I’m not at all impressed by President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at maximizing the development and production of Alaska’s natural recourses. I think the economic benefits and environmental ...

Questions about whether Native Americans born in the United States have birthright citizenship if they aren’t “subject to the jurisdiction” of the U.S. — such as if they live on sovereign tribal land ...

The Alaska Legislature will take up election reform proposals this session, with Gov. Mike Dunleavy introducing a bill through the House, and the Senate majority caucus planning to introduce its own ...

JDHS will hold senior recognition at 6 p.m. Friday followed by game one of their two-game weekend series against the ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Thursday she will vote against Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, who is facing a barrage of accusations about his personal conduct, making the Alaska Republican the ...

Earlier this month, former president Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100. While factors like double-digit inflation, high unemployment and the Iran Hostage Crisis doomed his re-election bid, and ...

Juneau voters approved a $10 million bond for wastewater facility upgrades and a $12.75 million public safety communications ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995 and 2005. They include names, AP style ...

Alaskans oppose reverting the name of Denali to Mount McKinley by more than a two-to-one margin, according to a survey of ...

The woman who presided over the U.S. Coast Guard’s placement of an icebreaker in Juneau was fired on President Donald Trump’s ...

The Ambler Access Project being sponsored by AIDEA is another development project that has new life in the Trump administration. The project, which AIDEA proposes to fund, would put a road stretching ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, are man-made synthetic chemicals with substantial fire and ...