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Police calls for Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Aurora forecast through the week of March 23

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at www.gi.alaska.edu/monitors/aurora-forecast. The listings below will… Continue reading

 

Angie Flick (center), finance director for the City and Borough of Juneau, explains to Assembly members the financial impacts of various adjustments to the mill rate during a Finance Committee meeting on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Proposed CBJ budget eyes increase to 10.19 mills due to school building takeover, other costs

Unknowns as Assembly begins two-month process are contract negotiations, federal funding.

 

Lesley Thompson asks a question during a town hall with the three members of Juneau’s state legislative delegation Thursday night at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Local legislators emphasize wise navigation on bumpy state and federal policy highways during town hall

Federal shakeups affecting medical care, fiscal stability, schools and other legislative issues loom large.

Lesley Thompson asks a question during a town hall with the three members of Juneau’s state legislative delegation Thursday night at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
President Donald Trump signs the Save Our Seas Act in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2018. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), is second from the left. Both Republican politicians got relatively high favorable ratings in a poll of Alaskans published this month. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)

Statewide poll: Trump, Murkowski provoke strongest feelings; Sullivan most popular among delegation

Alaskans also split on continuing aid to Ukraine, agree Russia started war, oppose Canada/Mexico tariffs.

President Donald Trump signs the Save Our Seas Act in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2018. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), is second from the left. Both Republican politicians got relatively high favorable ratings in a poll of Alaskans published this month. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)
The Juneau School District administrative office inside Thunder Mountain Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Update: Students and staff affected by PowerSchool data breach offered two years of identity protection services

The complimentary identity protection services apply to all impacted students and educators.

The Juneau School District administrative office inside Thunder Mountain Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire
A sign in front of The Waterfront on Glacier advertises being open for reservations on Wednesday morning, two days after city officials shut it down due to building work done without a proper permit.

Waterfront on Glacier hotel abruptly closed, guests evicted, by city due to building permit issues

“We just are not confident that that building is safe for occupants,” community development director says.

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A sign in front of The Waterfront on Glacier advertises being open for reservations on Wednesday morning, two days after city officials shut it down due to building work done without a proper permit.
An undeveloped lot next to Safeway is the designated site for a three-story dental clinic propose by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium as part of its Vintage Park Campus. (City and Borough of Juneau photo)

Three-story SEARHC dental clinic next to Vintage Park medical center gets Planning Commission OK

Nearly 20,000-square-foot facility would be part of campus where employee housing is also planned.

An undeveloped lot next to Safeway is the designated site for a three-story dental clinic propose by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium as part of its Vintage Park Campus. (City and Borough of Juneau photo)
Tom Dawson touches a 57-millimeter Bofors gun during a tour of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

US Coast Guard Cutter Munro stops in Juneau as it begins its patrol

Crew conducts community outreach and details its mission in Alaska.

Tom Dawson touches a 57-millimeter Bofors gun during a tour of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Police calls for Wednesday, March 26, 2025

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)
(Illustration by Stephanie Harold)

Woven Peoples and Place: Seals, science and sustenance

Xunaa (Hoonah) necropsy involves hunters and students

(Illustration by Stephanie Harold)
Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Glenfarne takes majority stake of Alaska LNG Project, will lead development

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation announced Thursday they had reached an agreement with the New York-based company.

Natural gas processing equipment is seen at Furie Operating Alaska’s central processing facility in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
ConocoPhillips oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska on March 23, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Oil and gas execs denounce Trump’s ‘chaos’ and ‘uncertainty’ in first survey during his second term

Issues raised by southcentral U.S. operators have similarities, differences to Alaska’s, lawmakers say.

ConocoPhillips oil pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska on March 23, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on March 25, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The front page of the Juneau Empire on March 25, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
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Police calls for Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)
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Police calls for Monday, March 24, 2025

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer for The New York Times)

Trump administration abruptly cuts billions from state health services, including Alaska’s

State was using funds to purchase lab equipment and update electronic records.

  • Mar 26, 2025
  • By Apoorva MandavilliMargot Sanger-Katz and Jan Hoffman ©2025 The New York Times Company
  • Donald TrumpHealthcare
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer for The New York Times)
A dropoff box for ballots at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)

Alaska’s elections get shakeup favoring conservatives under new Trump executive order

Order requires federal ballots to be received by Election Day, proof of citizenship to register to vote.

A dropoff box for ballots at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)
People participate in the throwing of colors for the Holi festival in downtown Juneau on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Penn)

Colors brighten Juneau’s spring during fourth annual Holi festival

“Forget the difference. Let’s be one. Let’s have fun.”

People participate in the throwing of colors for the Holi festival in downtown Juneau on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Penn)
The three survivors of a Sunday afternoon plane crash are found atop the wing of their plane near Tustumena Lake in Kasilof on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dale Eicher)

Man and two children are found alive after plane crash into an Alaska lake

Pilot and young passengers survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours.

  • Mar 25, 2025
  • By John Yoon and Livia Albeck-Ripka ©2025 The New York Times Company
  • Plane crash
The three survivors of a Sunday afternoon plane crash are found atop the wing of their plane near Tustumena Lake in Kasilof on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dale Eicher)