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Mayors of the five boroughs that would host the Alaska LNG project say Dunleavy’s bill offering tax breaks for the gas pipeline would push more costs onto local taxpayers.

The historic downtown Juneau building is being brought back to life after sitting empty for years. The people behind the restoration say they want it to be a space for the community.

The dispute centers around a technology used on some Carnival ships called open-loop scrubbers. They’re known for reducing air pollution by converting it into water pollution.

City leaders and Eaglecrest’s board are scrambling to find ways to make the millions of dollars in unexpected costs pencil out. They’ll meet again to discuss it April 1.

Matthew “Bronco” Williams, an Anchorage-based private school teacher, has announced that he is running as an independent for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Pink Martini will travel to Sitka and Juneau in April for two benefit concerts for Katlian Collective, a nonprofit working to revitalize Tlingit clan houses in Southeast.

Gavel Alaska coverage of legislative addresses is broadcast live on KTOO 360TV or on KTOO 104.3 FM.

Mary Peltola spent campaign funds in 2025, when she was, on paper, a U.S. House candidate. The NRSC says she had no visible campaign so the spending “must have been for her personal use.”

This election, Juneau welcomed nine new delegates and 11 returning delegates, who will each serve a two-year term.

The state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an important milestone.

Police stopped Forrest Wolfe, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s deputy legislative director, after he nearly caused an accident in a busy area of Downtown Juneau.

Brelsford said he’s running to be what he calls “Alaska’s education governor.”

The No Kings protest series began following President Donald Trump’s return to office. This time around, it’s estimated that more than 3,000 events were held across the U.S., including in several Alaska communities.

The University of Alaska Southeast and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska are working together to create a School of Indigenous Studies.

About 25 people, including organizers and lawmakers, rallied in support of climate bills.

Opossums are not native to Alaska and don’t live in the state. But somehow, this one made it all the way to Juneau.

The 51st Alaska Folk Festival will feature about 125 acts on the main stage – and that’s just one piece of a much larger production.

Lawmakers said if an expected surge in oil prices does not cover the state’s bills, they will vote for the fifth time in the House on whether to tap state savings.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal would replace property taxes with a tax on the volume of gas flowing through a planned natural gas pipeline.

A rainbow pride Ravenstail robe, wove by dozens of mentors and youth, was danced for the first time this week on the court during the Gold Medal basketball tournament in Juneau.