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The Juneau Youth Wrestling Club took 61 elementary through high school wrestlers to the Alaska USA Wrestling 2025 Folkstyle, ...
At 6 million acres, Denali National Park and Preserve has options for every type of visitor. Whether you’re an avid backpacker looking to forge new trails or a relaxed traveler content to watch ...
Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy flew to Taiwan last month to pitch business and government leaders on Alaska’s state-sponsored liquefied natural gas export project. The same day Dunleavy and other ...
Mr. Seidenverg and Mayor Goldstein are Alaska’s only Jewish public officials. Mr. Goldstein was mayor of Juneau for several terms about twenty years ago. He and his brother, also widely known in ...
The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Alaska Southeast. “Sustainable Alaska” appears monthly in the Juneau Empire.
Juneau shoppers grab produce at Super Bear IGA in August 2022. A new Juneau advocacy group called the Affordable Juneau Coalition filed three local ballot petitions last week. The group seeks to ...
In a virtual town hall on Tuesday, University of Alaska President Pat Pitney told staff, students, and faculty, “Don’t pre-panic.” The advice came a day after she announced four current and ...
“Everything’s in play,” he said. • James Brooks is a longtime Alaska reporter, having previously worked at the Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire, Kodiak Mirror and Fairbanks Daily News-Mine ...
The 2025 Alaska cruise season is officially underway. On Monday, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Bliss sailed into Juneau, kicking off another summer of visitors exploring No. 49. The next ship, ...
2022 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. Alaskans could soon have access to a new type of charitable gambling. In a 35-2 vote on Friday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted to ...
The Empty Oil Band performs Sunday during the 50th Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire) But the week was almost too successful for its own good when a ...
JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska House of Representatives voted to cut its proposed 2025 Permanent Fund dividend by almost two-thirds on Friday as the House’s contentious budget process lurched ...