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Police calls for Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

Death Notice: Stephen Todd

Stephen Todd, 60, died in Juneau on Sept. 3, 2020.

Kenny Solomon-Gross is running for the District 1 City and Borough of Juneau Assembly seat. (Courtesy Photo / Kenny Solomon-Gross)

Get to know a candidate: Kenny Solomon-Gross

Read about the District 1 Assembly candidate in his own words.

Kenny Solomon-Gross is running for the District 1 City and Borough of Juneau Assembly seat. (Courtesy Photo / Kenny Solomon-Gross)
Alicia Hughes-Skandijs is a current City and Borough of Juneau Assembly member and is running for reelection in District 1. (Courtesy Photo / Alicia Hughes-Skandijs)

Get to know a candidate: Alicia Hughes-Skandijs

Read about the District 1 Assembly candidate in her own words.

Alicia Hughes-Skandijs is a current City and Borough of Juneau Assembly member and is running for reelection in District 1. (Courtesy Photo / Alicia Hughes-Skandijs)
Opinion: Alaska Veterans For Peace denounce offensive statements regarding service members

Opinion: Alaska Veterans For Peace denounce offensive statements regarding service members

We adamantly oppose anyone referring to U.S. service members injured or killed in war as “losers.”

Opinion: Alaska Veterans For Peace denounce offensive statements regarding service members
Opinion: Kudos to a letter writer

Opinion: Kudos to a letter writer

Don’t miss an excellent My Turn.

Opinion: Kudos to a letter writer
Opinion: Vote no on Proposition 2 — debt is a 4-letter word

Opinion: Vote no on Proposition 2 — debt is a 4-letter word

Stay the course and keep reducing our indebtedness.

Opinion: Vote no on Proposition 2 — debt is a 4-letter word
Popular lecture series returns, season schedule announced
Popular lecture series returns, season schedule announced
Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020
CBJ clarifies testing recommendation

CBJ clarifies testing recommendation

Bar patrons should get tested.

CBJ clarifies testing recommendation
Brian Holst is a candidate for Juneau School District Board of Education. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Get to know a candidate: Brian Holst

Read about the school board hopeful in his own words.

Brian Holst is a candidate for Juneau School District Board of Education. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Get to know a candidate: Martin Stepetin

Get to know a candidate: Martin Stepetin

Read about the school board hopeful in his own words.

Get to know a candidate: Martin Stepetin
Maria Gladziszewski is a candidate for City and Borough of Juneau Assembly’s areawide seat. (Courtesy Photo / Maria Gladziszewski)

Get to know a candidate: Maria Gladziszewski

Read about the areawide Assembly seat hopeful in her own words.

Maria Gladziszewski is a candidate for City and Borough of Juneau Assembly’s areawide seat. (Courtesy Photo / Maria Gladziszewski)
Opinion: Why I’m in favor of Ballot Measure 1

Opinion: Why I’m in favor of Ballot Measure 1

I understand why the oil industry opposes Ballot Measure 1, but why should we?

Opinion: Why I’m in favor of Ballot Measure 1
Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 is not in Southeast Alaska’s best interests

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 is not in Southeast Alaska’s best interests

​Think about it, play the long game. Play safe.

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 is not in Southeast Alaska’s best interests
Thanks to writer John Gierach, Jeff Lund has discovered a love for brown trout, bamboo fly rods and Colorado’s Frying Pan river. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

Appreciating a legend while he’s still around

Things like fly fishing are endless springs of inspiration if you do them right.

Thanks to writer John Gierach, Jeff Lund has discovered a love for brown trout, bamboo fly rods and Colorado’s Frying Pan river. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)
Dan Monteith (center) seen here with Luke Holton and Douglas Indian Association Council Member Barbara Cadiente-Nelson, during a panel discussion after a screening of Holton’s film, “Sayéik” in November 2018 at the Gold Town Theater, will be the speaker in an upcoming Sealaska Heritage Institute lecture. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)Theater. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Dan Monteith (center) seen here with Luke Holton and Douglas Indian Association Council Member Barbara Cadiente-Nelson, during a panel discussion after a screening of Holton’s film, “Sayéik” in November 2018 at the Gold Town Theater, will be the speaker in an upcoming Sealaska Heritage Institute lecture. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)Theater. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Kristina Cranston works in her home-studio-gallery in Sitka. (Courtesy Photo / Tommy Joseph)
Kristina Cranston works in her home-studio-gallery in Sitka. (Courtesy Photo / Tommy Joseph)
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

City recommends bar patrons get tested for the coronavirus

Advisory comes amid report of 19 new cases.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count

Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count

Reaching a full count on most reservations now looks nearly impossible.

Battered by the virus, tribes race to boost census count