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Case with nine co-defendants proving difficult to schedule

A group of defendants who were indicted for attempting to smuggle drugs into Lemon Creek Correctional Center will…

Juneau Police Department Chief Ed Mercer speaks at a special meeting of the Uptown Neighborhood Association on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Progress remains slow in addressing Harris Street disturbances

Around 70 frustrated neighbors gathered at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church downtown on Tuesday night to ask for answers…

Charred trees rise above a burnt motor home and shed at a Mendenhall Valley home on July 10, 2018. An early-morning fire damaged the shed, the motor home, a fish smokehouse and a Chevy truck. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Fire destroys structures, vehicles, but doesn’t harm residents

A Mendenhall Valley fire destroyed multiple structures and cars early Tuesday morning, and Capital City Fire/Rescue officials aren’t…

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Man dies at Housing First

A man died at Housing First on Monday afternoon, according to the Juneau Police Department. Frank White, Jr.,…

Lemon Creek Correctional Center pictured on Friday, April 13, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Case with nine co-defendants proving difficult to schedule

Trials likely coming soon in Lemon Creek Correctional Center drug smuggling case.

This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

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Two men sentenced for illegal gun possession

Two Juneau men were sentenced this past Friday for separate federal firearms offenses. Christopher W. Davison, 34, was…

KTOO’s Jeff Brown whips up the audience for the start of the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau,…

Charred trees rise above a burnt motor home and shed at a Mendenhall Valley home on July 10, 2018. An early-morning fire damaged the shed, the motor home, a fish smokehouse and a Chevy truck. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Fire destroys structures, vehicles, but doesn’t harm residents

Fire Marshal not ruling out arson as the cause.

The finished Housing First Project. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Man dies at Housing First

Cause of death unknown, but not seen as suspicious, police say.

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t…

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t…

This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

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Two men sentenced for illegal gun possession

Two Juneau men were sentenced this past Friday for separate federal firearms offenses.

Jeff Brown, center, raises peace signs in the air as his name is announced at the Jeff Brown Appreciation Party at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. The party was a celebration of Brown’s 40-year career at KTOO. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau,…

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State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest…

Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)

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Award-winning bike stolen after Fourth of July parade

Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a…

David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence…

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Two men arrested for assaulting officers in separate incidents

Two incidents this week led to police officers being assaulted, according to Juneau Police Department reports and a…

Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest…

Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)

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Award-winning bike stolen after Fourth of July parade

Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a…

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Two men arrested for assaulting officers in separate incidents

Two incidents this week led to police officers being assaulted, according to Juneau Police Department reports and a…