Juneau Independent

A bright light to her many friends, an intrepid news reporter who mentored others, a communications director for politicians, and a marketing director of nonprofits, Glenda Carino, who passed away on July 22, 2025, was happiest celebrating life to the fullest while surrounded by her large, extended family. 

Camped on an island in Southeast Alaska a few mornings ago, Sasha Calvey heard a commotion outside her tent.

The annual Guns and Hoses Charity softball game is Saturday, Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Dimond Park softball fields.

Suicide Basin is a slurry of water, icebergs and silver silt between jagged peaks, and it’s the source of Juneau’s annual glacial...

When speaking of killer whales, it’s easiest to start with numbers. Forty to 56 interlocking teeth. Bodies nearly 30 feet long and...

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Sunday’s massive tsunami-causing landslide in Southeast Alaska likely sent more than 100 million cubic meters of debris into an icy fjord and onto a prominent glacier in one of the largest slides in at least 10 years, according to analysis by the Alaska Earthquake Center.

I am sympathetic to the need for more housing in downtown Juneau, but perhaps there is a solution that adds housing to our hill without destroying the neighborhood as a whole. It is not too late to alter course.

The past three years of Mendenhall River floods show why a property tax cap would hurt Juneau. When disaster struck, the city had the flexibility to step in and help. Without that, families and the whole community would have been left worse off.

One of several cabinet members touring the state, Scott Turner said he wants to learn about homelessness, high housing costs and other problems.

More than half the states restrict conversion therapy, but conservative courts could change that.