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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)

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Oct. 14 proclaimed ‘Charlie Kirk Day’ in Alaska

Governor Dunleavy Turning Point USA chapter on the same day

Alaska Electric Light & Power facility in Lemon Creek on Tuesday afternoon. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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Juneau returns to hydropower after outage sweeps city

The outage briefly shifted the city to generators, but no spike in power costs expected

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)

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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

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Juneau School District Superintendent Frank Hauser testifies in support of a Base Student Allocation increase on Jan. 29, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol.

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Juneau superintendent to resign at tail end of school year

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

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Warning issued by the National Weather Service shows high flood risk along west and north coasts of Alaska.

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Governor declares disaster as storm floods west and north Alaska communities

Governor Mike Dunleavy declared the 2025 October West Coast Storm a disaster this afternoon, after flooding hit communities…

The ballot processing center in Thane receives all ballots on Election Day (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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Updated unofficial election results show sales tax cuts hold strong, candidate leads widening

Only one position has changed, while the rest remain consistent with first round results

A black bear next to a trash bin. (Mark Levisay photo)

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Juneau urges residents to secure trash as bears forage for fall

It’s been a relatively quiet year for bear calls, but experts stress prevention over punishment

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Mari Kanagy is a new reporter at the Juneau Empire.

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A new recruit for the ‘Empire’

Mari Kanagy recently joined Juneau Empire staff as a reporter.

Campaign signs for Assembly candidate Nano Brooks hang on a fence in Mendenhall Valley. Brooks leads the race against incumbent Wade Bryant by just three votes in the preliminary results. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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Assembly candidates react to preliminary election results

Early tallies show Proposition 2 passing by a wide margin and a razor-thin race for District 2

“VOTE HERE” sign directs residents to the City Hall Assembly Chamber voting center on Election Day. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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Preliminary election results favor cutting sales tax, tight race for Assembly

Unofficial election results for municipal elections are here

The ballot drop box at City Hall Assembly Chambers is one of five stationed around Juneau. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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Voters, poll workers reflect on Election Day

Juneau residents share their opinions on municipal ballot

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FILE - Alaska Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom speaks during a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Dena’ina Wellness Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, July 12, 2024.

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Alaska Lt. Governor certifies U.S. citizen voting requirement initiative

Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom has certified application for Ballot Initiative 25USCV

A local-mail in ballot is deposited in a drop box. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau Votes 2025: Here’s what you need to know for election day

Juneau residents are voting to fill three seats on the Assembly and another three on the Board of…

FILE — Cew of the USS Hampton, a Los Angeles class submarine, out on the ice after surfacing in the Beaufort Sea during Operation Ice Camp, March 16, 2024. The Trump administration is emphasizing defense concerns instead of climate research in the rapidly warming Arctic region. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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In the Arctic, U.S. shifts focus from climate research to security

The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet and is one of…

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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

Brochures available on Oct. 17, 2023, at the Youth and Elders Conference in Anchorage give information on safer sex and avoidance of sexually transmitted infections. Alaska has long had among the nation’s highest rates for some sexually transmitted infections, but case numbers declined in 2024. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Annual Alaska disease report shows dip in sexually transmitted infections

Cases of sexually transmitted infections declined in Alaska from 2023 to 2024, though as in past years, they…

Signage outside the Capitol Hill visitors center notifies the public of its closure due to the government shutdown in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. The first government shutdown in nearly six years left federal agencies in flux and many of their employees in a state of confusion on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, as they received last-minute and conflicting instructions from managers. (Alex Kent/The New York Times)

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Alaska braces for federal government shutdown

The shutdown will take its toll on government land, services and workers

Telephone Hill as seen from above (Photo courtesy of City and Borough of

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Telephone Hill eviction delayed by one month in Juneau

The announcement came just days before the Oct. 1, the previous eviction deadline

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Xochitl Muñoz (left) is a master’s student in paleontology at UAF; Willa Johnson (right) is pursuing a master’s degree in marine biology in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

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Alaska graduate students awarded national research fellowship for work in sciences

Willa Johnson and Xochitl Muñoz are recipients of the 2025-2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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Opinion: Juneau Assembly spends recklessly despite voter concerns about affordability

In just one night, at the September 22 Assembly meeting, almost $30 million in cash went out the…