Anchorage ski racing pioneer Jim Mahaffey at the 1973 Nordic Championships in Minneapolis. Trail builder and Anchorage ski racing pioneer, Jim Mahaffey, visits the studio to discuss his arrival in ...

20—After being up by nearly 20 points over fourth-seeded Bartlett through the first three quarters of an opening-round game in the Alaska 4A Girls ... fifth-seeded Juneau-Douglas had to sweat ...

After being up by nearly 20 points over fourth-seeded Bartlett through the first three quarters of an opening-round game in the Alaska 4A Girls State Basketball Tournament, fifth-seeded Juneau ...

Alaska will remain one of two states without a cabinet-level Department of Agriculture, at least for the time being. On Wednesday, the Alaska Legislature voted 32-28 to deny an executive order ...

Those are blueberry bushes ... Willson is a retired professor of ecology. “On The Trails” appears every Wednesday in the Juneau Empire.

parking lot or a trail leading to the summit one day this week as crews roll out more planned exploratory work for the ongoing telecommunications tower replacement project. The district says the ...

The federal designation of a National Scenic Trail in Alaska is a mistake that Alaskans should be deeply concerned about. The federal government still owes us land from our statehood. So, why would we ...

Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska on Friday, celebrating with fist pumps to a cheering crowd and posing for photos with ...

The Columbia, a mainliner in the Alaska Marine Highway System ... A decades-old proposal to build a controversial road between Juneau and the communities of Haines and Skagway was put to rest ...

Sadly, the race has also seen its first loss. A 4-year-old dog named Ventana, racing with rookie Daniel Klein, has passed away on the trail. The dog collapsed near the Galena checkpoint and could not ...