Most households and businesses in the rural community of Gustavus rely on septic systems. For years, a private company from Juneau ferried over to pump them out.

il prices are climbing back toward $100 per barrel on Thursday, while stock markets worldwide slow following their big gains from the day before.

A petition to pause the 2026 seasonal sales tax increase gathered hundreds of signatures over the week that it was out at five local stores.

Veronica Lambertsen is a small business owner with no professional law enforcement experience and a volunteer secretary for the advocacy group Moms for Liberty.

The conflict which may yet become a war begs for a permanent solution. Clearly, the issue is: who has the current excess production of crude oil? And who enjoys an operable revenue stream resulting from sales of crude oil worldwide. For the last few decades Iran has enjoyed that distinction.

At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published Wednesday.

The United States and Iran both claimed victory Wednesday, a day after agreeing to a two-week conditional ceasefire, though doubts loomed following continued strikes across the Gulf nations and an indication by Iran that it will continue to control the Strait of Hormuz, a major passage for one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it has seized 5.4 metric tons of allegedly unreported pollock roe and discovered several significant fishing violations aboard one of the biggest factory trawlers operating in the Bering Sea off Alaska.

Gubernatorial hopefuls are blasting Alaska’s trawlers for catching salmon. Now industry allies have launched a radio ad campaign.

Alaska DOT officials ask legislators for $20 million in stopgap funds to ensure Alaska Marine Highway System continues operating until grant funds arrive.

Two websites publish articles on Easter with AI-generated content, including fake pictures of Alaska Native celebrations; one of the stories vanishes after the Independent asks about it By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent Juneau’s not typically a place tourists begin a road or rail tour of Alaska, the town’s Maritime Festival is in May rather than June, and that photo is…well, definitely unreal. Two articles about visiting Alaska’s capital city published at travel websites o

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