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Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018

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Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

Planet Alaska: Muskeg Love

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Planet Alaska: Muskeg Love

Muskeg life is wet, mushy, juicy, fleshy, tangy, glabrous, globose and glandular.

Juneau’s salmon seine fleet fills Amalga Harbor in July 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire file)

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Opinion: Mike Dunleavy dodges commercial fishermen

Fishermen vote.

First Friday schedule for Nov. 2, 2018

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First Friday schedule for Nov. 2, 2018

JAHC: Cammie May, “Waterworks,” Juneau Arts & Culture Center, 350 Whittier St, 4:30-7 p.m. Exhibit up through the…

Chum salmon attempt to swim up Gold Creek as thousands more wait their turn on Monday, August 8, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Alaskans will not be fooled on Ballot Measure 1

Alaskans will vote on the Stand For Salmon initiative on Nov. 6. The opposition to this measure has…

Seine boats wait in line to set their nets at Amalga Harbor in July. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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West Coast fishermen back ballot measure

The largest commercial fishing trade organization on the West Coast announced Monday its support for Ballot Measure 1,…

Dentists buying candy for good cause

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Dentists buying candy for good cause

Two offices in town are donating Halloween candy.

Opinion: Vote no on Ballot Measure 1

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Opinion: Vote no on Ballot Measure 1

Alaska does not have a problem with salmon habitat in its streams and rivers.

Opinion: Walker failed as governor

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Opinion: Walker failed as governor

Walker’s PFD “tax” has hit those in the lower income range hardest.

Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018

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Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

Parents, grandparents and friends have fun photographing their young ones on Seward Street for Halloween on Monday, October 31, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Events planned across town before trick-or-treating

Halloween parties are happening from the Valley to downtown.

Opinion: Vote for who’s working for our future

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Opinion: Vote for who’s working for our future

Thanks to Gov. Bill Walker for his four years of service.

Personnel from Chesed Shel Emes Emergency Services and Recovery Unit gather near the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Robert Bowers, the suspect in the mass shooting at the synagogue, expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Local synagogue to honor Pittsburgh victims

Everybody is welcome at the service.

Anthony Hotka customizes his mask at the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Photos: Best Pictures for the Week

Best photos of the week by staff photographer Michael Penn from Oct. 21-26, 2018.

Juneau residents react to scares and chills as they make their way through the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Photos: U.S. Coast Guard’s Haunted Station

Slideshow of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau Haunted Station in Juneau on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

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Opinion: Tulsequah Chief, all over again

Alaskans are worried Red Chris could go the same way.

University of Alaska Board of Regents hosts call-in session

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University of Alaska Board of Regents hosts call-in session

University of Alaska Board of Regents hosts call-in session

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 hurts rural residents and rural communities

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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 hurts rural residents and rural communities

Salmon have always been and will always be a vital part of our culture, history and way of…

Alyse Galvin, Alaska’s independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, holds a town hall-style meeting to an overflowing room at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Galvin is the change we need

I am so very proud and appreciative of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, for acting on principle rather…

Nathan Gaudreault, left, and Tyler Gress work their way up The Rock Dump’s climbing walls on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2008. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Rock Dump prepares for creepy climbing on Halloween

Two nights this week, you can celebrate Halloween by climbing for candy.