people were rescued from Kwigillingok and the village of Kipnuk after the storm

U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)
Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser testifies in support of a Base Student Allocation increase on Jan. 29, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol.

Juneau superintendent to resign at tail end of school year

Frank Hauser’s last day will be June 30, 2026

Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser testifies in support of a Base Student Allocation increase on Jan. 29, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol.
US DoT screenshot U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy hold a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport on Oct. 6, 2025, to discuss the impacts of the ongoing government shutdown on the nation’s transportation systems.
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Essential Air Service in Alaska to run out of funding within days amid gov shutdown

Subsidies to support the Essential Air Service program are set to soon expire, as early as Sunday

US DoT screenshot U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy hold a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport on Oct. 6, 2025, to discuss the impacts of the ongoing government shutdown on the nation’s transportation systems.
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