Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...

Nestled within the Tongass National Forest, Mendenhall Glacier is just one of the many glaciers that make up the Juneau Ice ...

Today our contributor Karen of Alaska Trippers is sharing her family’s favorite things to do in Juneau with kids. The visit ...

An insider's guide to Alaska's Inside Passage, including where to stay and eat, what to do, and the best time to visit.

“Juneau has it all,” Juneau Tours & Whale Watch CEO Serene Hutchinson explained. “It has the cool criminal history … the gold rush and Spanish flu history, [but] it also is still kind of history in ...

A canoe, bottom right, glides on Mendenhall Lake, in front of the Mendenhall Glacier, on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska.

JUNEAU, Alaska, June 19, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE ... convenience of transportation along with guided insight into the glacier's history and surrounding landscape. The journey to Mendenhall Glacier ...

Dog sledding is an iconic piece of Alaska’s history. From its roots in Alaska ... it’s taken on a new form to help it survive: excursions for Juneau’s ever-booming cruise ship tourism ...

From 2005 to 2019, 64 glaciers disappeared, including the larger Antler glacier, which has completely melted away. The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield ... a warehouse and historical local ...

Climate change is taking a dramatic toll on glaciers in Alaska: Glacier melt in ... the early 21st century in the rate of glacier loss across the Juneau icefield," study lead author Bethan Davies ...

The flooding peaked just after 3 a.m. Tuesday after the ice dam burst in a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier ... News based in Juneau. He previously reported from Juneau for Alaska's News ...