Juneau Independent

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.

Minority House Republicans raised legal concerns, but the extension passed anyway and advanced out of the Capitol.

Former Juneau resident Milton A. Brown, III, 66, passed away after an illness in Palm Springs, CA, on Feb. 11, 2025.

Alaska’s senior senator says Dunleavy administration blew one-time opportunity to ‘save’ aging ferry system during speech at Southeast Conference’s Mid-Session Summit.

President Trump on Thursday announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet.

In annual legislative address, Chief Justice Susan Carney said court-ordered limits on delays to prevent cases from dragging on for years are working, but the state has more to do.

Public defender appointed after jury hung on most charges in first trial of chiropractor seeks longer delay than discussed last fall during hearing Wednesday; next hearing set for April 15.

This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.

From guns to prisons to the death penalty, lawmakers consider a wide range of measures.

Alaska public school students would be required to learn hands-only CPR under a proposal advancing through the state legislature.

Andrew James Markovich, age 57, of Juneau, Alaska, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, at his residence.