Juneau Independent

Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for tax evasion. Still, each year the federal government pays his Alaska company, Summit Telephone, for internet service that’s slower than in most of the US.

The Alaska Legislature has approved the ban of seven synthetic food dyes from school meals to help protect student health.

House Bill 193 would also adjust the state’s unemployment payments for inflation and end sick leave for many workers.

The University of Alaska will be required to provide advanced notice before increasing student fees and an itemized list of fees charged to students and families under new legislation passed by the Alaska Legislature.

State lawmakers are acting to fix technical errors affecting the boundaries of several Alaska wildlife refuges and other public areas.

The Interior Department is taking public comment on a proposal that would allow up to 160 vehicles per day on a restricted section of the Denali Park Road during the peak summer tourist season.

The change, attached to a bill giving paid leave for new parents, would roll back a 2024 ballot measure approved by 58% of participating voters

The Alaska Legislature approved legislation to add a faculty member to the University of Alaska Board of Regents, the body that oversees policy and management of the state’s public university system.

Alaska’s smallest towns and villages would be allowed to shrink their city councils under a bill that neared final passage Friday in the Alaska Legislature.

State’s capital budget for fiscal year 2027 is all but complete as lawmakers near adjournment of the regular session.

Bill instructs the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to develop guidelines with local, state and non-profit mental health organizations for mental health education.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named a former state legislator and longtime owner of a North Pole tourist destination known as the Santa Claus House to the council in charge of vetting and nominating state judges, among other duties.

The Alaska Senate approved a bill that would expand eligibility and services provided by early intervention programs for children experiencing developmental delays or disabilities.

Alaska Volcano Observatory increases alert level at Kupreanof on the Alaska Peninsula.

The $500 million project could consume twice as much natural gas as urban Alaska’s grid.

It’s the largest number of criminal charges filed in a single case within Alaska courts since modern record-keeping began.

Is the value of the trans-Alaska pipeline system $2.8 billion, or $10.3 billion? Or is it $20 billion?

The federal government has rejected a request to list three populations of Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered, according to a public notice scheduled for publication on Thursday.

Supporters say interconnected trails benefit residents and the tourism industry, but the outlook for future funding is mixed.

Alaska will recognize Hispanic Heritage Month under a new law signed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

Alaska’s economic development agency, AIDEA, wants to conduct geologic testing on its existing oil leases — and to bid on new ones — in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Current law requires them to share financial information publicly if they have more than 500 shareholders.

New documents reveal a cozy relationship between former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum and AI investors, preceding three government contracts worth more than $80 million. The latest revelations fall into a pattern of Crum awarding contracts to people who align with his interests.

District says it will challenge the Alaska Board of Education’s approval of a new charter school after the district denied the application.

Physician assistants may soon be able to operate more independently in Alaska, if Gov. Mike Dunleavy approves a bill passed Friday by the Alaska Legislature.

The Alaska Legislature has approved a bill that would update the law that governs how hospitals and clinics within the state share patient records and other health information.

Democratic candidate proposes to eliminate income taxes for Alaskans earning less than the state’s median household income.

Here’s what’s happening in the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state.

Views on the state’s economy are extremely dour ahead of the 2026 election season, two leading surveyors find.

More access to veterinarian care, which is scarce in rural communities, would boost both human health and safety as well as animal welfare, bill supporters say.

Candidates tell us how they'd respond to threats like typhoons and thawing permafrost, and with whom they'd want to dine — living or dead.

The Alaska Legislature has voted to mandate a three-step disaster evacuation scale for use statewide, a move inspired in part by a miscommunication in a wildfire near Denali National Park.

Lawmakers’ next step is combining the Senate plan with a different version approved last month by the Alaska House.

The gap between the price of Brent crude and North Slope crude ‘may be the highest value in history’

State and federal officials say addressing the crisis is a top priority, but advocates, families and supporters say more resources and attention to current and cold cases are needed

A commercial fisherman in Kodiak will plead guilty to stealing 16 yellow cedar trees from the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska.

After four years of effort, the Alaska Legislature has passed a bill offering additional support for the underfunded organization that offers free legal help to Alaskans facing civil lawsuits.

Stephen Cox is the treasurer and founding member of a new private Christian school in Anchorage, scheduled to open in the fall.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is urging state lawmakers to act on his proposal to cut state taxes by $7.2 billion over the next 36 years to subsidize construction of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is scheduled to consider a proposal that would pay teachers, staff and contractors to carry handguns at schools in the borough.

Alaska will deploy 25 National Guard soldiers and airmen to Washington D.C. this month, according to a Friday update from the Alaska Department of Military and Veteran Affairs.

The wells was drilled on Indigenous-owned land, in a program that prompted sharp opposition from area tribes.

Two Southeast Alaska Republicans flip, casting key votes to sustain Dunleavy’s veto of changes before the 2026 elections.

Stephen Cox defended controversial legal positions in his first eight months in office, as some lawmakers questioned if they are contrary to Alaska law and Alaskans’ interests.

Here’s what’s happening in the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state.

The Alaska House advanced a bill Thursday that would regulate commercial self-driving vehicles.

Relatives and friends of murdered and missing Indigenous Alaskans took their grief to the streets of Midtown Anchorage on Thursday.

A 14-member search committee reviewed applications from more than 50 candidates nationally and recommended three finalists to the board in April.

The Alaska House of Representatives advanced two bills relating to certified nurse aide training and home health care workers this week in an effort to support Alaska’s growing senior population.

An Alaska woman is accusing the Alaska Department of Public Safety, two Alaska State Troopers and the A&E Television Network of compromising her privacy and safety as a confidential informant after they filmed an arrest without her consent.