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Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

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 of those blessed people who experience the… Continue reading

Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms
Opinion: A new way to live

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 Great Bear Recovery Collective, to highlight September… Continue reading

Opinion: A new way to live
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: 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 anything, happened between Brett Kavanaugh and Christine… Continue reading

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo | Andrew Harnik)
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018

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 includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018
Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018
Jeffra Clough.

SAIL celebrates 25 years, honors advocates

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and honoring two outstanding advocates at a gala in October. SAIL’s 2018 Senior and Disability… Continue reading

Jeffra Clough.
Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project

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 in 2020. Shelby Surdyk of Skagway will… Continue reading

Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project
Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018

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 Douglas Dirt Derby a successful event. More… Continue reading

Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018
To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?
To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?
This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.
This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.
Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)

Embrace September’s slowing pace

In September, the natural world slows down.

Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)
Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch

Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch

It’s difficult to get building materials such as siding and roofing out in the wilderness, so when my sister Megan visited recently with the desire… Continue reading

Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch
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)

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 off his ship and to the hospital

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)
The Juneau Empire Building, pictured July 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Readers’ Choice Awards Winners 2018

You voted, here are the winners!

  • Sep 28, 2018
The Juneau Empire Building, pictured July 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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)
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)
Opinion: Alaska, Chicago and accountability

Opinion: Alaska, Chicago and accountability

What is Chicago doing that Alaska is not?

Opinion: Alaska, Chicago and accountability
Opinion: Recovery is possible

Opinion: Recovery is possible

When we talk about the behavioral health challenges facing our state – whether it’s alcohol addition, opioids or suicide – most of us think of… Continue reading

Opinion: Recovery is possible
Police calls for Friday, Sept. 28, 2018

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 28, 2018

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

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 28, 2018
Alyse Galvin, independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, right, speaks with Marilyn Orr during a “town-hall-style coffee and conversation” at 60 Degrees North Coffee and Tea on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Galvin is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Don Young. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Send Alyse Galvin to Congress

I would like to share my enthusiastic support for Alyse Galvin for Congress. We definitely need a change in our representation in Washington, D.C. and… Continue reading

Alyse Galvin, independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, right, speaks with Marilyn Orr during a “town-hall-style coffee and conversation” at 60 Degrees North Coffee and Tea on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Galvin is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Don Young. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Willoughby District, including the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, is seen here on Jan. 4, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Why I support the vision behind the new Juneau Arts and Culture Center

I want to publicly express my support for the effort by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council to build a new Juneau Arts and Culture… Continue reading

The Willoughby District, including the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, is seen here on Jan. 4, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)