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Folk Fest: Meet the artist behind this year’s poster design

Nature is instrumental for the design.

In this Feb. 20, 2015 photo, Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene prepares to roll a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska. (Mark Thiessen | Associated Press File)

Should Juneau change its laws to allow marijuana consumption at certain locations? The city just weighed in

Future of onsite edibles and smoking still hazy.

In this Feb. 20, 2015 photo, Alaska Cannabis Club CEO Charlo Greene prepares to roll a joint at the medical marijuana dispensary in Anchorage, Alaska. (Mark Thiessen | Associated Press File)

Report finds states could share more public school information

Accessibility remains a goal for annual public reports

Photos: Alaska Folk Festival Opening Night

Let the music play.

University of Alaska board votes no on education school accreditation

Nearly 70 percent of the school’s students will be impacted.

A man and his dogs are safe after a scare on the Mendenhall River

CCFR had a boat to them in less than 15 minutes.

City looking for ideas on how to move tugboat in channel

It’s been there for almost a year.

An historic first, a stolen jaw and squid beaks for lunch: Here’s what scientists are making of the sperm whale beached near Juneau

It washed up just north of Juneau.

Capital City Weekly

2019 Alaska Folk Festival schedule

Find out who will be playing in Centennial Hall.

Police calls for Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Conditions violation • At 11:32 p.m. Friday, a 31-year-old man was arrested for violating the conditions of a domestic violence protective order. He was taken… Continue reading

Curtis Blackwell, Maintenance Supervisor for the Juneau School District, shows on Monday, April 8, 2018, how high the water came up on one of the two boilers at the Marie Drake building during a flooding event at the school on Friday. Spare parts were found to get the boiler running and the school open. A corroded pipe at the base of a hot water tank was the source of the leak. (MIchael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Waist-deep water didn’t waste a school day

Burst pipe caused flooding.

Curtis Blackwell, Maintenance Supervisor for the Juneau School District, shows on Monday, April 8, 2018, how high the water came up on one of the two boilers at the Marie Drake building during a flooding event at the school on Friday. Spare parts were found to get the boiler running and the school open. A corroded pipe at the base of a hot water tank was the source of the leak. (MIchael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Capital City Weekly

Piano series ends, theater season approaches

Perseverance Theater audition sign-ups are open.

Police calls for Sunday, April 7, 2019

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

Police calls for Sunday, April 7, 2019

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

Google and Juneau professionals are helping teachers and students solve problems like a computer scientist

That does compute.

City slams Legislature for cost-shifting vote

This move might cost the city immediately.

GCI partners with think tank for series about a global Arctic

See sea ice in new series.

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Surviving abuse: Rally raises awareness of child abuse, neglect

A cold wind didn’t stop people from attending.

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John Conklin picks up his children, Everlee, 5, left, Rhiana, 12, and Hazel, 7, from Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé after they were evacuated from the Marie Drake building on Friday, April 5, 2019. Flooding in a basement boiler room spread diesel fumes throughout the building. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Middle school flood forces student evacuation

Power cut off in school.

John Conklin picks up his children, Everlee, 5, left, Rhiana, 12, and Hazel, 7, from Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé after they were evacuated from the Marie Drake building on Friday, April 5, 2019. Flooding in a basement boiler room spread diesel fumes throughout the building. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Sen. Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, pictured here on Feb. 18, asks why adult preventative care was targeted for elimination, saying she has heard from providers that this service often will bring people into a clinic where they can be asked if they have other medical needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File) Sen. Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, pictured here on Feb. 18, 2019, asks why adult preventative care was targeted for elimination, saying she has heard from providers that this service often will bring people into a clinic where they can be asked if they have other medical needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Bills look at PFD’s future, spending cap for Legislature

One bill is meant to be a “conversation starter.”

Sen. Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, pictured here on Feb. 18, asks why adult preventative care was targeted for elimination, saying she has heard from providers that this service often will bring people into a clinic where they can be asked if they have other medical needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File) Sen. Natasha Von Imhof, R-Anchorage, pictured here on Feb. 18, 2019, asks why adult preventative care was targeted for elimination, saying she has heard from providers that this service often will bring people into a clinic where they can be asked if they have other medical needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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