Juneau News

Jacob Andrew Mommer, 20, returns to court May 31 for the hearing on the January 2012 slaying of Ashton Ericka-Marie Reyes, the Juneau Empire reported .

The 2013 recipients of the First Lady's Volunteer of the Year Awards were chosen by an executive committee of Alaskan community members.

Robert Mangold is acting director of the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Workers at Makai Ocean Engineering spotted this 4-foot-tall bin floating between the Makai Research Pier and Rabbit Island.

Morris Publishing Group, LLC announced Friday that Rustan Burton has been appointed to the post.

The Juneau Empire reports work will include a seismic retrofit of the building and other renovations.

State and local officials held a ribbon cutting to mark the first phase of a Juneau area harbor project.

This graphic image provided by Forest Service Geologist Jim Baichtal shows the newly discovered volcano in Behm Canal near Misty Fiords National Monument.

We'll get a preview of Thursday's lecture, The History of Hydropower in Juneau, with guests Scott Willis and Jane Lindsey; Clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester and guitarist Robert Belinic will be here to highlight Thursday's Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival concert, Mendelssohn & More; We'll test our deductive skills as guest Cathie Rommich invites us ... (more)

Members of the International Association of Firefighters, Local 4303, already voted to ratify the negotiated agreement, which includes a 1 percent pay increase on July 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

Passengers board the ferry Malaspina while vehicles wait to load at the Auke Bay terminal in Juneau.

When voters head to the polls next year, they could be faced with questions on oil taxes, the minimum wage, and the use of recreational marijuana.

Tuesday at 3 on A Juneau Afternoon, Martha Moore hosts. We'll talk to Alida Bus and Katie Spielberger about tonight's Mudrooms presentation; We'll get a preview of this week's Jazz & Classics performances by saxophonist Grace Kelly; Leslie Thompson will be here to highlight the ADA Access Survey We'll talk with teacher Ben Carney and some ... (more)

The sunken barge found in Lutak Inlet just off the main Haines dock area is likely one that sank in a storm in 1976 during a dredging operation.

Governor Sean Parnell was in Ketchikan Saturday, and came by the KRBD station for an interview.

Representative Jonathon Kriess-Tomkins speaks as the rest of a recent panel on recividism listens.

Ernest H. Fawcett, 38, was taken into custody Saturday night and is being held without bail at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

The Juneau Empire reports the cash cost of silver increased from $2.24 per ounce in the first quarter last year to $5.02 per ounce in the first quarter of this year.

Bob Pickrell moved to Alaska before a few years before the ferry system started up.

An historic house in downtown Juneau that has undergone more than $500,000 in recent renovations could one day serve as a home-away-from-home for Alaska's lieutenant governor.