Dunleavy said before the start of this year’s session he is willing to consider a permanent increase of up to $200 million in education funding if legislators are willing to support his policy goals.

Frustration about delays in a study of statewide salaries and an unwillingness by the Dunleavy administration to provide a draft report completed last June were expressed by legislators and the head ...

JDHS junior Elias Dybdahl worked inside and was fouled, making one of two free throws and then the Crimson Bears hit three shots past the arc by junior Tyler Frisby, Gasga and junior Kurt Kuppert ...

A bill proposing the first large permanent education funding increase in many years received overwhelming support during its ...

Angus Andrews, 15, and Eva Meyer, 16, earned podium finishes for the Juneau Ski Club during the Coca-Cola Classic race series ...

In the Alaska Capitol, legislators are considering whether the wages of regular state employees should be raised to fill a ...

Alaska is facing a crisis — one that shouldn’t be up for political debate. Housing is not a privilege; it is a basic human ...

Alaska’s top environmental regulator was chosen to be the new Pacific Northwestern regional administrator for the U.S.

A total of 81 of 466 property owners filed objections as of Friday afternoon to a city proposal requiring them to pay about $6,300 each for a semi-permanent levee along the Mendenhall River to protect ...

Historically, human habitation inside the Denali region is over 11,000 years old. Athabaskan people’s presence in the region dates back roughly 1,800 years while principal groups in the park area in ...

A program to reduce fatalities for all users of streets and roads is the first local casualty of President Donald Trump’s vow to drastically slash federal spending, as open houses scheduled next week ...

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 ...