Juneau Independent

For years now, Organized Village of Kake President Joel Jackson has had a dream: a cultural healing center that can reintroduce people looking to heal from alcohol and drug addictions and intergenerational trauma to their culture.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on July 2 called for a special session of the legislature to convene in Juneau on Aug. 2 to consider yet-to-be-seen education reforms and the creation of a Department of Agriculture. At the same time, he urged Republican members of the Legislature to skip the first five days. It’s a sophomoric bit of gamesmanship that should embarrass any leader regardless of political affiliation.

Sophie Sivertsen came to America in the early 20th century as an indentured servant. In order to afford passage across the Atlantic, she had pledged by contract to serve a farmer in the Midwest, who had lost his wife and who had four small children to raise.

Since 1978, when Mayor Bill Overstreet and Rudy Ripley launched Friends of the Flags, groups of volunteers have installed the official flags of all 50 states each year, with few exceptions.

Garbage collected and placed for pickup at the McNugget intersection’s outbound guardrail on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Mike Clemens) In...

Downtown Juneau is at a turning point. With a historic core full of potential but plagued by seasonal slowdowns, housing shortages, and...

By Angela Rodell Over the last several weeks, thousands of you took the time to sign petitions calling for a cap on our rising property...

Coming back into the public discourse this election season, it’s looking like Juneau citizens could again be deciding whether or not we exempt groceries and utilities from a sales tax.

Newspapers have more problems than declining subscriber numbers, diminishing ad revenue and deteriorating finances.

The Future of Indigenous Languages requires an adjustment to the ways things currently are, because the death of most Indigenous...

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, a group of obviously concerned citizens gathered at the whale statue to sing and chant and demand we not have...

The forests surrounding Juneau have become a brushy nursery this month. There are plenty of baby animals and mothers to consider, but I’d...