Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday signed a state budget for the coming year that cuts $200 of a $700 increase in per-student school funding approved by the Alaska Legislature, part of $122 million in ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995, and 2005. The stories include names, AP ...

The new policy requires K-12 students to keep their devices powered off and stored during school hours. High school students ...

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Increased precipitation in the spring is notable, as May and April are historically drier and sunnier in Southeast Alaska.

A six-member legislative task force on education that includes two Juneau members will spend the next 18 months reviewing ...

Events planned Saturday have gained new support after President Trump ordered National Guard into L.A. As President Donald ...

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé 2025 graduate Nick Iverson and JDHS sophomore-to-be Bella Connally both placed their names into the Crimson Bears track and field record books this past ...

The analysis determined avalanches caused 36% of all mountain goat mortalities on average. This percentage increased to 60% in more avalanche-prone areas. An average of 8% of individuals in a ...

How should we be living our lives? What can we do to make them more meaningful? How will I know if I am on the right path?

In spite of dissatisfaction with the city’s unilateral decision to impose vote-by-mail a few years ago, on June 9 our Assembly moved to consider mandating another burdensome and unnecessary voting ...

Finn Morley, 21, topped the field during Tuesday’s East Glacier Trail Tangle, covering the 4.9-mile course in 33 minutes 11 ...