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Juneau Board of Education candidate Jeff Redmond. (Official City and Borough of Juneau campaign profile photo)

Get to know a candidate: Jeff Redmond

Board of Education candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

Juneau Board of Education candidate Jeff Redmond. (Official City and Borough of Juneau campaign profile photo)
Juneau Board of Education candidate Michele Stuart Morgan. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

Get to know a candidate: Michele Stuart Morgan

Board of Education candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

Juneau Board of Education candidate Michele Stuart Morgan. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)
Juneau Board of Education candidate Will Muldoon. (Official City and Borough of Juneau campaign profile photo)

Ger to know a candidate: Will Muldoon

Board of Education candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

Juneau Board of Education candidate Will Muldoon. (Official City and Borough of Juneau campaign profile photo)
Mayoral candidate Angela Rodell. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Angela Rodell

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

Mayoral candidate Angela Rodell. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Incumbent Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Beth Weldon

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

Incumbent Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 1 Assembly candidate Neil Steininger. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Neil Steininger

Assembly District 1 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

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

Get to know a candidate: Connor Ulmer

Assembly District 1 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 1 Assembly candidate Connor Ulmer. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Mary Marks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Mary Marks

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

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

Get to know a candidate: Dorene Lorenz

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Dorene Lorenz. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Maureen Hall. (Official City and Borough of Juneau election profile photo)

Get to know a candidate: Maureen Hall

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Maureen Hall. (Official City and Borough of Juneau election profile photo)
District 2 Assembly candidate Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Emily Mesch. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Emily Mesch

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Emily Mesch. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire Lily Weed, 4, visits with Cade Jobsis, 3, during a walkathon Saturday at the Mendenhall Mall to raise funds for treatment for a rare genetic disorder he has.

A lot of steps forward to help Cade Jobsis, 3, seek treatment for rare genetic disorder

Walkathon at Mendenhall Mall raises about $40K for Juneau youth with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire Lily Weed, 4, visits with Cade Jobsis, 3, during a walkathon Saturday at the Mendenhall Mall to raise funds for treatment for a rare genetic disorder he has.
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)

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.

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)
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)

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.

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)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Police calls for Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)
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)

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.

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)
A student exits the University of Alaska Anchorage consortium library on Friday. Alaska now has had 12 years of net outmigration, with more people leaving the state than moving in, contrary to past history when Alaska drew large numbers of young adults. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

With Alaska outmigration continuing, community members contemplate responses

Two-day meeting at UAA gave attendees from different sectors a chance to brainstorm solutions.

A student exits the University of Alaska Anchorage consortium library on Friday. Alaska now has had 12 years of net outmigration, with more people leaving the state than moving in, contrary to past history when Alaska drew large numbers of young adults. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)