Juneau Independent

Gov. Mike Dunleavy hosts for final year, offering the first experience for some children's delight in the cold cheer.

Failure to reauthorize the program forced schools in Southeast Alaska to cut budgets.

All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans.

This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.

This week, Thunder Mountain Middle School joined the growing number of schools composting food waste. Before rolling out the program, students in an environmental club led their peers through sorting out their trash and seeing how much of it can avoid the landfill…( Read full story )

In a Friday hearing, members of the Alaska Senate spoke critically about a proposed new ferry terminal in Juneau, questioning why the project would be worth its multimillion-dollar cost.

I don’t ever throw away leftovers. I figure anything wrapped in petrochemical-based plastic and stored in the refrigerator will last longer than my memory, which means I will forget how old the food is anyway.

The Alaska Marine Highway System has put the Columbia back to work through Dec. 17 to cover for the Kennicott, which is delayed leaving a Puget Sound shipyard.

TV show “Molly of Denali” spotlighting Alaska Native character and culture also gets recognition.

Meetings discussing preferred alternatives for long-term flood solution proposals remain closed to media and public, with USACE Alaska District now directing queries to federal headquarters Dave Hanna asks questions and gives suggestions to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Branch Alaska District at a meeting at Thunder Mountain Middle School on July 30, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Independent) By Jasz Garrett Juneau Independent The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers he

Antoine Zeno, 44, charged with felony sexual assault of victim described by a shelter employee as unresponsive "like a ragdoll"; officials say it is the first such case at the facility.

City leaders seek ways to moderate impacts of voter-approved tax cuts at day-long meeting shook up by earthquake, record snowfall.