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Writers’ Weir: Kids on the Trampoline
Capital City Weekly

Writers’ Weir: Kids on the Trampoline

A poem by Diane DeSloover.

Writers’ Weir: Kids on the Trampoline
Governor says health care capacity able to handle new cases

Governor says health care capacity able to handle new cases

Cases are clustered

Governor says health care capacity able to handle new cases
A fishing vessel is drawfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor in September 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

State shares results of Juneau air quality study

More monitoring is expected this year.

A fishing vessel is drawfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor in September 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Capital City Fire/Rescue is recruiting temporary workers to help with outreach and screening at Juneau International Airport. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Traveler tested at airport tests positive for COVID-19

They are isolating.

Capital City Fire/Rescue is recruiting temporary workers to help with outreach and screening at Juneau International Airport. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Assembly votes for no tax hike and a reduced budget

Assembly votes for no tax hike and a reduced budget

Flat taxes, flat budget.

Assembly votes for no tax hike and a reduced budget
With age comes an appreciation for brakes

With age comes an appreciation for brakes

While I agree with the “send it” ethos, I don’t want to send myself into unconsciousness.

With age comes an appreciation for brakes
Police calls for Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Police calls for Wednesday, June 10, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

  • Jun 10, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Chief Ed Mercer of the Juneau Police Department answered questions from the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau on the department’s use of force policy, oversight, and other topics during an Assembly webinar on June 9, 2020. (Stock photo | Juneau Empire)

Assembly asks for use of force policy specifics

Police department’s top brass says no for now, citing legal concerns.

Chief Ed Mercer of the Juneau Police Department answered questions from the Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau on the department’s use of force policy, oversight, and other topics during an Assembly webinar on June 9, 2020. (Stock photo | Juneau Empire)
Courtesy Image | CDC This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.

State reports 11th COVID-19 death

Report comes along with rise in cases.

Courtesy Image | CDC This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus.
Transportation Security Administration officials say this firearm was found loaded Monday morning in a traveler’s carry-on luggage. The man, who TSA did not identify, had a ticket to fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to TSA. (Courtesy Photo | TSA)

Loaded gun found in man’s carry-on luggage, TSA says

TSA officer saw image of firearm during X-ray, according to TSA.

  • Jun 9, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
Transportation Security Administration officials say this firearm was found loaded Monday morning in a traveler’s carry-on luggage. The man, who TSA did not identify, had a ticket to fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, according to TSA. (Courtesy Photo | TSA)
More than meets the (human) eye

More than meets the (human) eye

We can’t see all the ways flowers communicate with pollinators.

More than meets the (human) eye
Police calls for Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, June 9, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

  • Jun 9, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Tuesday, June 9, 2020
City and Borough of Juneau Beth Weldon delivers opening remarks during the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds’ annual meeting at Centennial Hall, Sept. 12, 2019. After recovering from COVID-19, Weldon encourages people to get tested for the illness, if they have new symptoms, even if the symptoms are mild. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Mayor recovers from COVID-19, emphasizes importance of testing

She was case No. 32, city says.

City and Borough of Juneau Beth Weldon delivers opening remarks during the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds’ annual meeting at Centennial Hall, Sept. 12, 2019. After recovering from COVID-19, Weldon encourages people to get tested for the illness, if they have new symptoms, even if the symptoms are mild. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The M/V Tustumena comes into Homer after spending the day in Seldovia in 2010. (Homer News file photo)

Ferry crew, passengers must undergo COVID-19 testing

Forty-one crew members and passengers of an Alaska state ferry will undergo testing for COVID-19.

  • Jun 8, 2020
  • By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press
The M/V Tustumena comes into Homer after spending the day in Seldovia in 2010. (Homer News file photo)
Ketchikan residents turn out to show support to the LGBTQ community after a florist refused service to a gay couple on June 5, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Tommy Varela)

Ketchikan man says 2 grooms were a deal breaker for local florist

More than 100 people showed up to show their support.

Ketchikan residents turn out to show support to the LGBTQ community after a florist refused service to a gay couple on June 5, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Tommy Varela)
Morgan Fawcett of Woosh.ji.een of Juneau dances in the Grand Entrance for Celebration 2018 along Willoughby Avenue on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Sealaska’s Celebration is virtually ready to begin

Celebration is scheduled to resume in-person next year.

Morgan Fawcett of Woosh.ji.een of Juneau dances in the Grand Entrance for Celebration 2018 along Willoughby Avenue on Wednesday, June 6, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Presidential candidate sees Alaskans as a natural fit

Presidential candidate sees Alaskans as a natural fit

Could third party be first choice?

Presidential candidate sees Alaskans as a natural fit
Writers’ Weir: Learning to Hold Our Breaths
Capital City Weekly

Writers’ Weir: Learning to Hold Our Breaths

A poem by Daniel Branch

Writers’ Weir: Learning to Hold Our Breaths
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, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, May 29, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that coronavirus has an HIV protein that proves it was genetically modified. Experts say the coronavirus has no HIV sequences in it’s genetic makeup. Since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, social media posts have tried to cast doubt on its origins. (NIAID-RML via AP)

State confirms another new case for Juneau

That’s 35 total and the second new case in two days.

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, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Friday, May 29, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that coronavirus has an HIV protein that proves it was genetically modified. Experts say the coronavirus has no HIV sequences in it’s genetic makeup. Since the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, social media posts have tried to cast doubt on its origins. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Leah Haskell-Cummins speaks during a rally for human rights and the sanctity of black lives in Marine Park on June 6, 2020, following the death of George Floyd in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

Hundreds gather in Juneau for physical and virtual human rights rallies

The rally went from Marine Park to the Douglas Bridge.

Leah Haskell-Cummins speaks during a rally for human rights and the sanctity of black lives in Marine Park on June 6, 2020, following the death of George Floyd in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)