Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk - Juneau

Fish leather has a long history in Alaska; one local company is hoping to make it the next big thing in fashion.

It’s graduation season for Alaska’s high school seniors. Earning a diploma marks a milestone in a teenager’s life; but for a student in a juvenile treatment center, the achievement is an opportunity for a fresh start.

At the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Conference in Juneau this week, a panel of five discussed climate change and traditional knowledge.

The Juneau Assembly approved both the city and school district’s 2016 operating budgets last night.

The Sealaska Heritage Institute unveiled its new structure in downtown Juneau today. It’s called the Walter Soboleff Building after the late Tlingit scholar, elder and religious leader. Inside stands a full-sized replica of a traditional red cedar clan house

Improvements can be as simple as planting flowers or as extensive as painting the exterior of a building — whatever the owner sees fit.