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Traveling nurse charged with murder of 78-year-old Southcentral Alaska man

John “Skip” Dove Jr. was found on Tuesday stabbed to death in his home off Sports Lake Road north of Soldotna.

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, listen to a question asked at a news conference held Tuesday at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium headquarters in Anchorage. At the event, which was part of Kennedy’s itinerary during his Alaska trip, the secretary made several claims about vaccines that are disputed by medical experts. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

US Sec. Kennedy, in Alaska trip, repeats doubts of vaccines, while promising new ‘universal vaccine’

Comments follow the secretary’s decision to axe funding for mRNA vaccine development

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, listen to a question asked at a news conference held Tuesday at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium headquarters in Anchorage. At the event, which was part of Kennedy’s itinerary during his Alaska trip, the secretary made several claims about vaccines that are disputed by medical experts. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
The Alaska Capitol is photographed Friday, July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)

Special session continues in almost-empty Alaska Capitol building

Most state legislators have left Juneau and aren’t scheduled to meet again until Aug. 19 due to differences over the agenda

The Alaska Capitol is photographed Friday, July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)
Denali, the tallest mountain in the United States, is seen in this undated photo. (Denali National Park and Preserve photo)

Driver dies after hitting a moose near Denali National Park

The National Park Service said it was investigating the crash

Denali, the tallest mountain in the United States, is seen in this undated photo. (Denali National Park and Preserve photo)
Alaska National Guard courtesy photo Multiple homes and roads are seen inundated in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin following an Aug. 6, 2024, outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier.

Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

As residents of Juneau use new information to gird for near-annual floods, scientists are studying glacier dynamics to better understand what the future holds

Alaska National Guard courtesy photo Multiple homes and roads are seen inundated in the Mendenhall Glacier Basin following an Aug. 6, 2024, outburst flood from the Mendenhall Glacier.
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Police calls, July 31-Aug. 1

This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent

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The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo) The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Ships in port, Aug. 6-9

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites. Wednesday, Aug. 6… Continue reading

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The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo) The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)
The joint House and Senate majorities of the Alaska Legislature hold a press availability after the adjournment of the Legislature’s special session in Juneau, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)

Alaska Legislature adjourns after overriding governor vetoes

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would “possibly” call another special session before January

The joint House and Senate majorities of the Alaska Legislature hold a press availability after the adjournment of the Legislature’s special session in Juneau, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, left, talks with House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, before Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)

Legislature overrides veto of bill aimed at increased legislative oversight of state oil tax revenue

Lawmakers have said the somewhat obscure policy is significant in the face of missing oil tax information.

Alaska Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, left, talks with House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham independent, before Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State speech on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)
The Alaska Legislature’s vote tally shows 45-14 in favor of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of education funding in the state budget during a joint session in Juneau, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)

Legislature narrowly votes to override education funding veto

The override was approved with no floor discussion

The Alaska Legislature’s vote tally shows 45-14 in favor of overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of education funding in the state budget during a joint session in Juneau, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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

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

Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down

Public broadcasting has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for decades

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

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 for years in communities across the U.S.

Zach Gionatti Aerial image of Kipnuk, the Kugkaktlik River, and surrounding lakes in 2023.
KCAW in Sitka is one of more than two dozen public radio stations broadcasting across Alaska. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal)

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

A Q&A with two longtime Alaska public radio employees

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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Police calls for July 27-31

CAPITAL CITY FIRE & RESCUE On Wednesday, three Capital City Fire & Rescue ambulances responded to a multi-vehicle crash near Mile 7 of the Glacier… Continue reading

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Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14.

Ships in port, Aug. 2-6

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites. Saturday, Aug. 2… Continue reading

Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14.
The Treadwell Ditch Bridge (Photo courtesy of Trail Mix, Inc.)

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

The Treadwell Ditch Bridge (Photo courtesy of Trail Mix, Inc.)
A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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

A Juneau Police Department vehicle. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)
Darryl Bruce Fawcett was 28 years old when he went missing in 1999. (Image via Juneau Police Department)

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.

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

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 Barack Obama

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)