A breakthrough agreement by the Alaska Legislature on an education bill that includes the first major permanent funding ...

Alaska bars and liquor stores will be required to post signs warning of alcohol’s link to cancer, under a bill that became ...

Back in November 2024, following the election, I noticed that the Pride flag displayed prominently in the window of KTOO was ...

In Saturday’s second game JDHS’ lone run came in the bottom of the third inning. Trailing 3-0 the Crimson Bears got a leadoff ...

Colony is in second place in the conference, with a 2-1 record, and is 7-4 overall. Wasilla leads the conference at 1-0 and ...

The parent company of Alaska Airlines reported a higher-than-expected financial loss during the first three months of 2025 ...

Spring is happening, very slowly but surely. Purple mountain saxifrage has been blooming, salmonberry flowers appear, yellow violets are starting to flower. However, I have looked at countless stands ...

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

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2024 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites.

An education bill with newly added policy provisions as well as a $700 increase in per-student funding was quickly advanced ...

Even with the Senate’s cuts, preliminary figures show that the operating budget — when combined with other budget bills — ...

A museum’s interactive exhibition featuring the works of a range of local performing artists, classical music performances at two venues, and a dance party in North Douglas are part of the schedule ...