Bristol Bay Reserve Association Board member Mike LaRussa, Bristol Bay Native Association President/CEO Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Andy Wink, United Tribes of Bristol Bay Deputy Director Lindsay Layland, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Norm Van Vactor, and Robin Samuelson of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, make statements at the Federal Courthouse in Anchorage in October 2019. The Trump administration plans to block a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in Alaska, six people described as familiar with its plans told Politico on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2020. The administration’s rejection of the Pebble Mine project is expected to come after Trump faced pressure to stop it from GOP mega-donor Andy Sabin, Bass Pro Shops CEO Johnny Morris and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Politico reported. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)

Report indicates Trump administration to block Pebble Mine

Trump faced pressure from a GOP mega-donor, his eldest son and others, according to Politico.

  • Aug 24, 2020
Bristol Bay Reserve Association Board member Mike LaRussa, Bristol Bay Native Association President/CEO Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Andy Wink, United Tribes of Bristol Bay Deputy Director Lindsay Layland, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Norm Van Vactor, and Robin Samuelson of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, make statements at the Federal Courthouse in Anchorage in October 2019. The Trump administration plans to block a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in Alaska, six people described as familiar with its plans told Politico on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2020. The administration’s rejection of the Pebble Mine project is expected to come after Trump faced pressure to stop it from GOP mega-donor Andy Sabin, Bass Pro Shops CEO Johnny Morris and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Politico reported. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
School repairs get priority in bond package

School repairs get priority in bond package

Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic, roof repairs.

School repairs get priority in bond package
Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

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  • Aug 23, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020
Laptop supplies strained across the country

Laptop supplies strained across the country

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays in getting crucial supplies.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • By JOCELYN GECKER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press
Laptop supplies strained across the country
School district shares lunch distribution details

School district shares lunch distribution details

Schedule and prices.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
School district shares lunch distribution details
Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a small fire outside the Downtown Public Library Early Thursday morning. (Courtesy Photo / Capital City Fire/Rescue)

Fire outside downtown library is under investigation

It did an estimated $3,000 in damage.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a small fire outside the Downtown Public Library Early Thursday morning. (Courtesy Photo / Capital City Fire/Rescue)
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)

Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies

Keep on trucking.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • By SALLY HO Associated Press
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)
Howler monkeys, like the ones seen here, protest intruders by making a great racket and pelting the intruders with feces. (Courtesy Photo / Wikimedia)

Gross but good: How dung, mucus and more are used in nature

Animals (and people) make use of many things we find icky

Howler monkeys, like the ones seen here, protest intruders by making a great racket and pelting the intruders with feces. (Courtesy Photo / Wikimedia)
Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity

Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity

Gatherings over 50 are also forbidden without an approved mitigation plan.

Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity
Kelly Michael Stevens, pictured here in 2007, was shot and killed during an encounter with a Juneau Police Department officer on Dec. 29, 2019. The family is filing a wrongful death suit against the JPD, the City and Borough of Juneau, and the officer involved in the shooting. (Courtesy photo / Ben Crittenden)

Office of Special Prosecution will not charge officer in fatal December shooting

The comments the officer made on bodycam footage are not evidence of premeditation, OSP says.

Kelly Michael Stevens, pictured here in 2007, was shot and killed during an encounter with a Juneau Police Department officer on Dec. 29, 2019. The family is filing a wrongful death suit against the JPD, the City and Borough of Juneau, and the officer involved in the shooting. (Courtesy photo / Ben Crittenden)
Suspected shoplifter attempts to grab Taser while being arrested downtown on Thursday afternoon. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)
Suspected shoplifter attempts to grab Taser while being arrested downtown on Thursday afternoon. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)
An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Jobs in Alaska down 39,900 last month

Southeast Alaska hit especially hard by the coronavirus’ economic fallout.

  • Aug 21, 2020
  • By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Konrad Steffen, wears glasses and a yellow tie, at the White House in 2016, where he represented Switzerland at the first Arctic Ministerial Conference. (Courtesy Photo / Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape)

Glaciologist dies in Greenland crevasse

The glaciologist never worked in Alaska, but Steffen’s work influenced a scientist here.

Konrad Steffen, wears glasses and a yellow tie, at the White House in 2016, where he represented Switzerland at the first Arctic Ministerial Conference. (Courtesy Photo / Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape)
Police calls for Friday, Aug. 21, 2020

Police calls for Friday, Aug. 21, 2020

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  • Aug 21, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Friday, Aug. 21, 2020
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

3 new cases reported for city, 86 for state

New restrictions about to go live.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Peter Segall / Juneau Empire                                Juneau’s rainbow crosswalk, a project funded by fundraising, is just over a year old now on Aug. 20, 2020.

Rainbow crosswalk shines on a year in

The publicly fundraised crosswalk marches on

Peter Segall / Juneau Empire                                Juneau’s rainbow crosswalk, a project funded by fundraising, is just over a year old now on Aug. 20, 2020.
Recall campaigners take a break for election season

Recall campaigners take a break for election season

‘It’s going to be an important election.’

Recall campaigners take a break for election season
Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?

Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?

Researchers have found an answer —and explored what it means.

Why are Alaska’s salmon shrinking?
SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week

SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week

Many of the events are virtual, and all of them are inclusive.

SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)