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

The folks of Southeast Alaska are fortunate in that we sometimes experience glimpses of bears along the trails and even in our yards. These encounters bring awe, wonder, excitement and sometimes fear.

Four years ago when Republicans defended the Senate filibuster, Sen. Dan Sullivan argued it “encourages, if not demands, compromise and bipartisan work both when one’s party is in or out of power.” ...

Klukwan and Hoonah put on a battle in the first half as Jeremy Martin hit for eight first-quarter points for Hoonah.

It could happen, right? Despite your very best efforts, you could find yourself in the baffling predicament of having nothing to say.

Elder Sinak Owen James, soft-voiced and infinitely generous with sustenance knowledge and cultural history, demonstrates calling a seal. A croak slides from his throat, no visible movement from his ...

The Alaska Gasline Development Corporation announced Thursday they had reached an agreement with the New York-based company.

When I was growing up, my parents never, ever served cooked carrots for dinner. Nor were they even mentioned as a possible vegetable option. They were occasionally included in soups or stews but that ...

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Madness indeed. • Jeff Lund is a freelance writer based in Ketchikan. His book, “A Miserable Paradise: Life in Southeast Alaska,” is available in local bookstores and at Amazon.com. “I Went to the ...

The Waterfront on Glacier hotel, which opened last year after an extensive remodel of what for many years was the Breakwater ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were ...