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Photos: Who’s Your Diva?

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Photos: Who’s Your Diva?

Seven contestants compete in Juneau Lyric Opera’s “Who’s Your Diva?” at Centennial Hall on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018.

Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, left, speaks with Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, before a Senate Finance Committee meeting in 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Mike Dunleavy for governor

In 1994 my wife and I made a decision to seek a path to U.S. citizenship through a…

Opinion: Finish the ballot

Opinion

Opinion: Finish the ballot

One of the best-kept secrets of this — or any — Alaska election season is the incredible amount…

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Police calls for Monday, Oct. 1, 2018

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

Mayoral candidates Saralyn Tabachnick, left, Norton Gregory, center, and Beth Weldon answers questions during a Special Native Issues Forum at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Economy should be next mayor’s top priority

I am having a difficult time deciding who to vote for among the candidates for mayor. These are…

Photos: Juneau United vs. Bartlett

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Photos: Juneau United vs. Bartlett

Juneau United’s season drew to a close on Saturday night with a 65-12 loss to Bartlett High School…

Bridget Abroad: Not your average school lunch

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Bridget Abroad: Not your average school lunch

In France, school lunch is not just a meal, it’s an event.

Juneau Style

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Juneau Style

On a stormy afternoon at Eagle Beach, I ran into Mike Dilger, a birder visiting from the UK.…

Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

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Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Opinion: A new way to live

Opinion

Opinion: A new way to live

Editor’s Note: The Empire is publishing a weekly column from members of Juneau’s recovery community, in coordination with…

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo | Andrew Harnik)

Opinion

Opinion: Why justice needs to bend towards Blasey Ford

As The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens recently wrote, I too “have absolutely no idea what, if…

Jeffra Clough.

Neighbors

SAIL celebrates 25 years, honors advocates

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and honoring two outstanding advocates at a gala…

Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project

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Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project

Veterans for Peace has selected an organizer for an anti-nuclear weapon conference that will be held in Juneau…

Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018

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Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018

• On behalf of the Juneau Freewheelers Bicycle Club, we’d like to thank everyone for making the first…

Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

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Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

Have you ever longed for someone to really look forward to you coming home? Maybe you are one…

To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?

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To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?

Election season is upon us.

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018

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Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018

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

A Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue crew medevaced a 74-year-old patient from the cruise ship Noordam at the south end of Auke Bay after he displayed signs of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard, CCFR get patient from cruise ship to hospital

The U.S. Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue had to work together Thursday to get a cruise passenger…

Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)

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Embrace September’s slowing pace

In September, the natural world slows down.

Roger Castillo watches as a coho salmon he caught leaps he fishes at the Wayside Park on Channel Drive on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has increased the limit to 12 coho salmon in the designated saltwater hatchery sport harvest area due to the large number of returning hatchery coho salmon in excess of broodstock needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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‘Fish Everywhere’: Cohos stream in at DIPAC hatchery

The coho return to Juneau has been outstanding this year.