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Lance Stevens, hospital board president, speaks during a joint meeting with the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

State budget uncertainty hangs over hospital

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have direct and indirect effects.

Lance Stevens, hospital board president, speaks during a joint meeting with the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Thursday, March 21, 2019

Police calls for Thursday, March 21, 2019

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  • Mar 21, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Thursday, March 21, 2019
Deadline extended for proposals for governor’s ferry study after only one applies

Deadline extended for proposals for governor’s ferry study after only one applies

Budget for the study increased to a quarter million dollars.

Deadline extended for proposals for governor’s ferry study after only one applies
Capitol Live: Congressman Don Young to hold meet and greet tonight

Capitol Live: Congressman Don Young to hold meet and greet tonight

Follow along with live updates from Alaska’s Capitol.

Capitol Live: Congressman Don Young to hold meet and greet tonight
‘We’re not giving up our ferries’: Hundreds rally at the Capitol
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‘We’re not giving up our ferries’: Hundreds rally at the Capitol

Alaska Native women lead group in “Canoe Song.”

‘We’re not giving up our ferries’: Hundreds rally at the Capitol
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Photos: Gold Medal Basketball Tournament

Photos: Gold Medal Basketball Tournament

Action from day three of the tourney.

Photos: Gold Medal Basketball Tournament
Refreshing break from Southeast in Baja

Refreshing break from Southeast in Baja

Sights and sounds in Loreto, Mexico.

Refreshing break from Southeast in Baja
Winter in Baja offers change of scenery

Winter in Baja offers change of scenery

Fun in the sun with birds, whales and sardines.

Winter in Baja offers change of scenery
‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91

‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91

Some critics are blinded by emotion, one reentry expert says.

‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91
Silent in life, Tlingit code talkers finally getting recognition

Silent in life, Tlingit code talkers finally getting recognition

Their families have only found out in recent years.

Silent in life, Tlingit code talkers finally getting recognition
State proposes $225 million reduction in Medicaid spending

State proposes $225 million reduction in Medicaid spending

Effort is part of broader cost-saving measure by Dunleavy administration.

State proposes $225 million reduction in Medicaid spending
Police calls for Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Police calls for Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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  • Mar 20, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Haydn seek: Pianist finds her way to Juneau for first time
Capital City Weekly

Haydn seek: Pianist finds her way to Juneau for first time

Get keyed up.

Haydn seek: Pianist finds her way to Juneau for first time
Planet Alaska: Winter stories
Capital City Weekly

Planet Alaska: Winter stories

Wintertime is for remembering and also for making new stories.

Planet Alaska: Winter stories
Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist
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Capital City Weekly

Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist

Not everyone wore green, no one got pinched.

Showing off their pipes: Special organ concert features guest vocalist
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Update: Searchers discover most of Guardian airplane

Update: Searchers discover most of Guardian airplane

The company said it continues its search for the bodies of those missing.

  • Mar 19, 2019
  • By RACHEL D’ORO ASSOCIATED PRESS
  • Local News
Update: Searchers discover most of Guardian airplane
Planet Alaska: Wrangell winter games
Capital City Weekly

Planet Alaska: Wrangell winter games

Are you game?

Planet Alaska: Wrangell winter games
More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness
Capital City Weekly

More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness

Movie night and other recovery-friendly events are planned, too.

More sophisticated than a Shirley Temple: Mocktails are on the menu this March for sobriety awareness
Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition
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Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition

Watch a blanket toss.

Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition
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Police calls for Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Police calls for Tuesday, March 19, 2019