Brushes with greatness: Juneau students earn recognition in national art competition

Brushes with greatness: Juneau students earn recognition in national art competition

Students brought home gold medals and an American Vision Award.

Brushes with greatness: Juneau students earn recognition in national art competition
Police calls for Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Police calls for Wednesday, May 13, 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

  • May 13, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Courtesy photo | CCFR                                 Two cars were immolated early May 3 in a fire that is under investigation by the Capital City Fire/Rescue fire marshals. The fire is being treated as suspicious.

Where there’s smoke, there’s a fire investigator

From education to investigation, fire marshals wear many hats

Courtesy photo | CCFR                                 Two cars were immolated early May 3 in a fire that is under investigation by the Capital City Fire/Rescue fire marshals. The fire is being treated as suspicious.
CARES Act money is coming, but use is still unclear
CARES Act money is coming, but use is still unclear
OK for now, but Assembly is uncomfortable with interstate travel
OK for now, but Assembly is uncomfortable with interstate travel
Staff Sgt. John Eller conducts pre-flights check on his C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 3 prior to taking off from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for a local area training mission. Sgt. Eller is a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron. (Courtesy Photo | Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo, U.S. Air Force)

Flyover scheduled for Friday

Not a fly-by-night effort.

Staff Sgt. John Eller conducts pre-flights check on his C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 3 prior to taking off from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for a local area training mission. Sgt. Eller is a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron. (Courtesy Photo | Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo, U.S. Air Force)
State confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau.

State confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau.

Two more people in Juneau tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. Both cases are a result of… Continue reading

  • May 12, 2020
State confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases for Juneau.
The Alaska State Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)                                The Alaska State Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Legislative committee agrees to plans for coronavirus aid

Decision came Monday night.

  • May 12, 2020
  • Associated Press
The Alaska State Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)                                The Alaska State Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, May 12, 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

  • May 12, 2020
  • Juenau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Work on federal allocations goes into the evening

Work on federal allocations goes into the evening

Big implications for unprecedent times.

Work on federal allocations goes into the evening
A wildfire burnt nearly 16 acres of grass and woodlands near Crow Point before being extinguished by firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service on May 9, 2020.. (Courtesy photo | Brent Tingey)

Forest Service extinguish multi-acre Crow Point blaze

The investigation into the cause is ongoing.

A wildfire burnt nearly 16 acres of grass and woodlands near Crow Point before being extinguished by firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service on May 9, 2020.. (Courtesy photo | Brent Tingey)
Police arrest two men following Saturday morning stabbing

Police arrest two men following Saturday morning stabbing

The victim is in stable conditions after being beaten and stabbed.

Police arrest two men following Saturday morning stabbing
An Arctic tern flies with a sand lance in its mouth. the birds have one of the longest migrations in the world and nest for the summer in Juneau, where they mate and lay eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Gwen Baluss)

Seabirds re-tern to Juneau

This year is guaranteed to be different from the past few.

An Arctic tern flies with a sand lance in its mouth. the birds have one of the longest migrations in the world and nest for the summer in Juneau, where they mate and lay eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Gwen Baluss)
Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’

Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’

Belugas no longer visit, he laments, and the sea ice thins earlier every year. His house sinks as permafrost no longer is. Seabirds wash up… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’
Police calls for Sunday, May 10, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, May 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

  • May 10, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Sunday, May 10, 2020
This photo taken near Eagle Beach shows smoke rising from a wildland fire May 9, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

Forest Service responds to wildland fire across from Eagle Beach

Helicopters are expected.

  • May 9, 2020
  • Juneau Empire
This photo taken near Eagle Beach shows smoke rising from a wildland fire May 9, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
Courtesy Photo | Jürgen Otto via Creative Commons                                 Peacock spiders take their name from their showy courtship displays. The cost of failure in courtship is sometimes high for the spiders native to Australia. If a female is seriously offended by a male’s advances, she might eat him.

Fantastic spiders and where to find them

Spiders are generally predatory, with good vision.

Courtesy Photo | Jürgen Otto via Creative Commons                                 Peacock spiders take their name from their showy courtship displays. The cost of failure in courtship is sometimes high for the spiders native to Australia. If a female is seriously offended by a male’s advances, she might eat him.
This photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md. U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have touted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, May 9, 2020, announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New coronavirus antigen test with fast results approved

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test.

This photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md. U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have touted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, May 9, 2020, announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Courtesy photo | Kaia Rongstad                                 Personnel at Northland Audiology and Hearing Services demonstrates a new style of mask that allows the hearing-impared to see the user’s mouth, facilitating communication.
Courtesy photo | Kaia Rongstad                                 Personnel at Northland Audiology and Hearing Services demonstrates a new style of mask that allows the hearing-impared to see the user’s mouth, facilitating communication.
Businesses sort through guidelines on first day of reopening
Businesses sort through guidelines on first day of reopening