A quick revival of efforts to increase the statutory $5,960 Base Student Allocation occurred Wednesday when the Senate Finance Committee attached a $700 BSA increase to a bill passed last week by the ...

In part one of our “Values in Action” series, we hear from Shaelene Grace Moler, the communications catalyst for SSP.

The Alaska Legislature, as widely expected, failed Tuesday to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $1,000 increase in ...

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This is a calendar updated daily of upcoming local events during the coming days provided by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, and other contributors. Submissions for events can be sent to ...

A petition to restrict the number of daily cruise ship passengers in Juneau and shorten the season for ships with capacity ...

There was not an empty seat in the George Houston Gymnasium on Saturday night except for when performances finished and fans rose to their feet in applause to celebrate the Juneau-Douglas High School: ...

A lot of newness will be unveiled when the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears baseball team plays their first home game Friday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park against the visiting ...

Vastly different perspectives on Alaska’s state employee salaries — suggesting either most are well paid or most are underpaid — were offered by state officials and legislators during initial hearings ...

Murkowski introduced similar legislation in 2023, but it failed to advance in Congress. Several U.S. senators from Virginia, ...

A federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee, in her yearslong defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. The jury ...

Will Muldoon, who was elected to the Juneau Board of Education as a write-in candidate in 2021 before easily winning reelection last fall, resigned from the board on Monday effective immediately, ...