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The Juneau Assembly has asked the city’s Law Department to draft a resolution calling for an extension of electrical power to the end of Glacier Highway.

Just weeks after BP accepted blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; the federal government is announcing more punishment for the company.

Juneau’s laws regulating motorized use of Auke Lake need to be enforced.

It’s not the full mountain, but Eaglecrest Ski Area will open the Porcupine Lift on Saturday. Eaglecrest General Manager Matt Lillard says a lot of man-made snow covers Dolly Varden and Muskeg beginners’ trails. The first Saturday of December is always Eaglecrest’s target opening, but Lillard says it became clear about a week ago that…

A barge with a crane is in place at Coast Guard Station Juneau to install a mooring dolphin this week.

Bartlett Regional Hospital must repay the state and federal governments close to a million dollars for six years of Medicare and Medicaid billing errors. The hospital also may have to pay penalties for the errors, which violated federal law. In a memo to the Bartlett Board of Directors Monday, Hospital Attorney Richard Monkman said Bartlett’s…

The Juneau Assembly has decided if it will allow the city’s Docks and Harbors Department to build two controversial floating cruise ship berths on the downtown waterfront. But its decision won’t be known by the public for a few more weeks. The Assembly met in executive session for more than hour Monday to discuss how…

The fog enshrouded island doesn’t get many visitors, but earlier this month, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman and some of her crew called, each with their own unique tie to Attu.

State officials say a magazine article about shellfish incorrectly states when they can be gathered safely.

Roughly 300 visitors came to a recent UAS Art open house to make a difference with their artwork.

Friday night two Juneau men were killed when a wave caused their boat to capsize near Tenakee Springs.

A hearing officer finds “substantial evidence” supporting a Planning Commission decision to allow a rock crusher to operate at a Montana Creek Road gravel pit. Meanwhile, an agreement has been reached to dismiss another appeal of a Planning Commission decision allowing the owners of an office complex to build a second driveway.

Lt. Lance Leone, the co-pilot, was the sole survivor of a 2010 helicopter crash in Washington.

The smell of diesel and rainbow sheen on a Douglas Island creek in July led environmental responders on a complicated three-month hunt to a leaking underground fuel tank.

Humanitarian groups in Juneau are bustling to help anyone in need with Thanksgiving preparations.

Former Air Station Sitka airman talks about being the only survivor of a fatal helicopter crash in 2010.

Former Juneau Assembly Member and Deputy Mayor David Stone died unexpectedly Tuesday evening

An administrative law judge wants to review an agreement that allows Arrow Refuse to include container rental fees in the overall rate for garbage pickup in Juneau.

Fireworks are not a big enough public nuisance or safety risk in Juneau to warrant a partial or outright ban.

The Juneau Assembly will not seek a consultant’s input on the likely operating costs of a second sheet of ice next to Treadwell Arena in Douglas.