A Juneau man has been detained by federal immigration officials in Anchorage. Cruz Vargas-Enriques was taken into custody on Oct. 28, according to the Alaska Department of Corrections. He was transferred out of Alaska on Nov. 7.

Warming waters are causing salmon born in Juneau’s Auke Creek to shift when they return home — a trend that’s been going on for 46 years. That’s according to an annual report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in August.

The Alaskan Hotel & Bar, where Fry worked as a bookkeeper and general manager, is hosting a remembrance for him on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. Sean Tracey, Andy Koch, and Matt Costa will perform, followed by an open mic, according to a Facebook post.

A Juneau Superior Court judge will stay on after her retention election. Meanwhile, Juneau District Court Judge Kirsten Swanson has retired, and two attorneys have been nominated to fill her position…(Read full story)

The dark days are upon us and winter is quickly approaching. As the days grow even shorter and darker, our mental health may be altered.

Nearly half of Juneau households heat their homes with fuel oil or kerosene, a far higher share than the national average, while beneath the streets, the city’s sewer pipes serve thousands of properties, and electric vehicle drivers draw power from a grid fed largely by hydroelectric plants.

A 60-year-old Juneau woman was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for her role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that investigators say brought about seven kilograms of methamphetamine into Juneau.

A community-wide search and rescue is underway in Angoon for a man who hasn’t been seen since he left to go fishing Tuesday morning.

A Juneau family says a black bear got trapped in their unlocked Subaru around 12:30 a.m. on Monday and destroyed the interior before Juneau police freed it.

On this day 144 years ago, the U.S. Navy bombed Angoon, a Lingít village on Admiralty Island near Juneau. It killed at least six children. Clan houses, food caches and canoes were also destroyed.

Juneau’s highest-paid city employee in 2025 was a cop. So was the second highest. And the third. In fact, 6 out of the 10 top-paid city employees last year were officers at the Juneau Police Department.

Juneau’s Thatcher Brouwer was recently named executive director of United Fishermen of Alaska, also known as UFA. Brouwer has more than two decades under his belt as a commercial fisherman and years of experience with statewide fisheries policy.