Sen. Lisa Murkowski isn’t your typical undecided voter. She’s not only extremely well informed about the presidential ...

One would not expect that a young man on the plus-side of 300 pounds would struggle in a city where large athletes help the ...

As the CEO of the Alaska Travel Industry Association, I’m proud to represent the thousands of small businesses, families and ...

What is happiness? What makes you happy? Can you increase your happiness? These are very interesting and current questions, ...

A lopsided financial battle is occurring with the Ship-Free Saturday ballot proposition, as less than $500 raised by ...

Award includes $250K scholarship to winner, $50K for a teacher and $100K for high school STEM lab. Elizabeth Djajalie is ...

This year’s Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend will be an even $1,702, and payment for eligible recipients who filed ...

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Giving Gastineau Human Services up to $500,000 for an accelerated expansion of the nonprofit’s residential substance abuse ...

Juneau Empire relies on subscription revenue to provide local content for our readers. Six candidates seeking three seats in ...

Letters from the federal government indicate that the state was unsuccessful in an appeal of the June decision to withhold ...

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