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Juneau nonprofits net funding boost
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (206+ words) Published 7:30 am Sunday, August 16, 2026 By Juneau Empire Staff A cash injection will allow two dozen local organizations to continue bringing benefits to the Juneau community. The Juneau Community Foundation’s Douglas-Dornan Foundation Fund has awarded $52,728 in grants to 24 nonprofits and schools…...
LETTER: Senate candidate a long way from home
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (157+ words) Juneau Empire LETTER: Senate candidate a long way from home Published 2:30 pm Saturday, August 15, 2026 As a South Dakota resident, Carol Hafner, who is running to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate, can use her knowledge of South Dakota agriculture to help…...
OPINION: The war we lost before it began
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (652+ words) Published 1:30 pm Saturday, August 15, 2026 A president can declare victory. He cannot make it true. Wars are won when military force achieves a political objective, not when a president announces that the enemy has been defeated. America has repeatedly forgotten that…...
State cracks down on Southeast Alaska stores misrepresenting made-in-Alaska jewelry
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (520+ words) Published 11:30 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 Jewelry Land was ordered to pay a $20,000 penalty and maintain records demonstrating that any products represented as “from Alaska” are in fact what they claim to be. Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills has moved to…...
Climate report shows accelerated rates of warming in the Arctic
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (274+ words) Published 10:30 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 By Juneau Empire Staff New research shows an Alaska that is becoming warmer, wetter and filled with increased vegetation. Several Alaska researchers contributed to the American Meteorological Society’s annual report on the global climate relaeased this…...
Suicide Basin waters expected to crest by 6 p.m. Thursday
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (423+ words) Published 10:40 am Thursday, August 13, 2026 The crest of the Suicide Basin glacier outburst is expected to reach a height of 15.8 to 16.3 feet between 2 and 6 p.m. Thursday. (Lisa Murkowski Facebook) Officials with the US National Weather Service Juneau Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey and University…...
Governor issuess state disaster declaration in response to Juneau flooding threat
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (477+ words) Published 6:30 am Thursday, August 13, 2026 By Juneau Empire Staff A crest between 16.1 and 16.6 in major flood stage is expected between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday. (National Weather Service) Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a State Disaster Declaration in response to an imminent threat of…...
OPINION: Exempt the bake sale from Juneau sales tax, not the retail store
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (550+ words) Published 2:30 am Thursday, August 13, 2026 Juneau’s local retailers compete for precious tourist dollars during a short, intense cruise-ship season. Yet some must collect Juneau’s 5% sales tax while a nonprofit-run store selling comparable merchandise does not. Exempting the occasional fundraiser is reasonable;…...
Juneau officials, local agencies provide update after Suicide Basin outburst
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (425+ words) Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Suicide Basin is a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier above Juneau, Alaska. Since 2011, Suicide Basin has released glacier lake outburst floods that cause inundation along Mendenhall Lake and River annually with a new record major…...
LETTER: Why can???t water be pumped from Suicide Basin?
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (130+ words) LETTER: Why can’t water be pumped from Suicide Basin? Juneau Empire LETTER: Why can’t water be pumped from Suicide Basin? Published 9:30 am Wednesday, August 12, 2026 It seems that Suicide Basin could be pumped enough to prevent it from reaching an outburst…...