The United States Department of Justice issued a report in December 2022 that found that Alaskan youth are institutionalized in psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric residential treatment facilities at higher rates and for longer periods than minors in other states.

KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with the city’s Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce to learn more about what’s in store this season.

A budget plan with a $70 billion expected price tag for immigration enforcement advanced after an overnight session. It now heads to the House of Representatives.

Outside review to scrutinize animal control actions, oversight after kennel deaths.

Chilkat Valley rivers also made the list in 2019 and 2023, according to American Rivers, a national environmental group.

Kamehameha Patterson, 24, is alleged to have choked his wife twice in their home on April 7 before fleeing from police and getting injured by a police dog helping arrest him.

A key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much, much smaller tax cut.

About 40 employees of Skagway’s White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad are set to join a local union after a vote earlier this month.

City officials say that opening the shelter year-round will help address Juneau’s current lack of shelter space and housing units and reduce the number of unhoused people camping in the summer.

The proposal comes about two weeks after city officials told council members about a need for more city revenue to pay for projects.