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Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo Youths compete in a choker setter race during Juneau Gold Rush Days at Savikko Park.

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34th annual Juneau Gold Rush Days set for this weekend

The event will celebrate the past, present, and future of Alaska’s mining and logging industries

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Ketchican rescue crews recover body of missing hiker

49-year-old Portland man went missing near Deer Mountain Trail Sunday night

The Norwegian Jewel awaits the return of passengers and crew at Juneau’s AJ Dock in 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file)

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Juneau applies for Army Corps permit to extend downtown seawalk

The city proposes to extend the existing seawalk from the Franklin Dock to the AJ Dock

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Vintage Park Campus. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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SEARHC awards $85K in scholarships to Alaska health-care students

28 scholarships were handed out to future health-care professionals

Capital City Fire Rescue firefighters participated in live-burn training at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. (Screenshot from Capital City Fire Rescue Facebook)

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Texas training gives boost to firefighters assigned to Juneau airport

Capital City Fire Rescue provides specialized training to the firefighters who protect Juneau International Airport

The Juneau Community Foundation. (Juneau Community Foundation/Facebook)

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Juneau Community Foundation strengthens health, social services with $2.9M in grants

21 nonprofit organizations were awarded grants

An 89-year-old woman died following a crash on the North Douglas Highway. (Courtesy of Capital City Fire Rescue)

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Crash on North Douglas Highway claims life of 89-year-old woman

Police and Capital City Fire Rescue called out after vehicle leaves the road and strikes a tree

Photo courtesy of Michael Courtney Marcel Gietzmann-Sanders (left) and Michael Courtney prepare to release a tagged chinook salmon near Sand Point, Alaska, in August 2024. The tag releases on a predetermined date, floating to the surface to transmit data to researchers via satellite.

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Alaska researchers using tagging data to reduce fishing bycatch

University of Alaska Fairbanks research team uses more than 700,000 data points for chinook salmon

Delcenia Cosman/Homer News file Volunteers check the beach for debris during the CoastWalk clean-up in the Anchor River State Recreation Area on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Anchor Point, Alaska.

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1.5 million pounds of trash removed from Alaskan coastlines in 2025

1,659 people participated in cleanups from Southeast Alaska to the Bering Strait region

Herbert Glacier Trail follows the Herbert River, as pictured on Nov. 16, 2025. (Mari Kanagy / Juneau Empire)

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USDA will not move ahead with Herbert Glacier Cabin project

Herbert Glacier Trail will instead be rerouted in Tongass National Forest

Anyone with information regarding Dion McCabe’s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Juneau Police Department at 907-586-0600. (Courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

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Juneau police search for missing man

Dion McCabe was last seen May 26 at the Juneau Safeway

The 2026 Kids Count Data Book revealed how Alaska’s policies and investments are affecting children’s daily lives, as the state dropped seven spots from last year to 47th in overall child well-being, with its lowest score in education, ranking 49th (File photo)

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Alaska drops to 47th in country for children’s well-being

Kids Count Data Book shows Alaska ranked 49th in education and 48th in economic well-being

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Juneau community calendar: June 8 to 14

MONDAY, June 8

Submitted by Gina Del Rosario

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LIVING AND GROWING: The joyful mysteries

There are four sets of mysteries: joyful, luminous, sorrowful, and glorious

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Juneau community calendar: June 6 and 7

SATURDAY, June 6

Tlingit dancers with the Kuteeyaa dance group from the Pacific Northwest joined more than 1,800 dancers in the Grand Entrance of Celebration on June 3, 2026. (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

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Celebration draws thousands to Juneau to uplift Alaska Native culture and heritage

Festival honors Southeast Alaska Indigenous cultures

The Aniak River outside Dan Gillikin’s house is choked with chunks of ice during a slow breakup on May 10, 2026. (Photo by Dan Gillikin)

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Alaska Science Forum: Research team seeks answers from a changing river

A shifting climate is bringing big, sudden changes to the Kuskokwim River and the people who rely on…

A recent poll by Advance Funds Network has revealed that three Alaska towns, including Juneau, have been identified among America’s last “handshake economies.”

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Juneau ranks 11th among America’s last ‘handshake economies’

Juneau, Fairbanks, and Wasilla ranked in the top 18 in the country

Capital City Fire Rescue crews battled a deck fire threatening a home in the Starr Hill neighborhood on May 26. (Capital City Fire Rescue)

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Capital City Fire Rescue logs 860 total responses in Juneau in May

478 responses were for fire and emergency medical services incidents

Passengers on the M/V Seawolf look out at the Eldred Rock Lighthouse on the day of the public opening on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse opens to the public

Members of the public can now visit the 120-year-old Eldred Rock Lighthouse after years of renovation work by…