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A sign in front of The Waterfront on Glacier advertises being open for reservations on Wednesday morning, two days after city officials shut it down due to building work done without a proper permit.

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Waterfront on Glacier hotel abruptly closed, guests evicted, by city due to building permit issues

“We just are not confident that that building is safe for occupants,” community development director says.

The front page of the Juneau Empire on March 25, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending March 29

Three decades of capital city coverage.

President Donald Trump signs the Save Our Seas Act in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, Oct. 11, 2018. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), is second from the left. Both Republican politicians got relatively high favorable ratings in a poll of Alaskans published this month. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)

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Statewide poll: Trump, Murkowski provoke strongest feelings; Sullivan most popular among delegation

Alaskans also split on continuing aid to Ukraine, agree Russia started war, oppose Canada/Mexico tariffs.

House Majority Leader Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage, speaks on Monday, March 24, 2025, in favor of House Joint Resolution 11. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska House asks for cooldown in Trump-triggered US-Canada trade dispute

The Alaska House of Representatives is asking the Trump administration and Canadian government to step back from a…

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Police calls for Saturday, March 22, 2025

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Police calls for Sunday, March 23, 2025

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HESCO barriers are installed on a property along the Mendenhall River this week. (City and Borough of Juneau photo)

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Installation of HESCO flood-protection barriers begins along Mendenhall River

Work on first stage of semipermanent levee scheduled to be completed by July, according to CBJ.

People participate in the throwing of colors for the Holi festival in downtown Juneau on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Penn)

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Colors brighten Juneau’s spring during fourth annual Holi festival

“Forget the difference. Let’s be one. Let’s have fun.”

A dropoff box for ballots at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Alaska’s elections get shakeup favoring conservatives under new Trump executive order

Order requires federal ballots to be received by Election Day, proof of citizenship to register to vote.

An undeveloped lot next to Safeway is the designated site for a three-story dental clinic propose by the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium as part of its Vintage Park Campus. (City and Borough of Juneau photo)

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Three-story SEARHC dental clinic next to Vintage Park medical center gets Planning Commission OK

Nearly 20,000-square-foot facility would be part of campus where employee housing is also planned.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Thursday, March 20, 2025

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Pouring gold at Kinross’ Fort Knox mine in Alaska’s Interior. (Kinross photo)

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Record gold prices could mean a banner year for Alaska mines

“Anyone with an operating gold mine is in a happy spot right now,” said one mining executive.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Friday, March 21, 2025

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Rescue officials are warning that the ice on Mendenhall Lake is unsafe after two people fell through near the face of the Mendenhall Glacier on Monday. (Capital City Fire/Rescue photo)

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Two people fall through ice at Mendenhall Lake, prompting late-season warning from CCFR

Two people fell through the ice on Mendenhall Lake near the face of the glacier on Monday afternoon,…

One of Nicholas Galanin’s completed totem poles, the Kaagwaantaan pole located in downtown Juneau as part of the Kootéeyaa Deiyí, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Molly Johnson)

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Southeast carvers will create two more totem poles for Juneau’s waterfront Kootéeyaa Deiyí

Master crafters in Sitka, Hoonah will teach apprentices techniques and heritage as part of project.

The three survivors of a Sunday afternoon plane crash are found atop the wing of their plane near Tustumena Lake in Kasilof on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dale Eicher)

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Man and two children are found alive after plane crash into an Alaska lake

Pilot and young passengers survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours.

An aerial view of part of Southeast Alaska’s Kensington gold mine. (Photo by James Brooks)

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Months after fish died near Kensington mine, regulators and mine owner still don’t know what killed them

“Sometimes you’re just never going to have data that says, ‘Yes, that’s what it was,’” says state regulator.

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Aurora forecast through the week of March 23

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…

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Police calls for Monday, March 17, 2025

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Police calls for Tuesday, March 18, 2025

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