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A black tote holding Alaska Native artifacts sits on the ground of the Juneau International Airport Thursday afternoon. It was flown from Seattle after being filled with 25 Alaska Native artifacts held at George Fox University in Oregon. ( Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Kake to welcome artifacts — some over 200 years old — back home

‘When I looked at them it was like looking at my past and my elders’

The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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More details emerge in Kenai killing

The man accused of killing 31-year-old Stephanie Henson told police the two were friends, charging documents state

Some of the Homer Public Library books a citizens group has asked be removed from the children's section lie on a table at the meeting of the Library Advisory Board on Nov. 15, 2022, in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Testimony on LGQBT+ library books runs four hours

Library board will consider issue at its Jan. 17 meeting.

Work on a new sidewalk and widening of the street is almost done on Main Street north of Pioneer Avenue on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Council passes sidewalks, trails ordinance

New law would require non-motorized facilities under certain conditions.

Homer Emblem Club 350 members march down Main Street for Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11, in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Veterans march through the rain

The rain did not stop the committed members of local veterans organizations from marching through Homer to honor…

Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire Two Dungeness crabs charge one another while standing on the deck of Charlie Blattner’s boat named “Marco” berthed at the Aurora Harbor on Monday afternoon. According to data from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, this summer’s Dungeness crab fishery dropped around $10 million in value compared to last year.

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Dungeness crab summer harvest drops $10M from previous season

Some Southeast fishermen skipping fall season entirely, other’s say season has been “hit or miss”

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Calderwood is extradited to Alaska

Man accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane now at Wildwood in Kenai.

Homer Forest School logo. (Image from Homer Forest School draft charter)

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Homer group envisions school in nature

Homer Forest School would offer KPBSD students a learning model focused on immersion in the outdoors

Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire Pat Tynan, left, and Tom Melville, review absentee ballots Tuesday at the Division of Elections office at the Mendenhall Mall. The review process is taking place in a separate room from where ballots are being tallied for the official results.

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Incumbents solidify positions in updated election count

Peltola, Murkowski and Dunleavy likely to prevail when ranked choice ballots are tallied Nov. 23

Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire Lillian Petershoare speaks into a microphone during a Walter Soboleff Day presentation in the Walter Soboleff Building Monday afternoon. She was joined by members of the Kuneix Hidí Northern Light United Church’s Native Ministries Committee Barbara Searls, Maxine Richert and Myra Munson to talk about an overture developed by in 2021, which analyzed and openly outlined the injustices and racially charged motives that led to the closure of Soboleff’s church by the Presbyterian Church.

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Walter Soboleff Day marked with pledge of action

Church leaders share details about planned apology for church closure

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Health leaders monitoring surge in respiratory viruses

Local and state health care leaders are monitoring a group of respiratory viruses on the rise nationwide and…

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola waves a sign during the morning rush hour in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday Nov. 8, 2022. Peltola, who became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress when she won a special election earlier this year, faces Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye in the general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Peltola leads Alaska’s US House race in early results

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Democrat U.S. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola was leading in first-choice votes after early returns were…

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, center, and Democratic challenger Pat Chesbro discuss Arctic security, climate change and other issues during a debate Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. (AP Photos/Mark Thiessen)

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Republicans will hold Alaska US Senate seat in tight race

JUNEAU— A Republican candidate is expected to hold Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat, with Donald Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka and…