The state of Alaska will hold public hearings Monday and Tuesday on ballot measures that seek to raise the state’s minimum ...

However, the Juneau Icefield at about 1,500 square miles (3,900 km²), remains one of the largest icefields in the Western ...

Before Egan Drive opened in 1975, commuting between Mendenhall Valley and downtown on Glacier Highway felt like a funeral ...

A Juneau man was sentenced to serve 27 years in prison after being convicted on two counts of child sexual abuse, after being ...

It might seem like one more helicopter in Juneau won’t be all that noticeable, but this one is a bit bigger and more ...

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Ship-Free Saturday (Proposition #2) on the Oct. 1 municipal ballot, is an attempt by a group of residents including me, who ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

As the CEO of the Alaska Travel Industry Association, I’m proud to represent the thousands of small businesses, families and ...

Giving Gastineau Human Services up to $500,000 for an accelerated expansion of the nonprofit’s residential substance abuse ...

A lopsided financial battle is occurring with the Ship-Free Saturday ballot proposition, as less than $500 raised by ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski isn’t your typical undecided voter. She’s not only extremely well informed about the presidential ...