Assembly members in Juneau are considering a proposal in which seasonal taxes would rise to 7.5% during the peak summer ...

Nature's Canvas: Mendenhall Glacier to Tongass Rainforest. The sprawling Mendenhall Glacier, a mere 12 miles from downtown Juneau, offers a surreal landscape.Those adventurous at heart can kayak ...

Marites Buenafe, originally from Kentucky, told her family she'd disembarked from the Norwegian Bliss for a hike. She never ...

When I mentioned that I was headed to Alaska, friends and colleagues recommended helicopter rides, dog sleds, multiday kayaking trips and nights on ferries under the stars. But my plans, to be ...

The body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe, a missing cruise passenger, has been found after she vanished while on a solo hike ...

Juneau, Alaska. Getty. ... The Nature Center is a great place to get advice on which hiking trail to take as well as learn more about the history, environment and wildlife of the area.

Submit your Wild Shots! The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to [email protected].

Rescuers in Alaska recovered the body of a 62-year-old woman who went on a hike in the mountains near Juneau after leaving ...

I have spent my career studying the aesthetic experience in an art-viewing context. My work has shown that art viewing, even when viewing abstract art, can move people to act more compassionately ...

The swollen Mendenhall River courses along a neighborhood in Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2023, after a glacial dam burst earlier in the weekend caused flooding along the river and Mendenhall Lake.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist Carl Koch and Alaska Wildlife Trooper Branden Forst visited Compton in the hospital on Sunday to learn what happened and determine if ...