Juneau Independent

The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers said The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency

Controversy about New Amalga Gold Project expands to concerns about impacts on nearby recreational use as lawmakers question its ties to Cascade Point Ferry Terminal.

In anticipation of Sen. Dan Sullivan's annual address to the Alaska Legislature next week, I have written the address I would like to hear. Let we Alaskans envision alternatives to what we are currently enduring and work diligently to actualize a timeline we can be proud of.

In late December Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom handed over Alaska’s entire voter registration database to the U.S. Department of Justice to comply with an August demand issued by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon to provide ”… the registrant’s full name, date of birth, residential address, his or her state driver’s license number or the last four digits of the registrant’s social security number.”

Candidates share what they'd propose for a per-student schools budget, and dish about their whips.

The Department of Homeland Security is headed for a shutdown as lawmakers on Capitol Hill remained stuck Thursday over bans on face masks and other immigration tactics. The department’s funding expires Friday night.

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Official White House photo) By Rich Moniak U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, called a social media post shared by President Donald Trump last week “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House." Sen. Dan Sullivan called it “offensive.” Trump took the post down but wouldn’t apologize because he “didn’t make a mistake.” I don’t need to elaborate on the racist

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Sitka Magistrate Judge Pamela Stahla-Kernin sentenced Pietr K. Dabaluz to ten days in jail and three years of probation Wednesday, on the Juneau man's guilty plea to misdemeanor assault charges arising from his actions during an Aug. 30, 2025, protest rally at the Sitka roundabout.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-211 on Wednesday to end President Donald Trump’s national emergency at the Canadian border and end tariffs on Canadian imports.

A bill pitched by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration as a “paradigm shift” for state forest timber harvest will not be fast-tracked through the legislature as the governor has requested.

Alice Taff, Christina Love, Maria Gladziszewski and Seikoonie Fran Houston are the four women nominated by community.