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Thank you, Juneau Sports Association

I would like to thank the Juneau Sports Association (JSA), specifically Traci Gilmour and the JSA board, for…

A Juneau Empire file photo, a brown bear walks through Pack Creek on Admiralty Island, seen from the observation tower. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

New federal hunting regulations are not good policy

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Trump Administration have proposed eliminating National Park Service rules that…

Police calls for Tuesday, July 10, 2018

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Police calls for Tuesday, July 10, 2018

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Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 2018

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Fireworks set off on shore along with a cruise ship illuminate Juneau’s waterfront prior to the city-funded fireworks show in Juneau’s downtown Harbor on Tuesday, July 3, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Letters to the Editor

Where are our keepers of the peace?

The Fourth of July was one holiday I used to look forward to. Not anymore. Now it is…

David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

News

Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence…

News

Police calls for Sunday, July 8, 2018

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Mark Begich (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Begich’s uninspiring campaign kickoff

On his campaign Facebook page, Mark Begich has characterized himself “an independent voice for Alaska.” That seems more…

Police calls for Friday, July 6, 2018

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Police calls for Friday, July 6, 2018

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“Solstice,” by Fisher Stevens, won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Douglas Sandcastle Challenge on July 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy Zane Jones)

News

Juneau and Douglas Fourth of July parade and contest winners

More floats registered for this year’s Juneau parade, committee director Jean Sztuk said, that organizers had to turn…

Aaron Hull, 9, races in the Soapbox Challenge down St. Ann’s Avenue on Wednesday. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

News

Soapbox Challenge thrill for youth

For 9-year-old Aaron Hull, racing in the Soapbox Challenge is by-and-large a good time.

Firefighter Emily Lockie sprays down the crowd at the annual Make & Break hose race in Douglas on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

News

Annual hose race douses spectators, honors tradition

About 100 feet from where Firefighter Emily Lockie stood prior to the start of Wednesday’s annual Make &…

Lee Stoops works on a brown bear and cub sand sculpture Wednesday during a sand sculpting contest at Sandy Beach. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

News

Fourth festivities draw thousands

Sunny weather and unblemished skies drew thousands to downtown Juneau and Douglas on Wednesday for Fourth of July…

A car window is pictured July 4, 2018. This is not the car in which a dog died of heat stroke Tuesday. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

News

Dog dies after suffering heat stroke in hot car

A young Great Dane died of heat stroke after being left in a car Tuesday afternoon, Gastineau Humane…

Zach Bursell sprints to the finish line of the Glenn Frick Memorial Mile, which took place just before the start of the Juneau Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday morning. Bursell placed first overall and set a new course record in the mile. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

News

Records fall at the Frick Mile

Zach Bursell and Beth Gollin finished their Fourth of July $100 richer.

A 13-year-old girl and her aunt and uncle are taken back to a cabin on Kruzof Island, Alaska, July 3, 2018, in an Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. The girl was reported missing in a kayak in Shelikof Bay, last seen wearing a purple, blue and black life jacket, and was later found by the Jayhawk crew in good condition. (U.S. Coast Guard | Courtesy Photo)

News

With help from aunt, Coast Guard finds missing girl near Sitka

A 13-year-old girl briefly went missing on Kruzof Island near Sitka on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Coast…

Police calls for Thursday, July 5, 2018

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Police calls for Thursday, July 5, 2018

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Gastineau Channel Little League shortstop Kaia Smith tags out Ketchikan Little League’s Charlie King on Tuesday during Game 2 of a best-of-five series in the Alaska Little League District 2 Junior Softball Tournament at Dudley Field in Ketchikan. (Dustin Safranek | Ketchikan Daily News)

News

Walk-offs plague junior all-stars

After two walk-off losses, the Gastineau Channel Little League all-stars find themselves on the brink of elimination in…

Mod Carousel from left to right: Moscato Extatique, Trojan Original, Paris Original and Luminous Pariah. (Courtesy photo | Mod Carousel)

Neighbors

More than a strip tease: Boylesque troupe returns to Juneau with fresh material

Returning to Juneau for the ninth time, boylesque troupe Mod Carousel is bringing two new shows to Juneau…

Fen high roaming Blackerby Ridge late winter of 2018. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

Neighbors

Walking my dog in wolf country

On a recent hike up a mountain on Douglas Island, I noticed a large rock rising from the…