The bald eagle received a title this week that many may have assumed it already had: the national bird of the United States. For centuries, the bald eagle has been a ubiquitous symbol for the country, ...

Alaska has a governor who habitually makes appointments to governing boards of individuals who have what should be ...

Alaska officials seized more than 317 pounds of illegal drugs at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in 2024, about a third of which was fentanyl, a synthetic narcotic responsible for an ...

Federal Way survived a one-point halftime deficit and turned up the gas in the second half to defeat Soldotna 63-40 on the ...

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Johnston, 30, was shot at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday after threatening a person at the Mendenhall Valley Breeze In with a ...

A woman has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in the 2200 block of Trout Street, where the Mendenhall Valley Breeze In and Super 8 motel are located, according to the Juneau Police ...

Late last year, when I went to sign up for my 2024 health insurance on the federal Obamacare marketplace, the options all ...

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

JDHS’ girls’ 200-yard medley relay also won state in 1:51.90. They were junior Deedee Mills (27.93 backstroke), senior Parker Boman (31.69 breaststroke), senior Lucia Chapell (27.27 butterfly) and ...

Christmas occurs during Peru’s summer and one of the season’s traditions is the Chocolatada where people with means bring ...

Why is it that once the gift-giving holidays are over and the New Year’s resolutions list comes out, the first thing on the ...