The Marine Exchange of Alaska, a nongovernmental agency based out of Juneau, has been acting as a 24/7 middle man between mariners and the Coast Guard across Alaska’s waters for multiple years.
Dunleavy presented the legislative debate that would take place in the coming weeks as a battle between his administration and the Alaska chapter of the National Education Association, a union representing most public school teachers in the state, which has been largely opposed to Dunleavy’s education policies.
The vote came a week after Trump on his first day in office signed an executive order calling for the name to revert to Mount McKinley.
Giddens was named a MacArthur Genius Fellow in 2017, and won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for the opera “Omar,” which she cocomposed and performed. It’s based on a memoir written by an enslaved Muslim man in 1831.
Alaska fire departments receive $300K+ in federal grants, a new Tribal Relations website launches, Hatcher Pass road cleanup progresses, and Juneau’s speed limit increases.
Meet the 11 freshmen: Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik, represents District 40 in the Alaska House. Photographed on January 24, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) Robyn Burke, 33, said the first few days have felt “a little surreal.”
In the Alaska Capitol, legislators are considering whether the wages of regular state employees should be raised to fill a significant number of vacant positions. A review of state salaries, ordered by the Alaska Legislature in 2023, is overdue from Gov. Dunleavy’s office.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in his second-to-last State of the State address on Tuesday night, took a victory lap with a selective recitation of actions and statistics from the past six years of his administration,
Seabourn has announced that the Seabourn Quest will make her maiden arrival in Alaska as the ship will sail on 18 seven-day itineraries starting in May between Vancouver and Juneau. "Alaska is a destination that evokes awe and wonder,
Alaska Natives in Juneau are rushing to obtain tribal IDs as claims of detentions by immigration officials are circulating widely following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House last week,
What do leadership in both chambers hope to accomplish within their 121-day session? On this Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined in the KTOO studio in Juneau by Senate President, Sen. Gary Stevens,
Seabourn, the leader in ultra-luxury cruising and expedition travel, is setting course for an extraordinary 2025 Alaska season as Seabourn Quest makes her maiden arrival to “The Last Frontier.” From May to September 2025,