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Building will fill vacant lot and be devoted to the research and study of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian cultures

A celebration in the Capital city called Equality For All centers around the recent Supreme Court’s landmark reversal of the Defense of Marriage Act.

One of the last major sawmill operations in Wrangell has been destroyed by fire. Mike Allen Enterprizes burned to the ground in Tuesday’s mid-afternoon fire at 13 Mile Zimovia Highway. The distance as well as unreliable phone service made firefighting a challenge. That portion of Zimovia Highway was under heavy construction and down to a…

(Update) The filing period for three assembly seats and two school board seats starts Friday for the October 1 election.

The only heavy ice breaker in the Coast Guard’s fleet will be in Juneau this weekend and open for tours.

Deputy Chief Ed Mercer and Lieutenant Scott Erickson are long-time veterans

A smoking ban planned for state-subsidized senior public housing has been postponed. The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation was to implement no-smoking rules in residents’ apartments in August, forcing smokers outside. Now the corporation says it will re-evaluate the policy. “Who says you can’t fight city hall?” asks Ron Dean.  He believes his petition helped agency…

Owner Patrick Peterson owes the IRS nearly $1 million

The city will resume leaving tickets under car windshield wipers.

Work began yesterday on a new downtown True North Federal Credit Union branch inside Foodland IGA. Next in line is welcoming Heritage Coffee Roasting Company. The credit union will be located in front of the grocery store’s check stand area where the service center used to be. True North’s Juneau area branch manager Jacob Parrish…

Runoff from snow dumped next winter will be treated for any harmful chemicals as the city rebuilds the Mendenhall Valley snow disposal site. The project got the green light this week from the Juneau Planning Commission. Under a Conditional Use Permit, the snow site, which grows to 40 feet some winters, will be set back…

Hundreds of people poured into Juneau’s Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute, or Auke Bay Laboratories, on Friday, a day set aside to honor its namesake and his legacy in Alaska.

The National Parks Service and Aramark are negotiating a 2-year extension for a concession contract at Glacier Bay Lodge.

One of the most riveting stories of disaster and bravery at sea is now a television documentary, being broadcast this week on KTOO’s 360 North. Tragedy and Courage on the Bering Sea, by filmmaker John Sabella, recounts the fire that destroyed the Fishing / Processing Vessel Galaxy in 2002.  The story is told entirely by…

A future performing arts complex is essential to the development of what’s known as the Willoughby District, according to a local architect. The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council and Perseverance Theatre are teaming up to create a Willoughby Performing Arts Complex. North Wind architect James Bibb says the collaboration is critical for how the rest…

The Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of Alaska’s two largest cellphone service providers.  The companies prefer to call it a joint venture. The Alaska Wireless Network will be a subsidiary of both GCI and ACS, but GCI will be the majority owner.  Customer bills will continue to come from each company. The move…

Jurassic-age Caurinus Tlagu discovered by UAF’s Jill Stockbridge

For the first time since it started in 1976, Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) is operating in the black.

Does the cruise industry do enough to keep passengers safe? And how do we know if they don’t? Those were among the questions asked at a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee meeting on Wednesday.

A Southeast Alaska Native corporation and a conservation group are combining forces to try to spur sustainable regional development.