President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he will “bring back the name of Mount McKinley” to the Alaska mountain known as ...

Rep. Sara Hannan is moving up in the world, or at least in the confines of the Alaska State Capitol, while fellow Juneau Rep.

A proposed increase of more than 60% in water rates and 80% in sewer rates during the next five years has some unhappy ...

Meanwhile, from the other news covered by the Empire, these are the 10 strangest stories of 2024 in no particular order.

Some aspects of a shutdown would be more noticeable to Americans, like changes in the operations of national parks and ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation early Saturday that would give full Social Security benefits to a group of public sector retirees who currently receive them at a reduced level, ...

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more data, at The listings below will be updated and published weekly until ...

Work on the Coast Guard’s first Polar Security Cutter is starting this year, the first of three scheduled to be built so far, ...

My mother’s smile on the Christmas holidays was never so large as when she stood with her arm around my father’s waist, and ...

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé boys varsity basketball team earned their first win of the season Thursday with ...

This year’s concert, with performances scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Thunder Mountain Middle School, ...

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