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KCAW in Sitka is one of more than two dozen public radio stations broadcasting across Alaska. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)

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‘Exhausting and demoralizing’: How public media in rural Alaska is responding to federal cuts

A Q&A with two longtime Alaska public radio employees

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Aerial image of Kipnuk, the Kugkaktlik River, and surrounding lakes in 2023.

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Rural communities, tribes sue EPA over $2.8B in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects

The sudden withholding of federal funds poses an existential threat to projects that have been in the works…

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) speaks in defense of public television, with a photo of Elmo, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced it will shut down in early 2026, a casualty of Republican lawmakers’ votes to revoke federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times)

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down

Public broadcasting has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for decades

A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau police investigating incident that sent man to hospital; officer placed on leave

Video posted to social media shows the hospitalized man being thrown to the ground during an arrest attempt

Lee Zeldin, now administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, during his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 16, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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Trump’s EPA proposes rollback of basis for climate change rules, sparking Dem outrage

Administrator Lee Zeldin said the EPA would scrap what is known as its endangerment finding, established under President…

The Treadwell Ditch Bridge (Photo courtesy of Trail Mix, Inc.)

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Treadwell Ditch Trail fully reconnected from Eaglecrest to South Douglas, project organizers announce

The milestone marks the first time in over a century that the trail is fully connected

Darryl Bruce Fawcett was 28 years old when he went missing in 1999. (Image via Juneau Police Department)

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Remains found in 2004 identified as Juneau man missing since 1999

Remains recovered in the Gastineau Channel were submitted to the state medical examiner, but never successfully identified.

A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau man ‘taken to the ground’ by police officer medevaced to Seattle with head injury

The incident, which was captured on video, is under investigation, police said

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Aylward, Gress capture Juneau Marathon

William Aylward and Shannon Gress won the marathon, while Jack McManus and Joanna Hinderberger won the half marathon,…

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Cruise ships are needed and welcome, but why can’t we find money to accommodate the local way of life rather than catering to the tourism industry?

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I Went to the Woods: The original Southeast Alaska cruise

The ferry is charming. It demands patience.

Author Naomi Klouda poses for a photo in this undated photograph. (Photo courtesy of Naomi Klouda)

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Alaska’s glaciers cataloged in new dictionary

“The Alaska Glacier Dictionary” was published this May by Cardamom Press.

Photo by Chloe Anderson / Juneau Empire
A spawning chum salmon is seen in Salmon Creek in Juneau on July 24.

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Weekly Wonder: Running toward destiny

Salmon Creek in Juneau recently became a war zone for chum salmon

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A toad tadpole and a dragonfly nymph meet head-on.

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On the Trails: Pleasures of taking a daily walk

Sometimes we enjoy seeing something expected; sometimes there are surprises

A sign directs the public toward a tsunami shelter in Seldovia, Alaska, on Sept. 27, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Tsunami watch issued, canceled for some Alaska communities

The watch followed an 8.7 earthquake that occurred Tuesday afternoon off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia.

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Juneau loses Monday at Legion state tourney to finish 0-3

Juneau Post 25 lost 5-4 in eight innings to Service Post 28 on Monday at the 73rd Alaska…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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7 arrested in Juneau drug trafficking case

Juneau police joined with Alaska State Troopers and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to investigate the case

Mount Marathon, seen July 4, 2022, in Seward, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Swiss hiker rescued near Mount Marathon in Seward

The hiker said he’d climbed a mountain and gone beyond his ability

Rep. Andi Story (D-Juneau), Rep. Rebecca Himschoot (I-Sitka), and Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer) watch the vote tally during a veto override joint session on an education bill Tuesday, May 20. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Dunleavy outlines priorities for special session

The Senate and House majority say the Legislature plans to consider two veto overrides.

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Saturday: Juneau, Ketchikan fall to 0-2 at Legion state tourney

Juneau Post 25 and Ketchikan Post 3 both fell to 0-2 at the 73rd Alaska Legion Baseball State…

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Legion state tourney Day 3: Ketchikan falls to West to finish at 0-3

Ketchikan Post 3 lost 9-5 to West Post 1 on Sunday at the 73rd Alaska Legion Baseball State…