Juneau Independent

Documentary series ‘Lost Women of Alaska’ now airing on HBO examines the crisis through the investigation of an Anchorage serial killer and how local police handled the case.

Alaska lawmakers eulogized their former colleague, Craig Johnson, a longtime Republican Representative for Anchorage, who died Friday at the age of 72.

Father and son to be inducted together among 14 chosen for April ceremony.

Jeremiah Lee Pond, 50, suspected of possessing about 400 grams of illegal substances, plus case and recreational vehicles associated with the case, according to JPD.

About two-thirds of Americans who don’t own their own home say they do not think they will be able to afford to buy a home in the foreseeable future, and nearly half of Americans say they have "a lot" or "some" debt, an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel finds.

Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician. So when asked if he’d ever be willing to say no to President Donald Trump, he said when the administration does things he doesn’t like, he’ll sometimes “beat them up in public.”

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Trail Mix, Inc. and the Juneau Off-Road Association (JORA) have received a second $10,000 award from Polaris Inc. T.R.A.I.L.S. Grant Program to support the ongoing development of a 35-mile off-road vehicle (ORV) park. This would be the first ORV park in Southeast Alaska.

In 2024, the number of cases reached the highest level since 2011; Alaska has highest rate in US

A brown bear wades in the water on July 18, 2012, at the Dog Salmon River on the Alaska Peninsula. A man who was hunting on the Alaska Peninsula in 2024 contracted "seal finger," an infection associated with seals, from a brown bear. (Lisa Hupp / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon When a 29-year-old Anchorage man returned from a bear hunt on the Alaska Peninsula in September of 2024, he had a persistent and painful finger infection that defied easy

Under Alaska law, adoption ends the legal relationship between children and birth families — including siblings. Foster youth have called for changes to the law to preserve contact.

A small group of people gathered in St Ann’s Parish Hall for a reentry simulation, an event designed to mimic the first month of a prisoner reintegrating into society.