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Police calls for Friday, April 5, 2019

Police calls for Friday, April 5, 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

  • Apr 5, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Friday, April 5, 2019
Lawmakers vote to pull funding for cruise compliance program

Lawmakers vote to pull funding for cruise compliance program

Passenger fees fund the endeavor.

Lawmakers vote to pull funding for cruise compliance program
Effort to move legislative sessions to Anchorage overcomes hurdle

Effort to move legislative sessions to Anchorage overcomes hurdle

Proposal would not move the capital.

Effort to move legislative sessions to Anchorage overcomes hurdle
City holds first meeting on proposed budget with slight changes to spending and property tax rate

City holds first meeting on proposed budget with slight changes to spending and property tax rate

It’s like opening day for municipal budgets.

City holds first meeting on proposed budget with slight changes to spending and property tax rate
Alaskans weigh cost of protecting PFDs

Alaskans weigh cost of protecting PFDs

Residents are learning what it will take to pay a full dividend, and many don’t like their options.

Alaskans weigh cost of protecting PFDs
Rally looks to raise awareness of child abuse

Rally looks to raise awareness of child abuse

Attendees are asked to wear blue.

Rally looks to raise awareness of child abuse
Iditarod represents one of the last Gold Rush towns

Iditarod represents one of the last Gold Rush towns

A century ago, for a few years, it was the largest city in the Interior.

Iditarod represents one of the last Gold Rush towns
Photos: A tour of the fire-damaged historic home downtown

Photos: A tour of the fire-damaged historic home downtown

11 months after house fire, uncertainty remains whether to raze or rebuild.

Photos: A tour of the fire-damaged historic home downtown
Photos: High School Soccer Opening Night

Photos: High School Soccer Opening Night

JDHS and TMHS kick off the new season.

Photos: High School Soccer Opening Night
Capitol Live: House votes to cut funding for cruise pollution monitoring program

Capitol Live: House votes to cut funding for cruise pollution monitoring program

Live updates from inside the Capitol.

Capitol Live: House votes to cut funding for cruise pollution monitoring program
Record-setting heat: Dry, hot weather bring consequences to Southeast

Record-setting heat: Dry, hot weather bring consequences to Southeast

It’s hot, and that’s a problem.

Record-setting heat: Dry, hot weather bring consequences to Southeast
Displaced food vendors find new spot to serve summertime fare

Displaced food vendors find new spot to serve summertime fare

Hot Pocket Park.

Displaced food vendors find new spot to serve summertime fare
Police calls for Thursday, April 4, 2019

Police calls for Thursday, April 4, 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

  • Apr 4, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Thursday, April 4, 2019
Murder is the third leading cause of death among Alaska Native women. Here’s what Lisa Murkowski is doing about it

Murder is the third leading cause of death among Alaska Native women. Here’s what Lisa Murkowski is doing about it

Not invisible.

Murder is the third leading cause of death among Alaska Native women. Here’s what Lisa Murkowski is doing about it
Doom for the fast ferries: Two more go up for sale

Doom for the fast ferries: Two more go up for sale

They follow in the wake of the Bartlett and Taku.

Doom for the fast ferries: Two more go up for sale
Searchers release pictures of salvaged Guardian Flight wreck

Searchers release pictures of salvaged Guardian Flight wreck

The plane’s passengers were from Juneau.

Searchers release pictures of salvaged Guardian Flight wreck
State’s top public defender resigns

State’s top public defender resigns

He’ll stay on until the state finds a replacement.

State’s top public defender resigns
Public invited to weigh in on how to spend passenger fees

Public invited to weigh in on how to spend passenger fees

The deadline to comment is May 2.

Public invited to weigh in on how to spend passenger fees
Capitol Live: Budget process heating up
Video

Capitol Live: Budget process heating up

Live updates from inside the Capitol.

Capitol Live: Budget process heating up
Video
Paul Gardinier, an exhibit specialist, works to install a Nathan Jackson retrospective in the gallery at the Walter Soboleff Center on Monday, March 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Capital City Weekly

‘A great honor’: Exhibit shines light on one of Southeast Alaska’s most acclaimed Tlingit artists

You can see his work all over town.

Paul Gardinier, an exhibit specialist, works to install a Nathan Jackson retrospective in the gallery at the Walter Soboleff Center on Monday, March 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)