Juneau Independent

Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management director updated lawmakers, and outlined a “significant cleanup mission” planned for this summer

Trump administration’s 5.5-million-acre auction is one of several mandated over next few years for federal lands in Alaska and federal waters off the state’s coast.

Retired sportswriter Peter King examines the impact of football across the United States.

Nonprofit plans to return $2 million grant to city, says it may take a decade to obtain funds from alternative sources and complete 51-unit facility.

February's First Friday will feature artist pop-ups, a science and art exhibit, and a radio theatre performance.

Longtime Juneau resident Ronald Berg, 80, passed away Dec. 13, 2025, while living at home.

The U.S. Department of Education reinforced the right to prayer in public schools in guidance issued Thursday. Under the guidance to state and local education agencies, students, teachers and school officials have “a right to pray in school as an expression of individual faith, as long as they’re not doing so on behalf of the school,” the department said. 

Proposed changes to Haines State Forest management could roll back restrictions on logging across wide swaths of the Chilkat Valley. But some say economics — not just government regulation — is preventing large-scale logging returning to the area. 

The independent federal agency that provides Alaska with utilities, infrastructure and economic support is considering a number of new environmental hazards as it updates its statewide threat assessment.

The U.S. Forest Service’s free public Fireside Lectures return to their original venue of Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center at 7 p.m. on Friday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 

City leaders undecided on proposals after tax cuts passed by voters last year is prompting talk of significant budget cuts, concern about what residents are willing to support this year.

The Assembly should close a costly loophole in Juneau’s election code for citizen initiatives. The current ambiguity around when petitioners get extra time to gather signatures undermines the charter’s clear standards and invites unequal treatment from one campaign to the next.