Public Safety

Juneau resident Benjamin “Benny” Stepetin was last seen on June 22 in downtown Juneau. His family has been searching for him every day since.

James Kerr said borough officials retaliated against him after he testified as a private citizen against enforcing a masking mandate at a 2021 Assembly meeting.

Although city officials say they expect the temporary levee to hold back glacial outburst floodwaters, they don’t want people to test it with their lives.

The Chilkat Indian Village is in the thick of a five-year research effort to better understand the risk and reduce it over time.

James White, 45, of Juneau was charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutors dismissed three lesser charges.

The Alaska Earthquake Center reported about 30 aftershocks in the two hours after the quake. The largest aftershock so far had a magnitude of 5.2.