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Passengers stand on the top deck of the MS Westerdam while the cruise ship is docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. (AP Photo)

Opinion: The Assembly needs to ask tougher questions

Monday night’s — March 9 — Assembly Committee of the Whole meeting was more like a slow-pitch game at Sandy Beach than a probing investigation… Continue reading

Mar 12, 2020
Letters to the Editor

Tents stand on a wharf near the Grand Princess at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship, which had maintained a holding pattern off the coast for days, is carrying multiple people who tested positive for COVID-19, a disease caused by the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Cruise line announces 60-day pause of ship operations

Voyages departing March 12 to May 10 will be affected.

Mar 12, 2020
News Coronavirus State & Legislature

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Police calls for Thursday, March 12, 2020

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

Mar 12, 2020
News Crime

The view from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center as seen in late February. The center was the site of an open house to draw public comment on a proposed overhaul of the recreation area. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: We can do better at the glacier

Tell the Forest Service.

Mar 12, 2020
Opinion

The Yukon River, shown here at the Fortymile River’s junction with it in Canada, roughly follows the Tintina Fault. (Courtesy Photo | Ned Rozell)

‘Remarkable groove’ slides gold into Alaska

Groove isn’t just in the heart.

Mar 11, 2020
News Alaska Outdoors

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File Richard Chalyee Éesh Peterson, president of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, will address the Chamber Luncheon today at noon. See below.

Capital City Weekly

Your weekend guide: Chamber speaker, concerts, bear presentations and more.

Here’s what’s happening for the week of March 12, 2020.

Mar 11, 2020
News Calendar Capital City Weekly

Death Notice: Michael Patterson

Michael G. Patterson, 64, died Friday, March 6, 2020

Mar 11, 2020
Death Notices

Opinion: I support the proposed nurse licensure legislation compact

Here’s why.

Mar 11, 2020
Letters to the Editor

Police calls for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Mar 11, 2020
News Crime

Opinion: Nobody wants to have an abortion

If you care about preventing abortions, consider legislation for free vasectomies.

Mar 10, 2020
Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Forest Service proposal falls short in several ways

Comment period ends March 19.

Mar 10, 2020
Opinion

A Wings of Alaska floatplane lands as the Zaandam, right, and Ryndam cruise ships pull into the Juneau’s downtown harbor 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: I hope Ocean Rangers are brought back to cruise ships

In 2006 when Alaska voters, including myself, passed the citizen’s initiative establishing the Ocean Ranger program, we enacted a program that included onboard monitoring of… Continue reading

Mar 10, 2020
Opinion

Sara Steeves of Juneau competes in the one-hand reach at the 2020 Traditional Games held Saturday and Sunday at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. (Courtesy Photo | Lyndsey Brollini, courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)

Photos: Traditional Games athletes reach for glory in Juneau

More than 125 athletes from more than 18 locations came to compete in Juneau this weekend. The 2020 Traditional Games held Saturday and Sunday at… Continue reading