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Investigators examine the wreckage of a Cessna 182 airplane that went missing just south of Juneau in 2008. The plane remained missing until this past Wednesday, when a hunter found it. (Photo courtesy of Alaska State Troopers)

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Investigators confirm wreckage found on Admiralty Island belonged to missing 2008 flight

When a Cessna 182 airplane disappeared near Juneau in 2008, a 10-day search over an area of 1,000…

Juneau Drug manager Brenda Lamas peers into a basement storage room below the store on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The room is said to be haunted and Lamas said she will not enter the room. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Spirits from shipwreck still spooking downtown business

As Juneau Drug Manager Brenda Lamas walks down the aisles of toilet paper, allergy medication and hair dryers,…

Trevor Kirchhoff, a co-owner of Juneau Greens, talks about their new indoor hydroponic growing system to produce basil and other leafy greens for sale in local grocery outlets on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Growers use hydroponic system — usually reserved for marijuana — to grow vegetables

It’s a setup that’s usually associated with a different kind of green plant. Located in a boat condo…

A statue of Martin Luther. (Photo courtesy of Pixastock)

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Churches celebrate 500-year anniversary of Reformation

For Lutheran churches, Halloween is about much more than costumes and candy. This year in particular carries a…

A seaplane over Alaska. (Thinkstock)

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State Troopers ‘reasonably certain’ found wreckage, human remains are from missing 2008 flight

In August 2008, a Cessna 182 airplane took off from Young Lake about 15 miles south of Juneau…

Bladesmith David Mirabile shows an axe he made from Damascus steel and a walrus oosik in his Juneau shop on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau bladesmith wins History Channel sword-making competition

Prior to competing on History Channel’s “Forged in Fire,” a show that pits expert bladesmiths against each other…

A derelict vessel is submerged in Gastineau Channel near the Douglas Bridge on Oct. 23, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Boat sinks in Gastineau Channel

Midway through last week, a boat with no name sank into the waters of Gastineau Channel. As of…

Breffni Registered Agent Maureen Barrett-Smith, watches as used furniture is loaded into a van while making the Bergmann Hotel ready for an open house on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.

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Bergmann Hotel is up for sale

Starting Tuesday, the Bergmann Hotel will be for sale. Breffni Place Properties, which owns the Bergmann and other…

The former Public Safety Building on Whittier Street is the top choice for a warming center which could open Nov. 15 from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. every night. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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City inches closer to setting up winter warming center

The City and Borough of Juneau is aiming to get a winter warming center up and running, and…

Don Cook, father of Brandon Cook, who was murdered in 2015, watches balloons they released with friends and family to honor his son in front of Safeway on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Cook and his wife, Amanda, flew up from Wewoka, Oklahoma, this week to witness the trial of Christopher Strawn, 34. On Wednesday, the jury took just three and a half hours to reach a decision guilty on charges of first-degree. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Two years after son’s death, his father runs in his footsteps

Don Cook was ready to run. It was 41 degrees and raining as the sky was quickly growing…

Leticia McRae picks up garbage near Sunny Point on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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One woman’s fight with Juneau’s trash

Basking in the sun on this bright October afternoon, a line of ducks cruises through the water of…

Christopher Strawn, right, confers with criminal defense attorney Nicholas Polasky during his trial in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. Strawn, 34, faces charges of first-degree and second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault and weapons misconduct in the shooting death of Brandon Cook in October 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Jury convicts Strawn on all counts

Nearly two years to the day after the shooting death of Brandon Cook, Christopher Strawn was found guilty…

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School Board approves renaming Gastineau School to include Tlingit word ‘Sayéik’

Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting lasted more than four hours, including changes in the makeup of the board…

Christopher Strawn, right, confers with criminal defense attorney Nicholas Polasky during his trial in Juneau Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Strawn, 34, faces charges of first-degree and second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault and weapons misconduct in the shooting death of Brandon Cook in October 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Chris Strawn murder trial goes to jury

Christopher Strawn’s case is now in the hands of 12 of his peers. Strawn, on trial for the…

Tim Shockley, a resident of the Kodzoff Acres Mobile Home Park, answers questions by Christopher Strawn during Strawn’s trial in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Strawn, 34, faces charges of first-degree and second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault and weapons misconduct in the shooting death of Brandon Cook in October 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Murder defendant Christopher Strawn takes stand as trial nears an end

Christopher Strawn, representing himself in his trial for the Oct. 20, 2015 murder of Brandon Cook, began making…

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Assembly not ready to expand senior tax exemption yet

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly isn’t making changes to the senior sales tax exemption quite yet.…

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Assembly offers support for bill that would roll back some SB 91 provisions

Last month, Gov. Bill Walker spoke in support of Senate Bill 54, which would increase the penalties for…

Sections of picket fence are loaded onto a flatbed trailer as work begins on the demolition of Project Playground at Twin Lakes on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Pickets for new playground available for purchase, personalization

When the new playground is built at Twin Lakes, it will bear not only the ideas and suggestions…

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Seasonal parking now available at Marine Park Plaza

From now until April, parking downtown is going to be a little easier for some. Anyone with a…

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Assembly meets for first time since election, talking sales tax, West Douglas road

Monday’s City and Borough of Juneau Assembly meeting will be the first one in a month, and will…