Alaska’s unemployment rate improved slightly in June, but detailed statistics show job losses continuing. According to figures from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce… Continue reading
Weather authorities and residents are getting used to responding to glacial floods in the Mendenhall Valley.
Efforts of great-granddaughter lead to discovery of woman’s location, family history.
With sunny picnic and open house, company celebrates 125th anniversary.
Alaska summer gets Planet Earth-style treatment in hour-long film.
The National Park Service rescued a German pilot from a Glacier Bay sand flat Friday after an engine malfunction forced the plane’s emergency landing. Pilot… Continue reading
Homemade gifts hold a certain charm.
I recently spent a couple of days roaming the trails in Gustavus, along with three other curious naturalists.
The waters quickly abated after the peak and almost everything was back to normal Friday morning.
In the case of a Friday afternoon house fire in the Mendenhall Valley, a small dog was the first responder.
As part of their honeymoon, Adam and Gianna Kersch took a canoe tour to the Mendenhall Glacier on Friday afternoon. They were part of a… Continue reading
The Housing First facility may be more than doubling its residents. Bruce Denton, Vice Chair on the Housing First board, said Housing First — a… Continue reading
A spiritual leader with an enormous international following is visiting Juneau this month — with 1,000 followers in tow. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s devotees will… Continue reading
A late budget will now bring consequences for Alaska’s lawmakers. In a Thursday evening ceremony in Anchorage, Gov. Bill Walker signed House Bill 44 into… Continue reading
The National Park Service has extended the public comment period for a proposed rule to amend its regulations for sport hunting and trapping in National… Continue reading
Nineteen months after Gov. Bill Walker killed the Juneau Access Project, the federal government has signed the death certificate.
The ethics subcommittee of the Alaska House of Representatives ruled Thursday that Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, violated state law by leaking the existence of a confidential ethics complaint to the press.
Thanks in part to prior preparation, a man is safe after his plane flipped and crash landed in a lake in Glacier Bay National Park… Continue reading
Mark Landvik grew up in Juneau and is now a professional snowboarder. Just three years ago he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. That diagnosis is… Continue reading
A legislative audit committee has suggested the executive director of the Alaska Mental Health Trust could be charged with a crime for giving an under-development… Continue reading