Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

Restaurants and their employees nationwide have been badly hurt by the pandemic.

  • Sep 7, 2020
  • By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press
Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020

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  • Sep 6, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020
First Student employees and Juneau School District food services supervisor Adrianne Schwartz, left, carry student meals off the bus they’re being distributed from near Juneau-Douglas High School:Yadaa.at Kalé, March 16, 2020. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau schools announce changes to meal program

They start on Tuesday, Sept. 8, and are expected to last through December.

First Student employees and Juneau School District food services supervisor Adrianne Schwartz, left, carry student meals off the bus they’re being distributed from near Juneau-Douglas High School:Yadaa.at Kalé, March 16, 2020. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)
Voting in person is going to look different this year

Voting in person is going to look different this year

Some tates are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options.

  • Sep 5, 2020
  • By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America
Voting in person is going to look different this year
Forest Service police dog survives second stabbing attack

Forest Service police dog survives second stabbing attack

The dog suffered nine stab wounds during a marijuana raid in Northern California.

  • Sep 4, 2020
  • Associated Press
Forest Service police dog survives second stabbing attack
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. (NIAID/TNS)

City says celebrate safely

Recommended precautions include limiting gathering size.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. (NIAID/TNS)
Judge sides with state on ballot application mailings

Judge sides with state on ballot application mailings

U.S. District Court says state’s decision isn’t discriminatory.

Judge sides with state on ballot application mailings
Vaccine distribution plan? Health officials say Alaska already has one
Vaccine distribution plan? Health officials say Alaska already has one
Libertarian candidate reschedules

Libertarian candidate reschedules

She’s still coming next week.

Libertarian candidate reschedules
Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional

Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional

The court said the Legislature-approved plan is “unconstitutional in its entirety.”

Alaska Supreme Court rules bonding plan is unconstitutional
The cause of orange trees in the Alaska Range may surprise you

The cause of orange trees in the Alaska Range may surprise you

It was as if someone had pepper-sprayed the Denali Highway.

The cause of orange trees in the Alaska Range may surprise you
The Juneau Police Department are investigating a 60-year-old man whose body washed up in Douglas Thursday evening, Sept. 3, 2020. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

Police investigate body found washed up in Douglas

The 60-year-old man has not yet been publicly identified.

The Juneau Police Department are investigating a 60-year-old man whose body washed up in Douglas Thursday evening, Sept. 3, 2020. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)
Peter Segall / Juneau Empire                                 The Sealaska Heritage Institute’s downtown arts campus is under construction.

New arts campus construction proceeding on schedule

Work continues without presence of more than a million visitors.

Peter Segall / Juneau Empire                                 The Sealaska Heritage Institute’s downtown arts campus is under construction.
Police calls for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020

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  • Sep 4, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020
Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File                                People mill outside the Glory Hall during meal distribution on June 25. The new Juneau Cares Program helps provide meals prepared by a local business to people in need.

Glory Hall eyes move forward as new food program starts up

The Glory Hall hopes to begin site prep on the new campus within months.

Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File                                People mill outside the Glory Hall during meal distribution on June 25. The new Juneau Cares Program helps provide meals prepared by a local business to people in need.
Additional funding for a child care program was removed from a funding request from the Juneau School District by the City and Borough of Juneau Finance Committee Wednesday night. Committee members said they felt the child care issue was best merged with the Assembly’s pre-existing work on the matter. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

RALLY funding gets a rain check

Already a lot of work on child care.

Additional funding for a child care program was removed from a funding request from the Juneau School District by the City and Borough of Juneau Finance Committee Wednesday night. Committee members said they felt the child care issue was best merged with the Assembly’s pre-existing work on the matter. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
Singer-songwriter from Juneau gets golden opportunity
Video

Singer-songwriter from Juneau gets golden opportunity

‘Songland’ co-winner’s music will help promote the Olympics.

Singer-songwriter from Juneau gets golden opportunity
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Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

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  • Sep 3, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020
Photos: See the GLITZ and glamor of this year’s drive-in drag show
Photos: See the GLITZ and glamor of this year’s drive-in drag show
Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, expresses his sadness about the effect the budget will have on his community during a Joint Session of Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Thursday, July 11, 2019. A recount has affirmed Cohhill lost a tight primary race. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Recount affirms loss for state senator

He wishes winner the best.

Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, expresses his sadness about the effect the budget will have on his community during a Joint Session of Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Thursday, July 11, 2019. A recount has affirmed Cohhill lost a tight primary race. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)