As nation prepares to celebrate 250th birthday on Saturday, statue of ‘Official Greeter of Juneau, Alaska’ marks 34th anniversary Friday.

Cade Jobsis, 5, getting community-supported treatment for rare disorder, and cleanup activists Leticia McRae and Litter Free are grand marshals for 250th Independence Day.

Show traditionally occurs on the eve of Independence Day activities in Alaska’s capital, but rain also means delays during some years.

All 50 states have space at the Great American State Fair, underway now on the National Mall, but only some states approach greatness.

Two hundred and fifty years ago tomorrow, members of the Second Continental Congress embarked on a bold journey anchored by the radical truth that “all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”

Capital City Fire/Rescue is looking for 24 community volunteers to act as mock patients for its large-scale Mass Casualty Incident exercise at Juneau International Airport on Saturday, July 11, from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The president has repeatedly approved a higher percentage of aid requests for Republican-leaning states than for Democratic-leaning ones in his second term, according to the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute.

The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year.

Support of a new dock is needed — but so is support of housing, childcare and medical services for incoming crew members.

The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing its investigation of a June 22 helicopter crash on Harbor Mountain that resulted in minor injuries to four crew members.

Carcasses of two rare Ziphius cavirostris, or goose-beaked whales, were discovered June 5 on two Southeast Alaska beaches, one near Yakutat and the other near Sitka at Fred's Creek cabin on Kruzof Island.

Draft contains provision that would apply the state’s corporate income tax to privately-owned oil and gas companies, but lawmakers say negotiations on the provision and others will continue.