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Kari Cravens, of Ashmo’s food truck in Sitka, takes cash from Jacil Lee, a cruise ship passenger stopping in town last week. Many business owners in Sitka are unable to accept credit and debit cards amid an outage in most phone and internet communications. (Sitka Sentinel, republished with permission)

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In internet-less Sitka, it’s both ‘mayhem’ and a ‘golden moment’

Surgeries on hold and businesses are cash-only, but more people are talking and sharing stories.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024

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Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024

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Juneau City Manager Katie Koester (right) and Deputy City Manager Robert Barr discuss the possibility of another flood this year from Suicide Basin with Mary Marks, a Juneau Assembly candidate, during a meeting of the Assembly’s Committee of the Whole on Monday night. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Another large flood from Suicide Basin in October is possible, city leaders warn

Water building up again in ice dam could freeze, partially release or trigger another full release.

District 2 Assembly candidate Mary Marks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Get to know a candidate: Mary Marks

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 1 Assembly candidate Connor Ulmer. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Get to know a candidate: Connor Ulmer

Assembly District 1 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

Mayoral candidate Angela Rodell. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Get to know a candidate: Angela Rodell

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

Incumbent Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Get to know a candidate: Beth Weldon

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

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A Juneau Police Department officer talks on a radio in a patrol car. Officials said JPD’s communications system, which had an end-of-life date in 2014, needs to be replaced to provide improvements such as full radio coverage within the city and borough limits.

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Ballot Propositions 1 and 3: Municipal bonds for public safety, wastewater treatment upgrades

This story, originally published in the Juneau Empire on July 2, has been moved in front of the…

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Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen (left) and Vice President Emil Mackey, holding his son Emil Mackey IV, listen to discussion about next year’s budget for the school district during a meeting March 14 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. Recall votes for both board members are on the Oct. 1 municipal election ballot.

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Recall petitions A and B: Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emil Mackey

This story, originally published in the July 11 Juneau Empire, has been moved in front of the Empire’s…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Emire file photo)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

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Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds (left) and Xáalnook Erin Tripp star in the play “Cold Case,” focusing on issues involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, which is now performing at Perseverance Theatre. (Akiko Nishijima Rotch / Perseverance Theatre)

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Perseverance’s ‘Cold Case’ tops NYT’s list of ‘15 Shows to See on Stages Around the U.S. This Fall’

Award-winning play about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons showing in Juneau until Sept. 22.

Members of the Alaska House watch for the vote tally on House Bill 17 on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Governor vetoes bill that would have expanded Alaska women’s access to birth control medicine

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have eased access to contraceptives.

Workers at the Alaska Division of Elections’ State Review Board consider ballots on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at the division’s headquarters in Juneau. At background is the Alaska State Capitol. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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After Alaska’s primary election, here’s how the state’s legislative races are shaping up

Senate’s bipartisan coalition appears likely to continue, but control of the state House is a tossup.

Jasmine Chavez, a crew member aboard the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, waves to her family during a cell phone conversation after disembarking from the ship at Marine Park on May 10. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Ships in port for the week of Sept. 7

Here’s what to expect this week.

Police and other emergency officials treat Steven Kissack after he was fatally shot on Front Street on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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UPDATE: Bodycam footage of Steven Kissack shooting, results of state investigation scheduled for release Tuesday

Videos, originally scheduled for Friday release, delayed until JPD gets state report, police chief says.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024

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The front page of the Juneau Empire on Sept. 6, 1984. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending Sept. 7

Three decades of capital city coverage.