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After years of problems, Alaska plans to outsource payroll for 14,000 public employees
Bids from interested companies were due Thursday; a contract could come as soon as next month, documents indicate.
Oct 55 min read


Kaia Mangaccat wins girls’ state XC championship
JDHS girls place seventh in DI, Petersburg girls win D3 title, Sitka girls second in D2.
Oct 414 min read


Crimson Bears boys runners place seventh at state
Craig’s Aulis Nelson wins D3 state title, Wrangell boys D3 runner-up, Sitka boys fifth in D2.
Oct 414 min read


Crimson Bears win JIVE over Cordova
JDHS JV makes a push in the semifinals, but loses to varsity.
Oct 46 min read


Obituary: Tara Dawn Hansen
Tara Dawn Hansen passed in her sleep and was discovered dead on September 10, 2026. Tara was born in Juneau in 1989 and graduated from Juneau Douglas High School in 2008.
Oct 41 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 2
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 41 min read


UAS scientists are trying to predict harmful algal blooms as super El Niño heats up
Scientists predict that a super El Niño could break ocean temperature records this winter.
Oct 41 min read


Juneau tops Bartlett 33-28 to secure no. 3 playoff spot at home against East Anchorage next weekend
Krew Ridle runs for 4 TDs, Jaxin Jim scores fifth as Crimson Bears wrap up best regular season in four years.
Oct 36 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 1
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 32 min read


Police blotter for Sept. 30
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 31 min read


Sitkans testify: Keep Roadless Rule
All who testified in the Alaska subsistence hearings the U.S. Forest Service held via teleconference Wednesday said the 2001 Roadless Rule should be kept in place to protect subsistence harvest opportunities, particularly on the Tongass National Forest.
Oct 36 min read


Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.
When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, officials in Denver, a liberal city where roughly 14% of residents are foreign-born, quickly sued.
Oct 37 min read
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