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Falcons crowned Region V champs after title game called off

Correction: This article originally stated that Ketchikan would have faced JDHS in the title game if it wasn’t…

Falcons softball blanks Sitka for trip to region final

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Falcons softball blanks Sitka for trip to region final

An 8-0 win over Sitka High School on Friday means Thunder Mountain Falcons softball is on their way…

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Despite six-run first inning, JDHS falls to Kayhi at softball regions

The Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears fell to Ketchikan High School, 26-13, on Friday at the Region V softball tournament.…

Lea Skaggs and Colin Peacock ready orders at their Salt & Soil Marketplace on Thursday, May 17, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Online farmer’s market growing in second year

Thursdays are pickup and dropoff day for online farmers market Salt &Soil. They keep Colin Peacock busy. Into…

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Region V softball tourney: Falcons advance, Crimson Bears drops game to Sitka

Spectators have grown to expect wide-margin wins from this year’s Thunder Mountain High School softball team. And that’s…

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Suspected robber pulls knife on Home Depot employees

A suspected shoplifter pulled a knife on employees at Home Depot during a confrontation over a shopping cart…

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Wolf hunt for feared-endangered wolves won’t increase

A controversial hunting increase for an island-locked population of wolves — once feared endangered — has been shot…

A second location for the popular food truck Pucker Wilson’s is in a lot at the Juneau Mercantile and Armory near the Juneau International Airport. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Flyfishing shop reels in 20 years

At a party at his shop Saturday, Alaska Fly Fishing Goods owner Brad Elfers was surrounded by his…

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‘Dean of the Douglas Press Corps’: Ed Schoenfeld to retire after 37 years in news

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Schoenfeld’s journalism career started in 1979. His journalism…

The Mendenhall Glacier, which is receding. (Juneau Empire file)

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Alaska takes first step toward a state-level climate policy

You don’t have to look far to see the effects of climate change in Alaska. Permafrost melts, ocean…

Leon Shaul, a ADFG Fisheries Biologist III who studies coho and other fish species, talks about Southeast Alaska salmon stocks as he helps load boats for staff leaving Echo Cove for a six-week fish study in Berners Bay on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Shaul, a Douglas resident, has worked for the department for over 30 years. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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People of Juneau: Leon Shaul, the coho king

Earlier this month at Echo Cove, Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Leon Shaul prepared for a…

Jean Hunt, left, and Fred Thorsteinson are the new queen regeant and king regeant of the Alaska Pioneer’s, Igloo 6. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Behold the new stars: Pioneers crown new royalty

“Behold the new star” is the translation of the Alaska Pioneers, Grand Igloo’s motto, Ecce Novum Astrum. Friends…

James H. “Pat” Carothers, Jr. (Courtesy photo)

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WWII, Korea and Vietnam veteran Carothers, 91, passes

When World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran James H. “Pat” Carothers retired from the U.S.…

Soccer streak snapped: Kayhi beats JDHS for first time in over a decade

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Soccer streak snapped: Kayhi beats JDHS for first time in over a decade

It’s been a long time since Ketchikan High School soccer has beaten Juneau-Douglas High School. How long? Long…

Pogo Mine Rescue team member Prabin Rashali reachers the top of a scissor lift during a ropes rescue event at the Central Mine Rescue competition at Centennial Hall on Thursday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Central Mine Rescue holds competition at Centennial Hall

Prabin Rashali, of Pogo Mine Rescue, floated in the air about 15 feet over the craned necks of…

Vice Admiral Fred M. Midgette, Commander of Pacific Area and Coast Guard Defense Force West, left, Rear Admiral Michael F. McAllister, outgoing Commander of the Coast Guard 17th District, center, and Rear Admiral Matthew T. Bell Jr., incoming Commander of the Coast Guard 17th District, shake hands after a Change of Command Ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard 17th District at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Meet the new head of Alaska’s Coast Guard

There’s a new top official in charge of Coast Guard operations in Alaska. Rear Admiral Michael F. McAllister…

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United in loss: fishing fleet blessed at annual ceremony

Two hundred and eighteen names are engraved on the Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial, a half circle of stone…

Dimond Park Aquatic Center. (Juneau Empire file)

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Man dies at Dimond Park Aquatic Center

A man died after a medical emergency at Dimond Park Aquatic Center Friday night, Juneau Police Department confirmed…

Capt. Phillip Thorne, outgoing Commander of Coast Guard Sector Juneau, walks with his wife, Jennifer, daughter, Madeline, 8, and mother, Gloria Thorne, at the conclusion of his Change of Command and Retirement Ceremonies at the Alaska State Museum on Friday, May 4, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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USCG Juneau Sector commander Thorne whistled ashore

The first day of Capt. Phillip R. Thorne’s U.S. Coast Guard career was captured in a photo in…

Rob McLeod as a boy in Scotland. (Courtesy photo)

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The ‘Lord of St. James Bay,’ beloved hermit lived uniquely Alaskan life

A beloved Scottish outdoorsman with a uniquely Alaskan way of life died in his cabin near Juneau last…