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Tensions over a levee that’s taking shape in back yards along the capital’s Mendenhall River have come to a head, with one ...
High school students wrote plays on personal topics as part of this year’s Radio Theater Festival. Theater Alaska performed ...
A month after the Juneau Access Road was put back on the political map by the Dunleavy administration, the Alaska State ...
And just two months ago, one of the most articulate advocates for Juneau Access, Wallace K. “Sandy” Williams, passed away. First, some history and perspective: In 2024, the Alaska Marine ...
The group seeks to cap the property tax rate, to remove sales tax on food and utilities and to make in-person voting the default again.
An Alaska Native man who maintained his innocence in the 1997 killing of a white teenager has agreed to an $11.5 million settlement with the city of Fairbanks ...
Juneau, Alaska, has implemented cruise ship and passenger caps to curb its cruise boom. Three local businesses told BI they support these limits despite relying on cruisers for revenue.
The 2025 Alaska cruise season is officially underway. On Monday, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Bliss sailed into Juneau, kicking off another summer of visitors exploring No. 49. The next ship, ...
Hundreds of miles of hiking trails may surround Juneau, Alaska, but living there year-round is no walk in the park. In the winter, the state's capital city sees less than seven hours of sunlight ...
Juneau, Alaska, enjoys a majestic setting in a narrow fjord with Mount Juneau and Mount Roberts towering above it. To the east is the vast expanse of glacial ice known as the Juneau Icefield ...
off-again tariffs and a related drop in oil prices have contributed to the uncertainty for Alaska lawmakers tasked each year with crafting a state budget based on volatile oil prices JUNEAU ...