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Latest Updates

web posted 9:40 am May 9, 2008

The animal shelter in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is reducing adoption fees in hopes of freeing up room for 25 sled dogs.

Wet April keeps fire danger low

web posted 9:37 am May 9, 2008

A wetter-than-usual April is keeping the fire danger in the Interior down.

Fred Meyer goes off the grid

web posted 9:31 am May 9, 2008

The grocery and department store Fred Meyer is responding to high electricity prices by making its own electricity.

A good day for a show

Seventeen-year-old Deejay Derego said everyone can relate to the title character in the latest Juneau-Douglas High School theater production, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

Businesses brace for higher bills

Dimming the lights eases the pain of huge electric bill rates, but it won't take them away.

Palin support for Juneau access road fading

Gov. Sarah Palin, who supported the Juneau access road in her campaign for governor in 2006, is now backing away from that support.

Prom economics: business as usual

Business pays employees' electric bills

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Judge sentences Vic Kohring to 3½ years in prison

Allegations spark Department of Corrections audit proposal

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Crimson Bears top Wolves

Buzz Ward's power hitting sparked the offense as the Juneau-Douglas High School baseball team defeated the Sitka Wolves 5-2 Thursday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park.

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05-08-08

A new user-friendly trail is being constructed around Auke Lake.

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Student group promotes safe and healthy prom

About 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related injuries involving underage drinking each year, according to the U.S. surgeon general. And nearly one-third of those crashes occur during the prom and graduation season of April, May and June, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Volunteers help with Gastineau's mural project

At least 30 volunteers have helped in constructing, designing and painting Gastineau Elementary School's mural, which was started in November and will become a permanent part of the school's gym on completion.

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Hurley chosen to be Fourth of July grand marshal

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Callender, Blankenship to wed

Stevens, Becker to wed

Rohweder, Brock wed

Eversons celebrate 46 years

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Bridge to new views on Auke Lake

Crews head out Monday to start building a long-awaited trail along Auke Lake.

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Monday Night Raw throws down for the last time

Soon after they turned 21, a small group of hip-hop musicians playing in living rooms and at parties moved their show to the Alaskan Hotel & Bar and called it Monday Night Raw. Now, three years later, the group is throwing down for the last time in Juneau and moving out of town.

ARTS & CULTURE: Of monks and men: Coffin combines boxing and Buddhism

FOOD & SPIRITS: Rites of spring include Great Alaska Beer Festival

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DATE	SHIP	ARRIVE	DEPART	CAPACITY
• Fri, May 9	Ryndam	14:00	22:30	1,848
DAILY CAPACITY				1848
• Sat, May 10	Empress of the North	03:00	18:00	307
	Sea Lion	06:00	23:00	103
	Serenade of the Seas	08:00	21:00	3,360
DAILY CAPACITY				3770