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LOCAL JUNEAU EMPIRE Starting next month, students in the Juneau School District will be taught a one-day unit on depression and suicide awareness that also aims to identify those who might be depressed or at risk for suicide.

Juneau students to be taught suicide awareness

Brian Wallace / Juneau Empire

Seeking solutions: Brendan Kiernan, chairman of the Juneau Community Suicide Prevention Task Force, speaks Thursday at Thunder Mountain High School to a a 50-member task force that is using a state grant and volunteers to address the problem of teen suicide in Juneau.

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