For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second ...

Alaska’s new Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Carney delivered her first State of the Judiciary Address, acknowledging court ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995 and 2005. They include names, AP style ...

Since the board addressed the district’s multimillion-dollar budget deficit last year, it's expected to move through the budget process more quickly this year.

The commuter flight that crashed on Alaska sea ice last week, killing all 10 aboard, was part of the workhorse network of ...

The area, which spans between Juneau, Anchorage, and the town of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), is covered in dense forests, ...

They were a major force in building the Alaska Railroad, but like other minorities, often faced discrimination.