Juneau Independent

A 2,000-acre fire, along with others north of the Brooks Range, fits a pattern of increasing wildfires on the treeless tundra Smoke from...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on July 2 called for a special session of the legislature to convene in Juneau on Aug. 2 to consider yet-to-be-seen education reforms and the creation of a Department of Agriculture. At the same time, he urged Republican members of the Legislature to skip the first five days. It’s a sophomoric bit of gamesmanship that should embarrass any leader regardless of political affiliation.

On July 1, Alaska’s new sick-leave and minimum wage increase law took effect. Approved by voters in November, it states that someone working at a business with 15 or more employees will earn one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked, up to a maximum of 56 per year, unless the employer voluntarily increases that limit.

(City and Borough of Juneau photo) CBJ Parks and Recreation’s Month of Play consists of in-person and do-it-yourself activities July 12...

The Southeast and Yakutat commercial troll fishery for king salmon closed on Friday, July 4, as the Alaska Department of Fish and Game projected that the fleet would hit the harvest limit for the season’s first opener in just four days.

Days after President Donald Trump signed a massive budget bill, attorneys for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its state members in Massachusetts and Utah filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a provision they say will affect more than 1 million patients who use their clinics across the U.S.

Brad Hogarth, a participant in Sitka’s holiday brass concerts for a decade, chosen from four finalists Brad Hogarth, the newly named...

A protester said if she could ask Rep. Nick Begich III (R-Alaska) one question it would be: "What does he think (in) that bill will benefit Alaskans specifically and Americans in general?"

A small boat is wrapped around a tree along with other debris in Ingram on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Ingram is a small town about seven...

This was the 39th running of some form of the Mt. Roberts Run first initiated by Betsy and Scott Fischer in 1986.

There’s an ATM at Safeway, a window washer and a cookie/lemonade stand; a few other stores tried it for a bit and went back to conventional currency

Will legislators and glacial outburst waters flood into the capital city at the same time, and the latest about the Juneau icebreaker after the passage of the "big, beautiful bill."