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Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Feb. 2 – Feb. 8

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Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times Masked federal agents arrive to help immigration agents detain immigrants and control protesters in Chicago, June 4, 2025. With the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and double detention space.

OPINION: $85 billion and no answers

How ICE’s expansion threatens law, liberty, and accountability.

  • Feb 2, 2026
  • By Van Abbott

 

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Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Jan. 26 – Feb. 1

Visit Juneau Arts and Humanities Council at JAHC.org for more details on this week’s happenings.

 

Gov. Mike Dunleavy gestures during his State of the State address on Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska governor debuts fiscal plan, including statewide sales tax and guaranteed PFD

Gov. Dunleavy suggests 4% summer statewide sales tax, falling to 2% in winter; many municipal exemptions and caps would go away

Gov. Mike Dunleavy gestures during his State of the State address on Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon The entrance to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.’s Anchorage office is seen on Aug. 11, 2023. The state-owned AGDC is pushing for a massive project that would ship natural gas south from the North Slope, liquefy it and send it on tankers from Cook Inlet to Asian markets. The AGDC proposal is among many that have been raised since the 1970s to try commercialize the North Slope’s stranded natural gas.

My Turn: Alaskans must proceed with caution on gasline legislation

Alaskans have watched a parade of natural gas pipeline proposals come and go, as in go nowhere. They have stalled under the weight of runaway… Continue reading

  • Jan 26, 2026
  • By Stan Jones
Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon The entrance to the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.’s Anchorage office is seen on Aug. 11, 2023. The state-owned AGDC is pushing for a massive project that would ship natural gas south from the North Slope, liquefy it and send it on tankers from Cook Inlet to Asian markets. The AGDC proposal is among many that have been raised since the 1970s to try commercialize the North Slope’s stranded natural gas.
Courtesy photo Adam Bauer of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Juneau.

Living and Growing: Surfing into the future

Many religious traditions draw strength from the past.

  • Jan 24, 2026
  • By Adam Bauer
Courtesy photo Adam Bauer of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Juneau.
Win Gruening (courtesy)

OPINION: Juneau Assembly members shift priorities in wish list to Legislature

OPINION: Juneau Assembly members shift priorities in wish list to Legislature

  • Jan 23, 2026
  • By Win Gruening
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Members of the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Senate watch as the final vote on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of Senate Bill 113 is displayed on the voting board in the House on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy’s veto of a tax bill intended to help education

Senate Bill 113 would have transferred corporate income taxes from other states and channeled some money into public school programs.

  • Jan 22, 2026
  • By James Brooks States Newsroom
Members of the Alaska House of Representatives and Alaska Senate watch as the final vote on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of Senate Bill 113 is displayed on the voting board in the House on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
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LETTER: Juneau families care deeply about how schools are staffed

Juneau families care deeply about how our schools are staffed, supported, and funded. The first draft of the Board of Education’s FY26 budget revision highlights… Continue reading

  • Jan 22, 2026
  • By Jessica Leorna
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Kenny Holston/The New York Times President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departed the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews, bound for a trip to Britain, Sept. 16, 2025. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.

OPINION: Ratings, Not Reasons

The Television Logic of Trump’s Foreign Policy.

  • Jan 21, 2026
  • By Van Abbott
Kenny Holston/The New York Times President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departed the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews, bound for a trip to Britain, Sept. 16, 2025. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.
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Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Jan. 19-25

Visit Juneau Arts and Humanities Council at JAHC.org for more details on this week’s happenings.

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OPINION: Transparency and accountability are foundational to good government

The threat to the entire Juneau community due to annual flooding from glacial outbursts cannot be overstated. Juneau residents living in the affected area and… Continue reading

  • Jan 13, 2026
  • By Win Gruening
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Four members of the Riley Creek wolf pack, including the matriarch, “Riley,” dig a moose carcass frozen from creek ice in May 2016. National Park Service trail camera photo

Alaska Science Forum: The Riley Creek pack’s sole survivor

Born in May, 2009, Riley first saw sunlight after crawling from a hole dug in the roots of an old spruce above the Teklanika River.

Four members of the Riley Creek wolf pack, including the matriarch, “Riley,” dig a moose carcass frozen from creek ice in May 2016. National Park Service trail camera photo
Kaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid photo In 2024, SSP’s Regional Catalysts attended and helped with the Kake Culture Camp hosted by the Organized Village of Kake. The goal was to be in community, grow our relationships, and identify opportunities to support community priorities determined by the community itself. In 2024, SSP’s Regional Catalysts attended and helped with the Kake Culture Camp hosted by the Organized Village of Kake. The goal was to be in community, grow our relationships, and identify opportunities to support community priorities determined by the community itself. (Ḵaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid photo)

Woven Peoples and Place: Don’t be an island, be amongst the people

Láaganaay Tsiits Git’anee and Shaelene Grace Moler reflect on celebrating values in action.

  • Jan 5, 2026
  • By Láaganaay Tsiits Git’anee & Shaelene Grace Moler
Kaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid photo In 2024, SSP’s Regional Catalysts attended and helped with the Kake Culture Camp hosted by the Organized Village of Kake. The goal was to be in community, grow our relationships, and identify opportunities to support community priorities determined by the community itself. In 2024, SSP’s Regional Catalysts attended and helped with the Kake Culture Camp hosted by the Organized Village of Kake. The goal was to be in community, grow our relationships, and identify opportunities to support community priorities determined by the community itself. (Ḵaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid photo)
Photo by James Brooks / Alaska Beacon Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy greets a child during the governor’s annual holiday open house on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2022 at the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau.

Pipeline deal and disasters were highlight and low point of 2025, Alaska governor says

Alaska’s traditional industries got a boost from the Trump administration, but more drilling and mining are likely years away

  • Dec 31, 2025
  • By James Brooks Alaska Beacon
Photo by James Brooks / Alaska Beacon Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy greets a child during the governor’s annual holiday open house on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2022 at the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau.
A page of the Juneau Empire from a Nov. 29, 1915 edition. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for Dec. 27 & 28

1915 Juneau reporters reflect on holiday celebrations and look forward to the New Year.

A page of the Juneau Empire from a Nov. 29, 1915 edition. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)
The whale sculpture at Overstreet park breaches at sunrise on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Mari Kanagy/Juneau Empire)

Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Dec. 22-28

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The whale sculpture at Overstreet park breaches at sunrise on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Mari Kanagy/Juneau Empire)
Juneau as pictured from the Downtown Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Mari Kanagy/Juneau Empire)

Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Dec. 15-21

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Juneau as pictured from the Downtown Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Mari Kanagy/Juneau Empire)
Hiking down from Dan Moller cabin in mid-January 2025. (photo courtesy John Harley)

Sustainable Alaska: Skiing on the edge

The difference between a great winter for skiing and a bad one can be a matter of a few degrees.

Hiking down from Dan Moller cabin in mid-January 2025. (photo courtesy John Harley)
Patrick Sullivan stands by an acid seep on July 15,2023. Sullivan is part of a team of scientists who tested water quality in Kobuk Valley National Park’s Salmon River and its tributaries, where permafrost thaw has caused acid rock drainage. The process is releasing metals that have turned the waters a rusty color. A chapter in the 2025 Arctic Report Card described “rusting rivers” phenomenon. (Photo by Roman Dial/Alaska Pacific University)

Ecosystem shifts, glacial flooding and ‘rusting rivers’ among Alaska impacts in Arctic report

NOAA’s 2025 report comes despite Trump administration cuts to climate science research and projects

  • Dec 19, 2025
  • By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon
Patrick Sullivan stands by an acid seep on July 15,2023. Sullivan is part of a team of scientists who tested water quality in Kobuk Valley National Park’s Salmon River and its tributaries, where permafrost thaw has caused acid rock drainage. The process is releasing metals that have turned the waters a rusty color. A chapter in the 2025 Arctic Report Card described “rusting rivers” phenomenon. (Photo by Roman Dial/Alaska Pacific University)