The municipal election is approaching. Eight candidates are running for three Assembly seats, and three candidates are running for two School Board seats.

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Emergency managers want the White House to provide more clarity.

Visitors to Denali National Park will be able to motor over the full park road starting next year for the first time since a landslide made the route impassable in the late summer of 2021, the National Park Service said Thursday.

A traditional feast will be hosted by Sitka Tribe of Alaska tonight to celebrate the end of the 2026 Alaska Regional Conference of the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society. The annual conference of tribal land managers from across Alaska is being held for the first time in Sitka.

Democratic Rep. Andrew Gray is seeking action against two Republican politicians, accusing them of hypocrisy with election laws.

Time ran out last season as JDHS fell to Service on the road.

Missing Juneau resident 37-year-old Lauralee Josephene Peters. (Photo provided by Juneau Police Department) By Jasz Garrett Juneau Independent Update 9/4/2026: Lauralee Josephene Peters, who was reported missing Thursday, was located by Juneau Police Department patrol officers in downtown Juneau the same day. An updated department press release noted she was safe and thanked the community for assistance in locating her. Original 9/3/2026: The Juneau Police Department is seeki

Republicans being unwilling to support more than one candidate on ranked choice ballot cited as factor by Sabato’s Crystal Ball.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday in Washington, D.C., that he will travel to Alaska to campaign on behalf of incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, who appears to be facing a close race against Democratic challenger Mary Peltola.

Bryan Daniel King, 58, passed away on Aug. 5, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska.

The term “disaster tourist” has come into our language lately, used pejoratively. I understand why the term is being used, though I wish it were not thrown around so casually: There is no excuse for invading someone’s home territory that is under threat just to see what is happening.