The Alaska Legislature on Friday passed a major increase to K-12 education funding, worth $1,000 in the state’s per-student ...

A lawsuit to stop Juneau’s municipal government from installing HESCO flood barriers along the Mendenhall River was filed this week by a property owner claiming the city bypassed federal assessment ...

More than 20 high school student protesters entered the Alaska State Capitol early Friday afternoon, asking a security guard in the entrance lobby where the stairs leading to the governor’s office on ...

If the outside of that rehearsal is more White Fang, the inside is more High School Musical mostly because of the High School Musical references Letson and singer/guitarist Lucy Nieboer like to toss ...

For at least 20 years, my sister Mary Watson has been making these cookies frequently, especially for her piano music recitals and music history classes. Because of the variety of dried fruits and ...

By using Social Security data to freeze out immigrants, the administration is conscripting a broadly popular agency — one that exists to send benefits primarily to retired Americans and people with ...

Now the typical rent in Alaska is about the same as the national median for the first time on record, and 19 states have higher rental prices, according to an analysis by state economists. That is a ...

There is a hoop in a driveway of a house in Yakutat that local youth from not just the block, but across the town use at all ...

Klawock’s Jean Jackson made history on March 29 at the 2025 Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament, becoming the ...

The Social Security Administration said on Tuesday that people seeking retirement or survivor benefits could continue to file ...

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 ...

Juneau’s cold-weather emergency warming shelter closes on Tuesday. The City and Borough of Juneau decided to close the Mill Campground last year, and homeless residents will be left to disperse camp ...