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Eight-year-old violinists and arts in Juneau schools have drawn the John F. Kennedy Center to the capital city. Representatives from the nation’s performing arts center are scoping out Juneau as a finalist for the Any Given Child program.

“A Night of Hope and Healing” is scheduled Wednesday evening in Juneau.

The Juneau Assembly Monday night appropriated funds to the CBJ Emergency Management program, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum as well as Mendenhall River School, and authorized the sale of voter-approved bonds.

Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye died Monday of respiratory complications at a Washington, D.C.-area hospital.  He was 88 years old. He was the longest serving U.S. senator and president pro tempore of the Senate, making him third in the presidential succession line. He was the first Japanese-American to serve in Congress,  elected to the U.S. House…

Alaska joined with the rest of the nation yesterday (Monday) to cast its Electoral College ballots for U.S. President and Vice President.

The Alaska Legislature is getting a sleek new domain name for its website and email addresses.

Children, staffers killed at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook School remembered during Juneau event.

Governor Sean Parnell’s capital budget proposes spending about $195 million on Southeast projects.

Salmon and halibut on a school lunch menu – it’s been happening in Juneau as the school district looks for healthier and more local foods for kids.

With less than a week until the deadline, roughly 30 percent of Petersburg-area voters have cast ballots on whether to form a borough.

Juneau Police are searching for a man who allegedly acted disorderly and vandalized the Best Western Hotel in the Mendenhall Valley last month.

Juneau’s weather pattern this week will help Eaglecrest open the Black Bear and Hooter chair lifts on Friday as well as Porcupine chair. Until this week, most of Juneau’s snowfall has been cold and dry, which does not pack into a base.  But in recent days warmer temperatures have brought wetter snow, filling in some…

NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco told her staff Wednesday that she will be leaving the post early next year.

Governor Sean Parnell and First Lady Sandy Parnell invited the community into their home Tuesday for the annual Governor’s open house.

The Juneau School Board has selected Lisa Worl to finish out the term of Kim Poole, who recently resigned. The board Tuesday night voted for Worl, who was among six candidates for the seat, including two who had run in the fall municipal election. All six were interviewed by the board on Monday.  At Tuesday’s…

Gema G. Thomas is also operator of Peer Amid Beads and Southeast Artworks.

How do you get 135 third, fourth and fifth graders to learn and apply Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion? Have them design and build paper roller coasters.

Douglas bar owner must also pay back over $54,700

When disaster strikes a Southeast Alaska community, emergency planners urge residents to rely on their own stockpiles before turning to the state’s new food caches.

A number of Southeast leaders are upset about the governor’s plan to scale back the Alaska Class Ferry project. He made his announcement Tuesday in Ketchikan. Legislators and members of an advisory board say they should have been consulted first.