Site Logo
Pouring gold at Kinross’ Fort Knox mine in Alaska’s Interior. (Kinross photo)

News

Record gold prices could mean a banner year for Alaska mines

“Anyone with an operating gold mine is in a happy spot right now,” said one mining executive.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Friday, March 21, 2025

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

Attendees of an empty-chair town hall clap on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: A study in contrasts

If you call Social Security these days, the voice message states your application could take 200-230 days to…

A red-winged blackbird male shows off his colorful “epaulets.” (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On the Trails: Spring comes slowly

February ground to a halt and March slowly geared up. Days were getting longer, but the tedious pseudo-spring…

Rescue officials are warning that the ice on Mendenhall Lake is unsafe after two people fell through near the face of the Mendenhall Glacier on Monday. (Capital City Fire/Rescue photo)

News

Two people fall through ice at Mendenhall Lake, prompting late-season warning from CCFR

Two people fell through the ice on Mendenhall Lake near the face of the glacier on Monday afternoon,…

One of Nicholas Galanin’s completed totem poles, the Kaagwaantaan pole located in downtown Juneau as part of the Kootéeyaa Deiyí, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Molly Johnson)

News

Southeast carvers will create two more totem poles for Juneau’s waterfront Kootéeyaa Deiyí

Master crafters in Sitka, Hoonah will teach apprentices techniques and heritage as part of project.

The three survivors of a Sunday afternoon plane crash are found atop the wing of their plane near Tustumena Lake in Kasilof on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dale Eicher)

News

Man and two children are found alive after plane crash into an Alaska lake

Pilot and young passengers survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours.

Charles VanKirk offers public testimony during a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday, April 29, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Pay attention to the projects the Assembly is prioritizing

In the Assembly’s March 3, 2025, FY26 CBJ Capital Priorities List, our Assembly and manager requested from our…

An aerial view of part of Southeast Alaska’s Kensington gold mine. (Photo by James Brooks)

News

Months after fish died near Kensington mine, regulators and mine owner still don’t know what killed them

“Sometimes you’re just never going to have data that says, ‘Yes, that’s what it was,’” says state regulator.

(Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Aurora forecast through the week of March 23

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…

Elon Musk on stage with a chainsaw gifted to him by President Javier Milei of Argentina, left, during the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in National Harbor, Md., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Opinion

My Turn: The DOGE debacle

I guess I’m lucky: Only two of my friends have been fired by the Trump-Musk DOGE juggernaut. It’s…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Monday, March 17, 2025

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

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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

Sara Kveum speaks to the crowd rallying in front of the Alaska State Capitol, alongside Nikki Bass, both members of the Key Coalition of Alaska advocating for disability rights on March 19, 2025 (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

News

‘We are done waiting!’ Advocates and supporters of Alaskans with disabilities rally at the Capitol

Participants focus on Medicaid, eliminating waitlists for support services, infant learning programs.

Salmon dries on a traditional rack on the beach in the Seward Peninsula village of Teller on Sept. 2, 2021. Salmon is a dietary staple for Indigenous residents of Western Alaska, and poor runs have created hardship. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

News

Bill would change the makeup of the Alaska Board of Fisheries

Would require commercial, sport and subsistence members, along with one representing scientists.

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska in early February killed 10 people. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

News

Small plane that crashed in Alaska, killing 10 people, was a half-ton overweight, U.S. says

A small plane that crashed in Alaska last month, killing all 10 people on board, was a half-ton…

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski delivers her annual address to the Alaska Legislature on March 18, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: The silence betraying America

“How we came to a place where we are fighting now with Canada and making nice with Russia…

Research biologists pause among the wetlands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range in the background. The Trump administration is taking steps to offer the entire coastal plain for oil and gas leasing, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Thursday. (Lisa Hupp/USFWS)

News

Interior secretary announces plans to advance new Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil leasing

Follow-ups to Trump executive orders will mean leasing across ANWR, wider NPR development.

Laura Rorem is a member of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Practicing true patience

“Have patience, have patience, Don’t be in such a hurry, When you get impatient, you only start to…