Researchers say that if the draft cuts become a reality, it would create a chilling effect on science across the state.

Friday, the House passed a major win for Alaska’s struggling commercial fishing industry. House Bill 116 allows fishermen to form insurance cooperatives that are exempt from the state’s traditional ...

Despite obvious activity on land owned by Royal Caribbean Group partner Goldbelt Inc., Mayor Beth Weldon said no one at the ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

From a whale watching cruise to soccer games in the Last Frontier to random games of tag in airports, the Bantams returned ...

A Juneau man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for multiple drug, assault and other charges, which will run concurrent with ...

The Alaska Senate is eyeing over $100 million in budget cuts, but a more than $85 million shortfall remains in the Senate's draft spending plan. The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday unveiled its ...

Even with the Senate’s cuts, preliminary figures show that the operating budget — when combined with other budget bills — ...

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has already signaled his opposition to the new education measure unless his policy priorities are added.

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New calls to raise Alaska’s mining taxes and royalties come as state officials face difficult fiscal decisions.

One of the swimmers who has picked up on the stroke is 13-year-old Sita Price. “Sita has a good butterfly for her age,” Bazar ...