Juneau Independent

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Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the Kuspuk School District filed the lawsuit alleging the state is failing its constitutional obligation to maintain public education.

Positive-negative response of 31%-10% compares to 29%-13% a year ago; plurality of 39% saying industry has both positive and negative impacts is similar to 42% last year.

Proposal for next several years also reportedly seeks to cut corporate income tax, boost PFD to $3,600 by changing management of Permanent Fund.

Bill Hill joins the race for Alaska’s lone seat in the US House of Representatives.

More than eight years after 19-year-old Kake resident Jade Williams was killed at a party, a man has been sentenced for causing her death. 

As White House rhetoric escalates about taking Greenland by force or purchase, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski suggests attention should focus more on the existing U.S. Arctic, where “we are woefully unprepared.”

In reference to the article "City surveying residents about budget priorities as leaders face post-election spending cuts," it makes sense to poll residents about their funding priorities. But the city's survey is flawed in some important ways that limit its usefulness and risk misleading both respondents and decision-makers.

U.S. President Donald Trump gives a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 21, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) By Jennifer Shutt States Newsroom President Donald Trump announced in a social media post Wednesday that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte brokered a possible agreement on Greenland, though Trump provided few details or a timeline.  Trump’s comments came just hours after he took his case for acquiring the Arctic island to the W

Juneau’s Docks and Harbors on Tuesday identified a large sinkhole/pothole that has developed in the North Douglas Boat Launch parking lot.

Locals asked to pick what programs they value most and would target first for reductions, along with if there are new revenue measures they support.

This is for all of us who don’t have perfect hair — and for those of us with no hair left to style, fluff, slick or comb. It’s for those of us who haven’t had our teeth straightened, capped and whitened. Or our bodies surgically enhanced. Our eyebrows shaped, our muscles toned by a private coach, our clothes selected by a private shopper or our shoes polished by a private valet.