Wire Service

tease

Police calls, Aug. 16-20

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

tease
A voter sits behind a privacy screen while filling out a ballot during the City and Borough of Juneau 2022 municipal election. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

My Turn: Affordability provides hope

In May, I spent a couple weeks circulating petitions for the Affordable Juneau Coalition. The group gathered thousands of signatures from local residents, most of… Continue reading

A voter sits behind a privacy screen while filling out a ballot during the City and Borough of Juneau 2022 municipal election. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)
Win Gruening (courtesy)

Opinion: Juneau seasonal sales tax proposal is a permanent tax increase

A seasonal sales tax likely would increase the tax burden for many Juneau families

Win Gruening (courtesy)
Sailors participate in the commissioning ceremony for U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis, on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Image courtesy the Office of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan)

Opinion: A new era for the Coast Guard and Alaska

The Storis is the first new polar icebreaker added to the U.S. Coast Guard fleet in more than 25 years

Sailors participate in the commissioning ceremony for U.S. Coast Guard polar icebreaker Storis, on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Image courtesy the Office of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan)
James Edens looks at 35mm film he had just developed. Photo by By Jonathon Dawe/ Wrangell Sentinel)

Father and son share love for old-school film photography

For photographers like James Edens, film photography never lost its allure

James Edens looks at 35mm film he had just developed. Photo by By Jonathon Dawe/ Wrangell Sentinel)
Fred LaPlante is the pastor at Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy photo)

Living and Growing: What’s coloring your view?

The world around me hadn’t changed — only my vision had

Fred LaPlante is the pastor at Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy photo)
Old growth habitat is as impressive as it is spectacular. (Photo by Jeff Lund/Juneau Empire)

I Went to the Woods: The right investments

Engaged participation in restoration and meaningful investment in recreation can make the future of Southeast special

Old growth habitat is as impressive as it is spectacular. (Photo by Jeff Lund/Juneau Empire)
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump begin to leave the stage after making statements following their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. After that meeting, Trump adopted Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace agreement that would require Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Opinion: Trump embarrasses America. Again.

What mattered to Putin at this moment in history was how easy it would be to get almost everything he wanted

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump begin to leave the stage after making statements following their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. After that meeting, Trump adopted Putin’s preference for pursuing a sweeping peace agreement that would require Ukraine to cede territory to Russia. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Ships in port, Aug. 23-27

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites. Saturday, Aug. 23… Continue reading

The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)
Photo by Erin Thompson / Peninsula Clarion
KTOO, Juneau’s public radio station, is photographed July 11.

Grants to boost local emergency alert systems in question as public media agency closes

The change comes after Republican lawmakers voted last month to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Photo by Erin Thompson / Peninsula Clarion
KTOO, Juneau’s public radio station, is photographed July 11.
Salmon dry on a rack in Quinhagak, a Yup’ik village in Western Alaska, in July 2023. Salmon is a staple of the traditional Indigenous diet in Alaska and one of the main foods harvested through subsistence practices. (Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Federal appeals court preserves Alaska’s two-tier system for subsistence fishing management

State attorneys had argued for a new interpretation after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions

Salmon dry on a rack in Quinhagak, a Yup’ik village in Western Alaska, in July 2023. Salmon is a staple of the traditional Indigenous diet in Alaska and one of the main foods harvested through subsistence practices. (Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Yukon government / Yukon.ca
Jeanie McLean, James Cockrell and Tracy-Anne McPhee signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of Yukon and Alaska on Aug. 12 to share information on gender-based violence in the North.

Yukon and Alaska will share data on gender-based violence against Indigenous people

Cross-border agreement aims to protect Indigenous communities and prevent gender-based violence in the North

Yukon government / Yukon.ca
Jeanie McLean, James Cockrell and Tracy-Anne McPhee signed a memorandum of understanding on behalf of Yukon and Alaska on Aug. 12 to share information on gender-based violence in the North.
An entryway to the Alaska Governor’s Mansion is seen July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Good pay, free housing, free parking, 4-year contract

Applications are now being accepted for the job of governor of Alaska

An entryway to the Alaska Governor’s Mansion is seen July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)
The ranked choice outcome for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is shown during an Alaska Public Media broadcast on Nov. 24, 2022. (Alaska Division of Elections)

My Turn: Petition to overturn ranked choice voting still needs signatures

RCV is just not natural or comfortable for voters with experience in the conventional, tried-and-true system

The ranked choice outcome for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is shown during an Alaska Public Media broadcast on Nov. 24, 2022. (Alaska Division of Elections)
President Donald Trump greets President Vladimir Putin of Russia as they met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

My Turn: When we were allies

Soviet and American pilots flew the Alaska-Siberia Air Route to deliver combat planes halfway around the world

President Donald Trump greets President Vladimir Putin of Russia as they met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
The Alaska Capitol is photographed Friday, July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)

Alaska Legislature gavels in and out, taking no further action in special session

Legislative leaders say they’ve already accomplished their priorities

The Alaska Capitol is photographed Friday, July 11, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Juneau Empire)
Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File
This April 12, 2022, photo shows former Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, D-Anchorage. Begich announced his candidacy for Alaska governor this week.

Former state Sen. Tom Begich becomes 1st Democrat to indicate run for Alaska governor in 2026

The Anchorage resident, from a prominent political family, says he will conduct statewide listening tour, and focus on the state’s future

Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File
This April 12, 2022, photo shows former Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, D-Anchorage. Begich announced his candidacy for Alaska governor this week.
tease

Police calls, Aug. 14-18

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

tease
The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Ships in port, Aug. 20-23

This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites. Wednesday, Aug. 20… Continue reading

The Norwegian Bliss arrives in Juneau on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)
Broad-petaled gentian flowers were almost hidden in the other vegetation. (M.F. Wilson)

On the Trails: Late summer flowers

A stroll on the dike trail yielded floral signs that it was now late summer

Broad-petaled gentian flowers were almost hidden in the other vegetation. (M.F. Wilson)