Site Logo
Peter Segall / Juneau Empire Student housing at the University of Alaska Southeast is limited to 50% capacity due to the coronavirus pandemic, and enrollment is down university-wide according to UA Interim President Pat Pitney. That means a reduction in tuition revenue on top of cuts from the state but Pitney said UA’s finances aren’t as bad as projected. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020.

News

Pitney wants to bring certainty back to UA

‘A merger is not being considered.’

An exclusive Q&A with Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen

News

An exclusive Q&A with Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen

‘We believe in the individual.’

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, listens as Attorney General Kevin Clarkson speak during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Clarkson’s resignation was announced following revelations of inappropriate text messages with a state employee.

News

Attorney general resigns following revelations of inappropriate texts

A resignation letter was shared this morning.

Governor stands firm on mask mandate, announces travel rule changes

News

Governor stands firm on mask mandate, announces travel rule changes

‘If we can’t have distance we have a mask.’

An image from the Department of Health and Social Services’ free materials made available to business owners. DHSS partnered with other departments and agencies to create Alaska-themed signs and materials to encourage social distancing and other health guidelines during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Courtesy Image | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services)

News

State releases Alaska-themed materials encouraging COVID-19 precautions

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign.

Courtesy photo | Colleen Torrence Marcella Livemond (left) and her niece, Colleen Torrence, pose in an undated photo.

News

‘A death that wasn’t theirs’: Local woman says Juneau COVID-19 death incorrectly counted

Deceased was listed as Juneau resident, her niece says she never lived here.

University of Alaska regents cut 39 programs across the system

News

University of Alaska regents cut 39 programs across the system

Cuts, mergers and reductions.

University of Alaska president says difficult changes are coming

News

University of Alaska president says difficult changes are coming

Regents to meet next week.

After nearly a month, CARES Act funding is heading out

News

After nearly a month, CARES Act funding is heading out

Uncertainty remains.

News

Plaintiff in Legislature case won’t seek further action for now

He still thinks its unconstitutional.

Courtesy photo | Alaska’s Digital Archives Then-Gov. Bill Walker and then-Lt. Governor Byron Mallott speak across Tlingit canoes amid canoe events for Celebration 2016.

News

Former Lt. Gov, Juneau mayor Byron Mallott dies at 77

‘He was larger than life.’

The City and Borough of Juneau is expecting $53 million in federal relief, but what it can be used on is still not entirely clear. The Assembly Finance Committee is meeting to discuss the funds Wednesday evening. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

News

CARES Act money is coming, but use is still unclear

Congress could change the rules.

AP Photo | Gregory Bull, File A woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a mostly Yup’ik village on the edge of the Bering Sea. A judge has ruled in favor of tribal nations in their bid to keep Alaska Native corporations from getting a share of $8 billion in coronavirus relief funding — at least for now. In a decision issued late Monday, April 27, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, D.C., said the U.S. Treasury Department could begin disbursing funding to 574 federally recognized tribes to respond to the coronavirus but not to the corporations.

News

Judge sides against Native corporations in CARES Act ruling

Tribes says corporations aren’t governments.