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The privately-run child care program plans to operate for its first summer since the Juneau School District ended its after-school child care program.

Scientists say the snowpack is about average and has nothing to do with how big the flood will be.

Lawmakers in support of a measure to strengthen the state’s corporate income tax on the oil and gas industry said it was essential for boosting state revenues

Unstable conditions have been reported in other parts of Alaska, too, including near Girdwood and Turnagain Pass.

Several avalanches have been observed in known slide paths across downtown Juneau over the past week.

Robin DeAlva made a Facebook group that she says addresses a specific issue in Juneau — the challenge of finding and offloading arts and craft supplies after Joann store closed last year.

If signed by the governor, Senate Bill 64 would enact a new ballot tracking system, provide paid postage for all absentee mail-in ballots and authorize checks to update Alaska’s voter rolls.

The group is tasked with looking at whether the city’s current approach to managing tourism is working and recommending big-picture changes to the Juneau Assembly.

The ACLU trainings, held in partnership with community organization Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition, are meant to help residents prepare for federal immigration officials coming to homes and businesses, or stopping people in public. 

Staff at the Army Corps said in a press briefing that they never backed out of a long-term solution, and they’re working on the temporary levee and an intermediate solution in the meantime.

The state of Alaska is looking for someone to take the Matanuska, one of the first three ships built as part of the Alaska Marine Highway System after statehood.

The winning design will be printed on an enclosure of bear-resistant cans near the cruise ship docks, as well as on bear-resistant cans in areas of downtown frequented by the animals.

For the past two years, values have largely cooled down, increasing by less than two percent annually on average. But that wasn’t the case for everyone.

The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to nix a law allowing ballots to arrive up to five days late. Alaska allows 10 days. Even votes cast in person can take days to arrive.

State’s lone member of U.S. House may have freshman productivity record, based on number of bills becoming law.

The city reached 201.2 inches at the Juneau International Airport at midnight, surpassing the previous record of 197.9 inches set in the winter of 2006-07.

The virtual meeting has been added to a calendar of in-person meetings in communities around Southeast.

The bill would replace most local property and sales taxes with a tax on the volume of gas flowing through the pipeline. It would likely amount to a significant tax cut for the project.

More than 92% of adult tribal members that the tribe was able to contact by phone in recent weeks voted to relocate. Of two potential relocation sites located between Kipnuk and Chefornak, two-thirds said they’d prefer an option closer to the historical settlement of Cicing.

Students enrolled in the Juneau School District’s House Build program are eligible to join the annual Habitat for Humanity build trip in Hawaii.