Juneau Independent

President Donald Trump said Friday he will try to reverse any law, pardon or still-in-effect executive order that former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t immediately clear how that would work or whether it would be legal. 

Longtime Juneau resident Wilhelmine Jean Larsen (95) peacefully departed her earthly journey on Nov. 12, 2025, at the Juneau Pioneers’ Home with family by her side.

President Donald Trump called for “reverse migration” in the US as he outlined a further crackdown on immigration following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington. In a pair of Truth Social posts late Thursday that disparaged many US immigrants, Trump said he would halt admissions from unspecified developing nations and revoke citizenship from some naturalized migrants. He also said he would end all federal benefits for non-citizens. Trump offered no details

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Last week, Gov. Mike Dunleavy approved the deployment of Alaska National Guard members to Washington, D.C., “to help the Trump Administration restore public trust.” But if that was really important to him, he’d start by telling the president that incompetence, rank hypocrisy and retribution aren’t part of the formula.

Unhoused residents surviving a wintry day, grieving family seeking to help others after a loss among the hundreds gathering for Juneau’s annual communal Thanksgiving dinner.

Nearly 300 people turn out for 12th annual race that’s a tradition for some, a new way for others to burn calories before the feast ahead.

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Most City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) offices and facilities—including City Hall offices, administrative offices of the Juneau Police Department, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Zach Gordon Youth Center, Augustus G. Brown Swimming Pool, Dimond Park Field House, and all Juneau Public Library branches—will be closed Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28 in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday.  

Deer hunting in the greater Sitka-area Game Management Unit 4 is more efficient than anywhere in Alaska, and Alaska Department of Fish and Game data shows the Sitka area deer population is doing well.

Mayor Tom Morphet is proposing transferring the borough’s Tlingit Park property to the Chilkoot Indian Association. 

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski denounced the Trump administration’s targeting of Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday, saying on social media that its actions are “reckless and flat-out wrong.”