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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Peyton Wheeler (5) has a shot stopped by Soldotna sophomore keeper Ryan Queen (55) as Stars senior Kendra Rose trails the play during the Crimson Bears’ 2-1 loss to the Stars on Thursday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe/ Juneau Empire)

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JDHS soccer girls fall 2-1 to Soldotna

Crimson Bears dampened by Stars in home loss.

A collage of the flood inundation maps shows eight feet without barriers, 16 feet with barriers, 18 feet with barriers, and 20 feet without barriers. The study by Michael Baker International considers the Mendenhall River’s changed topography. (Maps provided by City and Borough of Juneau)

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Updated flood-fighting inundation maps show effectiveness of HESCO barriers

Maps show worst-case scenarios, future flood potential continues to be studied.

A walrus mother and calf rest on an ice floe in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea in 2010. Other resting walruses are in the background. Sea ice extent is tracked by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a Colorado-based facility that uses data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Sarah Sonsthagen/U.S. Geological Survey)

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Trump administration stopping NOAA data service used to monitor sea ice off Alaska

Scientists worry as services for historic data on sea ice, glaciers, other Arctic conditions discontinued.

(Michael Siluk / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Trump’s first 100 days shredded millions in funding for Indigenous peoples

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A marker for the U.S.-Canadian border sits between Skagway, Alaska, and Stikine Region, British Columbia. (Philip Yabut/Getty Images)

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Alaska Legislature rejects call for Canada as 51st state, opposes ‘restrictive trade measures’

The state’s House and Senate have approved a resolution supporting Canadian independence, a “slap” to Trump.

Members of the Alaska Senate watch the tally board for the vote on the state’s draft operating budget, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Senate approves pared-down budget draft while warning of ‘coming storm’ in state finances

Proposal now goes to the House; if lawmakers reject it there, further negotiations are in store.

The Alaska State Capitol is seen in partial morning sun on May 10, 2024. (Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Legislature approves corporate tax for online business in Alaska, tied to education funding

Bill would be first state measure to raise significant new revenue in a decade.

The Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Thursday, May 8, 2025. The center, as well as the adjacent Centennial Hall, are operated by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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JAHC gave up DEI under Trump’s threats, then lost its board chair and executive director. What’s ahead?

Arts nonprofit “trying to respond to other concerns in the community and learning from this,” interim chair says.

Telephone Hill on Monday evening (top) and in an architect’s rendering under a development plan advanced by the Juneau Assembly. (Top photo Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire; bottom illustration by First Forty Feet / City and Borough of Juneau)

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Telephone Hill residents will need to vacate homes Oct. 1 under demolition plan advanced by Assembly

Proposal calls for city to demolish neighborhood this fall, prepare site for development next summer.

About 81% of travelers passing through T.S.A. checkpoints already have identification that complies with the Real ID law, which was enacted in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, said. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Travelers without a Real ID will still be allowed to fly, Noem says

People without a federally recognized document will face additional screening.

The Juneau Youth Wrestling Club pose with other clubs at the Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, Greco-Roman & Freestyle State Championships on May 1-3 at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla. (Photo courtesy JYWC)

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Juneau Youth Wrestling Club grapplers takedown state in style(s)

Team competes at Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, Greco-Roman & Freestyle championships.

A scene from the PBS children’s series “Molly of Denali.” (WGBH Educational Foundation photo)

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‘Molly of Denali’ and other PBS children’s programs on hold as Trump cancels funds

Emmy-winning Juneau writer of “Molly” says PBS told creators the series isn’t being renewed.

A few clouds disrupt the sunlight in downtown Juneau on an otherwise bright day. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Alaska ranks 49th, ahead of only Louisiana, in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best States survey

State drops from 45th a year ago, led by large drops in opportunity and fiscal stability.

The Alaska and American flags fly in front of the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska governor’s staff warns executive branch away from state Capitol in session’s last days

Legislators say Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration isn’t answering questions about a key revenue bill.

Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, delivers his State of the Tribe speech to delegates during the opening of the 89th annual Tribal Assembly on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Tlingit and Haida rejoins Alaska Federation of Natives after two-year absence, citing current challenges

“In uncertain times, unity is our greatest strength,” Tlingit and Haida’s president says.

Wayne Price (center), carver of the healing totem pole Kaasei Satú at Twin Lakes, dances on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Community seeks healing through culture on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Day

Family and friends remember victims in ceremony, dance, artwork; “We shouldn’t have to do this.”

Noatak, just after midnight. (Ash Adams / The New York Times)

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Congress’ fight over Trump’s agenda runs through Alaska

Clashes inclue repealing Biden-era clean energy tax credits that are a lifeline for some constituents.

An Arctic “fogbow” is seen from the deck of the Coast Guard cutter Healy during the 2016 Hidden Ocean mission to the High Arctic area known as the Chukchi Borderland. The Healy cruise was part of a project carried out over several years to map the extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean beyond the nation’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone. That extended area includes the Chukchi Borderland. (Photo provided by Caitlin Bailey/Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration)

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Trump administration plans for oil deep in Arctic Ocean, where US claim has yet to be recognized

President seeks to designate High Arctic offshore area beyond the 200-mile limit.

Zuill Bailey, artistic director for the Juneau Jazz and Classics festival, performs on cello during the Juneau Maritime Festival on Saturday. JJAC is among the organizations receiving a termination notice Friday of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Local arts and culture programs in crosshairs of latest cuts by Trump administration

Perseverance Theatre, music programs, public library’s statewide remote services hit by fund cancellations.

Tessa Hulls, an author who moved to Juneau during the winter, at the Alaska State Capitol on Monday after her graphic novel “Feeding Ghosts” won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in the Memoir or Autobiography category. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Juneau author Tessa Hulls wins Pulitzer Prize for graphic memoir ‘Feeding Ghosts’

Book entwines grandmother, mother and author on journey of politics and identity from China to points worldwide.