The U.S. was supposed to get keys to a new heavy icebreaker this year. Instead, construction is years late as costs soar.
The cost to build three Coast Guard icebreakers is 250% higher than initially projected. The first cutter is delayed until at least 2029.
FBI arrests man in Juneau after stabbing multiple people on cruise ship
Ntando Sogoni was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.
How to Run for Local Office workshop preps candidates for Juneau’s October election on Saturday
As Assembly and School Board incumbents decide whether they’re running for reelection, future candidates can learn how to take their place.
Alaska House nears vote on big increase for public school maintenance statewide
The House Finance Committee approved the most school maintenance funding since 2011.
Tongass Voices: Haa Tooch Lichéesh Coalition members find inner strength through ocean dipping
Haa Tooch Lichéesh Coalition leads traditional practices like a dip in the ocean for strength and healing.
Alaska officials announce ‘One Pill Can Kill’ campaign to address fentanyl crisis
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan announced the campaign at an Anchorage news conference Monday, citing Alaska’s 40 percent increase in drug deaths from 2022 to 2023.
Alaska House committee kills state-owned corporation’s plan to borrow up to $300 million
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority did not identify specific projects or a timeline for spending.
Close encounters with a curious killer whale remind Juneau residents of the city’s wild nature
There were at least three reports of close encounters with a teenage female orca in the ocean around Juneau in a single day at the end of April.
Competing House and Senate bills propose fixes to homeschool laws ruled unconstitutional
After a judge ruled Alaska’s correspondence school program violates the state Constitution, lawmakers are looking for a way forward.
UAA graduation is extra sweet for students who missed high school ceremonies 4 years ago
Just before receiving her diploma as a University of Alaska Anchorage graduate on Sunday, Katie Scoggin spoke to her classmates about the importance of being part of a community. “There is strength not only in numbers, but especially in dedicating yourself to serving others and giving back to the communities that raised you,” Scoggin said during…
Local air carrier adopts new tech with aim to make travel in Southeast Alaska safer, more reliable
Alaska Seaplanes, the region’s most comprehensive carrier, has developed new approach paths and installed GPS equipment sensitive enough to allow instrument flights even in the challenging geography of the region.
Juneau School District hires new chief financial officer following budget crisis
Lisa Pearce was selected after contracting to work on the budget this winter.
This oil platform stopped pumping 30 years ago. Alaska still won’t make the owner tear it down.
Owners can put off the costly process of tearing down the platforms using a strategy one critic calls “delay, deny and diddle around.” And in Alaska, the state has let them do it — for decades.
Former head prison doctor replaces Anne Zink as Alaska’s chief medical officer
Dr. Robert Lawrence is a family medicine doctor who got his start in rural Alaska.
Garden Talk: Good pruning technique can help your trees and bushes reach their potential
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski says your apple and cherry trees shouldn’t have any rubbing branches — that a robin should be able to fly through a tree without hitting its wings.
Scientists welcome new rules on marijuana, but research will still face obstacles
When marijuana becomes a Schedule III instead of a Schedule I substance under federal rules, researchers will face fewer barriers to studying it. But there will still be some roadblocks for science.
Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou
Since the early-2000s, white-tailed deer have been moving north into the boreal forests of western Canada.
Homeschool ruling is on hold — but only through the end of June, judge rules
The judge found that parents were using allotments to pay for private and religious schools, a violation of the state Constitution.
Dunleavy says lawmakers shouldn’t pass bills to address homeschool decision. Lawmakers say that’s risky.
Dunleavy told reporters he’ll likely call lawmakers back to Juneau for a special session if the Alaska Supreme Court doesn’t allow the homeschool laws to stand.
For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone
For Inupiat communities on the North Slope, bowhead whaling is a central part of spring. But climate change is adding an extra element of uncertainty to the whaling season.