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Juneau International Airport’s fiscal year 2014 budget will be more than half a million dollars larger than expected, due mostly to increased supply costs and a new federal requirement that the Juneau Police Department provide security.

Opening statements were held Thursday morning in David J. Paul’s trial. Evidence and testimony now being presented

Governor Sean Parnell left Southeast Alaska project funding intact when he signed the capital budget Tuesday. But he blocked the transfer of money from one older project to another.

Governor Sean Parnell on Tuesday signed the oil tax overhaul bill into law, now called “MAPA,” or the “More Alaska Production Act.”

Ten Sealaska shareholders are challenging four incumbents for the regional Native corporation’s board of directors.

For more than a decade, the Juneau Raptor Center has dreamt of a rehabilitation facility, but for now it operates out of garages

Two men and dog reported unhurt as Piper PA-16 sinks 16 miles northwest of Juneau

House posts carved by Wayne Price were raised as part of dedication

Alaska continues to add jobs to its seasonal economy. The preliminary statewide unemployment rate for April is 6 percent, the lowest since mid-2007.  It dropped a full percentage point from April 2012. Nationally, unemployment last month was 7.5 percent. Once again, Juneau and the North Slope Borough boast the lowest rate in Alaska, at 4-point-4…

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act

The Tongass Futures Roundtable is shutting down. The organization tried to resolve Southeast Alaska forest-issue conflicts.

John Neary is taking over as Director of the Mendenhall Visitor’s Center.

Sentencing is scheduled for May 31st in King County Superior Court for a Seattle-area man convicted of the 2012 murder of 22-year-old Ashton Reyes of Juneau. A King County jury earlier this month found Jacob Andrew Mommer guilty of first degree murder and second degree assault, while armed with a deadly weapon. “Under Washington law…

A new, smaller Sealaska land-selection measure faces opposition from the federal government. The legislation would transfer 3,600 acres of the Tongass National Forest to the Southeast-based regional Native corporation.

Bartlett officials say the contractor’s annual maintenence fee would take a big chunk out of their already-thin profit margin

Caution: Your potato plants will probably never, ever look this nice

Activity at the volcano has increased, and it’s spewing ash up to 20,000 feet.

Perhaps you’ve heard by now that Juneau has topped another “most expensive _______” list. The culprit this time? The McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Salt Lake City Police Assistant Bureau Commander Bryce Johnson has been selected to head the Juneau Police Department. City Manager Kim Kiefer announced Johnson’s hire Wednesday afternoon.  He was one of three finalists for the job, who visited Juneau last month.  They went through what’s known as an assessment center process, where they encountered situations…

Forty-one  peace officers have already died in the line of duty in the United States, including two in Alaska. Peace officers across the country  celebrated their Memorial Day on Wednesday.  In Juneau, police officers gathered at noon at Evergreen Cemetery to remember fallen officers Richard Adair and Jimmy Kennedy, who died by gunfire in 1979…