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Dave d’Amato, an attorney working for Kathleen Barrett, spends Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, boarding up the house at 401 Harris Street. The house was vacated after a judge ordered its residents (including co-owner James Barrett) to leave due to code and safety violations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Looking back at the year in crime

Public safety was a hot topic all year.

The view from the Staton residence on Meander Way shows the erosion caused by the Mendenhall River. The Statons are putting in a bank stabilization project after erosion has caused them to lose most of their backyard. They recently cut part of their deck off, seen in the lower right. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Neighbors taking action against Mendenhall River bank erosion

“We’ve got to get it done.”

Counting down the top stories of 2018

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Counting down the top stories of 2018

From the statewide elections to a whale statue.

Moss covers old growth trees along Auke Lake on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Environmental groups object to Prince of Wales timber sale

The organizations are from near and far.

Man indicted for allegedly hitting friend with car during theft

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Man indicted for allegedly hitting friend with car during theft

He’s facing a trio of felonies.

Flags are raised on U.S. Coast Guard buoy tenders for reveille before the start of the Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau on Aug. 22. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Some Coast Guard employees furloughed, others working without pay during shutdown

The near future remains uncertain.

Juneau Nordic Ski Club volunteer Doug Sturm sets a cross-country ski track as his dog Jamie follows along on Montana Creek Road on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Taku winds expected to howl through downtown, Douglas

Boaters beware.

Capital City Fire/Rescue paramedic Travis Larsen participates in an emergency response training exercise at the A-J Dock in April 2014. Larsen was named one of CCFR’s Firefighters of the Year for 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Fire department honors employees of the year

Eight staff members were honored.

The interior of the Douglas Depot is pictured on Dec. 24, 2018. The convenience store and gas station opened in November. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Douglas Depot searches for ‘flavor’

The store just recently re-opened.

FuBao Goldsberry, 19, rings the bell for The Salvation Army at Foodland IGA on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Every donation counts: Bell ringer brings unmatched energy to volunteer work

You might have seen and heard him at Foodland.

Members of the Eyre family pose at the Mendenhall Glacier with a photograph of Cody Eyre, who was shot and killed by law enforcement on Christmas Eve 2017. (Courtesy Photo | Eyre Family)

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One year after shooting, family to rally on Capitol steps

There will also be a demonstration in Fairbanks.

Lead Detailer Calvin Olsen shows the logo developed for a new auto detailing business called Sacred Shine offered by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. The logo was designed by tribal member Miciana Hutcherson. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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A shiny new business: Tribe-owned auto shop already proving popular

Word has spread quickly.

David Schmid has been named as the new regional forester for the Alaska region by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Schmid replaces Beth Pendleton in overseeing management of the more than 22 million acres of National Forest System lands in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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One forester, 22 million acres of forest

Meet Alaska’s new regional forester.

Thomas Jack Jr., 42, speaks with his defense attorney Richard Payne during his sentencing in Juneau Superior Court for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl placed in his and his wife’s care in 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Judge upholds ‘extraordinarily long’ sentence for sex offender

“The case that never ends.”

Southeast villages looking to form tribal courts

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Southeast villages looking to form tribal courts

Native issues, Native control.

Bergen Davis, who grew up in Juneau, received recognition in the Alaska Communications Summer of Heroes program and the Boys and Girls Club gave Davis a $1,500 scholarship because of his volunteer efforts for The Glory Hall. Davis now attends Oklahoma Christian University. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau teen named ‘hero’ for helping homeless

It started small and grew.

Juneau Police Department Officer Ken Colon is questioned by Assistant Municipal Attorney Emily Wright during the trial of Domanic Quick, 23, in Juneau District Court on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Quick is on trial on two counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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The city of Juneau just prosecuted its first ever police body cam trial. Here’s how it went.

The verdict is in.

Jamie Diane Moy Singh, 35, appears in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Singh faces charges from an alleged March 6 assault that resulted in the death of her mother-in-law, Mary Lou Singh, 59. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Woman charged with murder pleads not guilty

More details have emerged in court.

Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Lemon Creek operations center in Juneau on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Electric rates about to rise

That sunny summer is to blame.

Amber Crotty from Window Rock, Ariz., left, a delegate of the Navajo Nation Council, and Patricia Alexander of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, right, exchange words of encouragement to each other before testifying as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a hearing to examine concerns about investigations into the deaths and disappearance of Native American women, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sitka woman testifies in DC about missing, murdered Alaska Native women

Don’t forget these victims, she says.