Haines is not the only community interested in mapping the risk. Similar projects have been completed or are underway in more ...

The small, striped plane rolled to a stop on a snow-covered airstrip in a remote western Alaska village not far from where a ...

The calendar is also published in the print editions of the Juneau ... city museum will host a week-long program beginning Friday, Feb. 14. The film “For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in ...

Cruise lines offer a full schedule of tours and activities in port, but the process of choosing and booking cruise shore ...

The national flood insurance program costs Alaskans too much and provides too little in benefits, the bill's sponsor says.

For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President Donald Trump issued an ...

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North ...

Authorities say a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome has been ...

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. They include names, AP style ...

JUNEAU, Alaska — Just hours after finding 10 people ... the ending point of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) Iditarod. The city said prayer vigils would be held Friday for those on board the ...