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A storm warning for Juneau, extended until noon Monday, shows snow totals expected between 6 p.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. Monday. (National Weather Service Juneau)

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CBJ and state closes facilities all day Monday, remote learning day for schools as heavy snowstorm fouls roads

“If you don’t have to be on the road, stay home” due to snowy/icy roads, CCFR warns Monday…

Nine pairs of rubber boots await feet near the entrance to Catherine Fritz’s home in Juneau. The collection includes very early models made in the United States, later imported versions that are steel-toed, insulated and regular. Fritz’s favorite pair is a short version that slip on easily. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire)

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Rubber barons: Weirdly fashionable and always functional rubber boots

From boat decks to badge of belonging, XtraTufs are universal.

(Juneau Empire file photo)

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Aurora forecast through the week of Dec. 8

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

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Monday, Nov. 25, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024

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William James (standing) hands plates of Thanksgiving food to family members during a communal holiday meal hosted by The Salvation Army Juneau Corps on Thursday at the Juneau Yacht Club. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Feeling full and thankful among family, friends and strangers

About 300 people indulge in introductions and feast fixings at annual communal Thanksgiving meal.

Mary McGee, the first U.S. woman to become a professional motorcycle racer, is seen in a documentary of her life that debuted on Thursday, one day after her death. (Promotional photo from ESPN Films)

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‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee, a Juneau-born woman who became a racing pioneer, dies at age 87

Life of first U.S. woman to race motorcycles captured in documentary released day after her death

John and Laura Doogan pick up Pakistani soul food from Sara Fatimah, owner of Alaska Desi Aunty, one of the food stands at the Juneau Public Market at Centennial Hall on Friday. The market continues through Sunday. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Hot start for Juneau Public Market as holiday season begins with frigid, wintry weekend

About 200 clothing, craft, food and other vendors at Public and Indigenous markets through Sunday.

The city of Wrangell, where a landslide on Nov. 20, 2023, killed six people including a family of five. (City and Borough of Wrangell photo)

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Wrangell residents gather to remember landslide victims on one-year anniversary

“We want you to know that we have noticed the incredible heart of this community.”

Alaska Supreme Court Justices Susan M. Carney and Peter Maassen are seen on Feb. 8, 2024, in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Susan M. Carney to serve as Alaska Supreme Court chief justice

Alaska’s five Supreme Court justices have voted to make Justice Susan M. Carney the next chief justice.

Mike Sfraga, then chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, speaks on April 10, 2024, at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage. He later became U.S. ambassador-at-large for Arctic Affairs. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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America’s first Arctic ambassador was just confirmed weeks ago. Now he could be out of a job.

It’s standard for politically appointed ambassadors to leave posts during a presidential transition.

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Nov. 23, 1984. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending Nov. 30

Three decades of capital city coverage.

Alan Young (left) conducts while John Cooper reads the words to “The Night Before Christmas” during a rehearsal Wednesday for holiday concerts by the Taku Winds brass ensemble at K̠unéix̠ Hídi Northern Light United Church. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Taku Winds takes on challenge of opening “Christmas Wrapped in Brass”

Concerts featuring holiday music from 10 to 1,000 years old scheduled Friday and Saturday

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024

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The village of Kake on Kupreanof Island. (Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development photo)

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Group of residents and a flock of frozen turkeys catch catamaran to Kake in time for Thanksgiving

Hosts of community celebrations on boat Tuesday after weekend ferry mishap strands them in Juneau.

A courtroom at the Juneau Courthouse. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau man already in prison on federal weapons charges convicted by jury on drug, assault charges

Clyde Pasterski, 44, was arrested in May 2020 when weapons, drugs other items found at home.

President Donald Trump and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy pose for a photo aboard Air Force One during a stopover at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage in 2019. (Sheila Craighead / White House photo)

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With virtually all of the top Trump spots filled, Dunleavy says he’s staying as governor

Governor, who has two years remaining in his second term, makes announcement on talk radio Monday

Skagway’s main street during tour season. (Photo by Shaelene Grace Moler)

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Woven Peoples and Place: Skagway Development Corp.’s community partnership and holistic development

Initiatives like “Made in Skagway” program focus on local business support, community development

Spawning sockeye salmon returning from Bristol Bay swim in 2013 in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve’s Tazimina Lake. Sockeye salmon, also known as red salmon, accounted for about two-thirds of the value to commercial fishers of this year’s total Alaska salmon catch. (D. Young/National Park Service)

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Alaska’s total commercial salmon harvest this year was ultra-low in both quantity and value

State: Number of fish harvested third lowest since 1985, value to fishers third lowest since 1975.