Delegates from several Asian nations are set to come to Alaska soon to study the project, but state legislators have ...

Researchers say that if the draft cuts become a reality, it would create a chilling effect on science across the state.

Friday, the House passed a major win for Alaska’s struggling commercial fishing industry. House Bill 116 allows fishermen to form insurance cooperatives that are exempt from the state’s traditional ...

Join the Adair-Kennedy Field reopening in Juneau; Denali Park Road opens to private vehicles until May 19; Sitka Playground ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

In Alaska, millennial homebuyers have become the market’s driving force. Between 2018 and 2023, as many reached their 30s and ...

The Alaska Senate is eyeing over $100 million in budget cuts, but a more than $85 million shortfall remains in the Senate's draft spending plan. The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday unveiled its ...

Even with the Senate’s cuts, preliminary figures show that the operating budget — when combined with other budget bills — ...

New calls to raise Alaska’s mining taxes and royalties come as state officials face difficult fiscal decisions.

Communication Devices in Public Schools, on a vote of 34-6. HB 57 requires that school districts create policies restricting ...

After over 60 years of existence, the Port of Alaska is already in the process of the largest change since its inception.