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With no official place to camp, homeless and neighborhoods alike are suffering miseries
Complaints to JPD nearly double, social agencies seek “safety zone,” many campers just want peace.
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Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat
Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons…
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US Navy will apologize for 1882 bombardment of Angoon, Murkowski says
Senator makes announcement while appearing with dance group from Tlingit village during Celebration.
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Dancers parade through downtown on last day of Celebration
“It’s an honor to be accepted to participate in something this beautiful.”
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Celebration 2024 ends four days of traditional and new events with a Grand Exit
Participants combine thunderous tribute to heritage with spirit of an intimate family gathering.
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EPA threatens to step in if Alaska does not update its water pollution limit
Does average Alaskan eat more than a cracker’s worth of fish a day? Answer may have big implications.
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Eaglecrest employees, skiers demand answers from board after ouster of general manager
Board offers few details about reasons during contentious meeting as search begins for new leader.
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Small on stage, giants in legacy for participants in Celebration’s toddler regalia review
Kids ages 1-5 showcase family-made clothing, accessories with links to widespread tribal ancestries.
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With bills and budget boost, Alaska lawmakers use state-run corporation to tackle housing shortage
Legislature directed millions toward housing projects next year; Gov. Dunleavy will soon have a say.
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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending June 8
Three decades of capital city coverage.
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Alaska’s Medicaid backlog triggers lawsuit
On a life-flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage, Sierra Ott’s newborn son Liam would not stop bleeding from a…
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Performers seeking to multiply their presence at Fourth Annual Alaska Theater Festival
Mix-and-match cabarets, staging of “Pride and Prejudice,” expanded climate fair from June 10-July 27
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Dozens of cats, many in poor health, taken from Juneau home by animal control officials
Incident still under investigation, officials ask residents not to bring other cats to JAR shelter.
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Paddling to Celebration in traditional canoes a journey of healing, remembrance and kinship
New and longtime participants arriving in downtown Juneau say trip reconnects them to ancestors.
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As residents worry about program cuts at Bartlett, hospital leaders worry about competition from SEARHC
Risk of a “monopoly” by Native nonprofit expressed at meeting discussing hospital’s “non-core” services.
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New correspondence school regulations will not come until July — if at all, Alaska officials say
Regulations intended to stabilize Alaska’s correspondence school program are not coming soon, state officials said at a Board…
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Celebration 2024 opens ‘stronger than ever’
Nearly 1,600 dancers take part in Grand Entrance ceremony as four-day Indigenous gathering begins.
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Rep. Andi Story and former Rep. Bill Thomas will face off in only locally contested legislative race
Juneau’s Rep. Sara Hannan and Sen. Jesse Kiehl among eight unopposed candidates in 50 races.
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‘Building a weather-ready nation’: What’s new for Suicide Basin’s outburst flooding
New monitoring equipment improves forecasts after last year’s record flood, experts say at town hall.
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Traditional canoes making voyage from Haines to Celebration get warm welcome from Lingít Aaní
Group joins others from Southeast making long paddle to Juneau for biennial Indigenous event.