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Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 2018

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

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Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the novices in his Juneau choral workshops. One… Continue reading

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)
Morgan Johnson, 21, stands in the woods behind John Pugh Hall on the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the site of future disc golf course she is building. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Student designs UAS disc golf course

Morgan Johnson stood next to a small red flag behind the University of Alaska Southeast’s freshman dormitory on Friday. The UAS senior pointed out the… Continue reading

Morgan Johnson, 21, stands in the woods behind John Pugh Hall on the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the site of future disc golf course she is building. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 2018

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

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the novices in his Juneau choral workshops. One… Continue reading

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)
Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest of the country, it’s easy to get… Continue reading

Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Police calls for Sunday, July 8, 2018

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  • Jul 8, 2018
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Nolan Harvey, right, shows off his gold medal with coach Tayvia Ruvane, center, and teammate Erica Pletting. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)

Harvey wins gold medal at USA Games

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the Empire spoke to Nolan Harvey on Thursday. The Empire spoke to Harvey on Friday. The… Continue reading

Nolan Harvey, right, shows off his gold medal with coach Tayvia Ruvane, center, and teammate Erica Pletting. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)
Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)

Award-winning bike stolen after Fourth of July parade

Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a fence near the Montessori School. Weiss had… Continue reading

Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)
David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence of three years in prison. Juneau Superior… Continue reading

  • Jul 8, 2018
  • By Alex McCarthy Juneau Empire
  • Local News
David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5. (Photo courtesy Eric Adam)

As blue haze rises, so do cruise ship complaints

Complaints over cruise ship emissions are rising, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, partly due to excessive blue haze from cruise ship exhaust stacks.… Continue reading

Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5. (Photo courtesy Eric Adam)
Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship

Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship

An undergraduate student at the Alaska Pacific University who is pursuing a degree in counseling psychology won Sealaska Heritage Institute’s 2018 Judson L. Brown Leadership… Continue reading

Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship
Nolan Harvey waves to the audience prior to the 50-meter backstroke in the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, on Thursday during the Special Olympics USA Games. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)

Harvey wins gold medal at USA Games

It didn’t take long for Juneau swimmer Nolan Harvey to double his medal count at the Special Olympics USA Games. After winning a gold medal… Continue reading

Nolan Harvey waves to the audience prior to the 50-meter backstroke in the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, on Thursday during the Special Olympics USA Games. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)

Police calls for Sunday, July 8, 2018

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

  • Jul 8, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime
David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence of three years in prison. Juneau Superior… Continue reading

David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

As blue haze rises, so do cruise ship complaints

Complaints over cruise ship emissions are rising, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, partly due to excessive blue haze from cruise ship exhaust stacks.… Continue reading

Brynne Loggy-Smith, 10, gears up for the 2018 Soapbox Challenge on St. Ann’s Avenue. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Soapbox Challenge results

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Santiago Hoff came in third place in the 9- and 10-year-old division. Elias Lowell placed third… Continue reading

Brynne Loggy-Smith, 10, gears up for the 2018 Soapbox Challenge on St. Ann’s Avenue. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)
The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, and Fairweather at the Auke Bay Terminal on Monday, March 5, 2018. (Juneau Empire file)

Ferry passengers stranded without toilets

A pair of generators broke down on the Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V LeConte Thursday afternoon, stranding 52 passengers on board without working toilets and… Continue reading

The Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, and Fairweather at the Auke Bay Terminal on Monday, March 5, 2018. (Juneau Empire file)

State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest of the country, it’s easy to get… Continue reading

“Solstice,” by Fisher Stevens, won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Douglas Sandcastle Challenge on July 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy Zane Jones)

Juneau and Douglas Fourth of July parade and contest winners

More floats registered for this year’s Juneau parade, committee director Jean Sztuk said, that organizers had to turn a few entrants away. The Douglas parade… Continue reading

“Solstice,” by Fisher Stevens, won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Douglas Sandcastle Challenge on July 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy Zane Jones)