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This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend is $1,702, with first payouts scheduled Oct. 3
Amount includes $1,403.83 from Permanent Fund earnings and $298.17 “one-time energy relief payment.”
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Jaasyah Crowley chasing gridiron dream as whistle-blowing manager for Juneau Huskies
JDHS freshman born with neurological disorder leads warmups for team as he works to get on the field.
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Giving up to $500K to expanding nonprofit rather than soon-to-close Rainforest Recovery gets Assembly nod
Gastineau Human Services hoping for eight new residential substance abuse treatment beds by Oct. 14.
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Swimmers find their lanes on combined JDHS team
Crimson Bears have 37 athletes who swim and 10 that dive, with 22 of them coming over from…
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Huskies’ captains talk of facing Dimond pedigree
Juneau goes on the road to take on undefeated conference leader in Anchorage on Saturday.
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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending Sept. 21
Three decades of capital city coverage.
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Elections office in Juneau among those in more than dozen states to be mailed suspicious packages
Package for Juneau intercepted before delivery, no hazardous materials reported in incidents.
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Alaska pursues appeal of $17.5 million penalty over federal education funding equity dispute
Feds say Gov. Dunleavy veto, DEED inaction are to blame for the penalties.
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Election 2024: Watch the Juneau Municipal Candidate Forum for Mayor and Assembly
Eight candidates participate in one-hour forum Tuesday; school board candidate forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
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Cruise industry giving opponents of Ship-Free Saturday a dominant campaign cash advantage
Three cruise companies, Goldbelt give $275,000 of more than $300,000 raised; supporters raise $380.
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Election 2024: Watch the Juneau Municipal Candidate Forum for Juneau School Board
Six candidates seeking three seats in Oct. 1 election participate in televised forum Wednesday.
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Threat of school shooting posted widely, including in Juneau, does not appear credible, district says
Extra police at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Monday morning a precaution, according to notice.
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Sonya Taton gets 50-year prison sentence for fatally stabbing one boyfriend and wounding another
Judge calls Taton “an enormously dangerous woman” after convictions for attacks in 2016 and 2019.
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U.S. Navy plans apologies to Southeast Alaska villages for century-old attacks
Navy officials say apologies in Kake and Angoon are both “long overdue” and “the right thing to do.”
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City leaders tell worried residents short- and long-term plans for Suicide Basin flooding are in progress
Basin now about half full, but should fill more slowly than earlier this year, city manager says.
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Local candidates agree on lots of big-picture issues, differ on details, at lots of forums
Housing, flooding, tourism among key issues so far; two more forums being broadcast this week.
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JDHS varsity cross-country teams in top 4, Ida Meyer wins girls’ 5K at State Preview 2024 in Anchorage
Consolidated team splits up for three weekend events; next up is Capital City Invite this Saturday.
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Rainforest Recovery Center closing next Tuesday, hospital announces, to surprise of local leaders
Assembly to reevaluate giving $500K to continue program; nonprofit says it will speed up takeover plans.
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TMHS grad Elizabeth Djajalie among 30 global contenders in $400,000 Khan Academy Challenge
Award includes $250K scholarship to winner, $50K for a teacher and $100K for high school STEM lab.
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Visitors to Alaska’s national parklands pumped $2.3 billion into the state’s economy, report says
Tourism to national parks in Alaska has rebounded from pre-pandemic levels after three years of lower numbers, according…