Stuart Sliter, 84, says it wasn’t all that hard filling in as a telephone operator as a preteen more than 70 years ago since plugging a cable into the proper place on one of two switchboards simply ...

Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire from archived editions in 1985, 1995 and 2005. This week in 1985, Mother ...

Juneau, Alaska, is the only U.S. state capital not accessible by road — a remoteness that adds to its magic and appeal. Nestled between mountains, rainforest, and the waters of the Inside Passage, ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Nestled among the ferns and the mosses, and the thick stands of bulky alders, are a set of stones neatly placed in a wide horseshoe. They are the remains of a parking lot built in ...

There are no roads leading to Alaska’s capital, leaving just three ways to reach this northwestern Brigadoon by boat, plane or being born here. And you may wish you were born in Juneau because this is ...