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Forecast: Southeast set to lose most jobs since 2009

Southeast Alaska will lose the most jobs since 2009, according to a new forecast from the Alaska Department…

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Lawmakers pre-file 31 bills

The Alaska Legislature’s preseason has begun with 24 House bills and seven Senate bills released in the first…

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Kito to ask for 120-day session

As the preseason is to the National Football League, prefile season is to the Alaska Legislature. Today, Alaska’s…

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Latest Kensington power idea stopped by regulators

The latest attempt to connect Kensington gold mine to Juneau’s power grid has blown regulatory fuses. In a…

The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council has outlined new, slimmer plans for an arts complex in the Willoughby District, seen here on Jan. 4, 2016. The plans call for an $18.8 million renovation and expansion of the Juneau Arts and Culture Center (center left). If followed, the plans call for the building to be expanded toward Centennial Hall (bottom left).

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Assembly gets look at slimmer arts complex

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly got its first look at a pared-down plan for an arts…

Eric Vance, manager of Juneau's Capitol Disposal Landfill, examines the vacuum on a methane well on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. The well, one of 30 pumping gas with a distinct sulphur smell, was ironically decorated by an employee with a Mint Way sign.

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Well, well, a solution for Juneau’s stinky landfill

Take a dozen eggs, one by one, out of their carton. Shatter them on the floor behind your…

In this undated photo, an Alexander Archipelago wolf is shown on Prince of Wales Island. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that while the number of Alexander Archipelago wolves is dropping on Prince of Wales Island, wolf populations are stable elsewhere in Southeast Alaska and rising in British Columbia.

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FWS: Alexander Archipelago wolf not endangered

The Alexander Archipelago wolf is not endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday. In a 94-page…

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Gastineau demolition takes first big bite next week

Like a worm in an apple, a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, or the face-hugging alien in “Alien,” the contractors…

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CBJ mulls expanding gravel quarry

The city-owned Stabler’s Point Quarry is running out of rock. “This year was a record year for the…

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Klondike Highway still shut by avalanche danger

The Klondike Highway remained closed Thursday between Skagway and Whitehorse after severe weather prevented Canadian helicopter crews from…

Family members of Jordon J. Sharclane, 37, including his mother, Myrna Brown, center, and his wife, Jenny Sharclane, right, gather together at the Mountain View apartments on Dec. 3 after learning about Sharclane's death and his son, Michael, injuries. The father and son were stabbed at the Cedar Park apartment complex early Thursday morning. Juneau police on Thursday arrested 19-year-old Kevin Scott Nauska for first-degree murder in connection to Sharclane's death and attempted first-degree murder for stabbing Michael.

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2015: Juneau’s year of gloom

It was a grim year for Juneau. The list of the Empire’s top 10 stories of the year…

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Supreme Court tosses out setnet ban petition

A ballot measure to ban setnet fishing in Juneau and Cook Inlet violates the Alaska Constitution and will…

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Feds, state and AEL&P chime in on Sweetheart Lake dam plan

Things are still sweet for Sweetheart Lake. Federal, state and local agencies have thus far found only minor…

Over 100 people participate in the annual Polar Bear Dip at the Auke Village Recreation Beach on Jan. 1, 2015.

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New year’s calendar includes parties and a chilly dip

The capital city will swing in the new year. It’ll also glitter, foam, and just plain dance. A…

A Capital City Fire/Rescue ambulance splashes through a flooding area of Riverside Drive on their way to a call on Jan. 1.

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Weather record expected today

Juneauites will know today whether 2015 will be a record-breaking wet year. Entering the last day of the…

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Avalanche danger closes Klondike Highway

The Alaska Department of Transportation and the Yukon Department of Highways closed the Klondike Highway at 3 p.m.…

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AMC dispute may kill the undead on GCI

“The Walking Dead” may be dead walking. Most Alaskans may lose access to the most popular scripted TV…

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AMHS leader talks problems, hears solutions from frustrated Juneauites

On Tuesday night, Mike Neussl of the Alaska Marine Highway System tried to spread oil on troubled waters.…

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Fake Trooper tries to scam Juneauites

Alaska State Troopers are investigating a series of scam calls received by Juneau residents since Friday. The calls…

River guides with Alaska Travel Adventures take a practice run through rapids on the Mendenhall River.

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Forest Service ties the knot with its new tour permits

Tom Stewart is in the business of weddings. Now, he’s in one of his own. On Friday, the…