Juneau News

No serious injuries were reported after a White Pass & Yukon Route train reportedly derailed north of Skagway Wednesday afternoon.

Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series about efforts to improve the condition of downtown Juneau.

Coast Guard Station Ketchikan 47-foot Motor Life Boat crewmembers medevaced an injured mariner from a fishing vessel near Kendrick Bay and an Air Station Sitka Mh-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an ailing passenger from a cruise ship near Zarembo Island.

Twilight Cafe wins top Storefront Star award from the Juneau Economic Development Council for most improved.

Ucore has contracted with SRK Consulting of Vancouver, BC, to compile baseline data and qualitative results from ongoing engineering studies to produce a formal Plan of Operations for the Bokan Project.

The public was encouraged to participate in an oil tax discussion last week during a debate between current and former state government officials broadcast across Alaska.

The Governor's Office is hoping for sunny weather for the fifth annual Governor's Family Picnic.

Work is scheduled to begin in October on an update to a Juneau-area harbor. Statter Harbor, at Auke Bay, is set to get a sea walk, picnic pavilion and added parking.

Juneau artist Ricky Tagaban holds a Chilkat headband with sea otter fur and shot gun shells.

Chum salmon fisherman Fumiiro Sugawara says, in Japan, Alaska is known for its king salmon.

Coast Guard conducts dual medevacs in Southeast: The U.S. Coast Guard conducted two medevacs in Southeast on Sunday, deploying responders to aide an injured 21-year-old female aboard a fishing vessel near Kendrick Bay and to airlift an ailing cruise ship passenger near Zarembo Island.

It ranked 5th best city for mild weather lovers by Wallet Hub, who looked at which cities consumers could move to in order to protect themselves for having to pay for weather-related costs.

"He was in an area down in the Glory Hole. He'd come across a bear down there and he was wondering if the bear was down there looking for something to eat or had come across something.

Something foul is in the air in Fairbanks, Alaska's Golden Heart city, and this time it's not woodsmoke smog.

Cody Keith smacked two home runs and drove in three runs to lead Eagle River past Palmer 12-0 in American Legion action Friday.

A Mendenhall Glacier ice cave that had become a popular but increasingly dangerous attraction has collapsed, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

AWARE staff, board members and Rep. Cathy Munoz stand on land being cleared for the new transitional housing facility.

This undated image provided by the National Park Service shows an eagle feeds a chick in a nest on the Channel Islands.

The Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. announces that Jacqueline Dailey of Juneau was recently elected president of the board of directors.

Juneau attorney Lisa Weissler, right, listens to Bill Corbus make his argument for keeping the new oil tax law, SB 21, during a four-person panel debate at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on July 14. The public was encouraged to participate in the oil tax discussion July 14 during a debate between current and former state government officials ... (more)