Juneau Independent

Prep for salmon croquettes. (By Patty Schied) By Patty Schied When I was growing up in Juneau, salmon were very plentiful. My father...

After a historic land buyback by the US Forest Service, Tlingit crew members are demolishing culverts to restore streams, salmon runs and cultural history deep in the national forest.

‘Harrowing experience’ for those left to fend for themselves in the 2025 glacial lake outburst flood

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Rally participants say plan to demolish historic homes, build apartments is based on incomplete and inaccurate data about stability of neighborhood’s landscape.

Following a “successful” meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump said he is going straight for a “peace agreement” in a Monday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House.

Sockeye counts in the Upper Lynn Canal are down, and the run is yet to arrive in full force. As the weeks tick by and numbers stay low, some fishermen are worried the full run might not materialize at all. 

Haines and Skagway residents have been dealing with weak or no cell service for several days this week. At least two carriers – AT&T and Verizon – say the outage is due to Juneau’s glacial outburst flood.

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The Crimson Bears showed they can bite back in their namesake return to the gridiron after playing the past five seasons as the Huskies, rallying from a 19-6 fourth-quarter deficit on a 54-yard touchdown run to make the score 19-12 with about six minutes to go. But they couldn’t stop Service High School from literally running out the clock on the Cougars’ home field.

About 150 people join statewide demonstrations opposing leaders of U.S. and Russia meeting without Ukraine present to discuss peace deal.

Presiding Judge Larry Woolford declared a mistrial Wednesday for two of the 16 sexual assault and harassment charges against Jeff Fultz. Fultz will continue to stand trial for the remaining 14 charges.