New board leadership was elected toward the end of the meeting, with Deborah Johnston — who has served for six years, ...

A festive group of runners participated in the Solstice Sweater Shuffle on Saturday at the King Salmon Shelter at Lena Beach, ...

Three state snowplows in Juneau’s fleet now have the names Berminator, Salt-O-Saurus Rex and Ka-PLOW after a naming contest ...

The University of Alaska system and the union representing nearly 1,100 faculty members and postdoctoral fellows are headed ...

Crimson Bears finish Vegas, use alumni game for GHCCC warmup.

It’s not quite an election, but if most property owners formally object to paying about $6,300 apiece to install ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he will “bring back the name of Mount McKinley” to the Alaska mountain known as ...

December, a friend and I walked the little Fish Creek Trail. At the side of the pond, a small gray bird was bobbing up and down on a gray rock — a dipper! A bit later, we saw it again, fossicking in ...

Rep. Sara Hannan is moving up in the world, or at least in the confines of the Alaska State Capitol, while fellow Juneau Rep.

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Work on the Coast Guard’s first Polar Security Cutter is starting this year, the first of three scheduled to be built so far, ...

A proposed increase of more than 60% in water rates and 80% in sewer rates during the next five years has some unhappy ...