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Police calls for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019

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Police calls for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019
Designer from Juneau will show her work during New York Fashion Week
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Designer from Juneau will show her work during New York Fashion Week

Slow fashion heads to City that Never Sleeps.

Designer from Juneau will show her work during New York Fashion Week
Fireworks are set off as hundreds of Juneau residents attend a candlelight vigil at Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in 8-degree weather for the Guardian medical flight crew that went missing this week. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Community pays respect to those aboard missing plane

Hundreds showed up.

Fireworks are set off as hundreds of Juneau residents attend a candlelight vigil at Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, in 8-degree weather for the Guardian medical flight crew that went missing this week. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
John Hudson III of Metlakatla, will receive a Governor’s Art Award with his father for Alaska Native Cultural education. Hudson was photographed at the Soboleff Center on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Southeast arts advocate and longtime teachers to be honored at Governor’s Arts and Humanities Awards

Meet some of the Southeast’s winners.

John Hudson III of Metlakatla, will receive a Governor’s Art Award with his father for Alaska Native Cultural education. Hudson was photographed at the Soboleff Center on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
As House falters to organize, committees take new shape

As House falters to organize, committees take new shape

Committees masquerade as ‘informational meetings.’

As House falters to organize, committees take new shape
Capitol Live: Without organization, House committees gather as ‘informational meetings’ anyway

Capitol Live: Without organization, House committees gather as ‘informational meetings’ anyway

House Reps. attempt to stay updated.

Capitol Live: Without organization, House committees gather as ‘informational meetings’ anyway
Photos: Friday Night Basketball

Photos: Friday Night Basketball

TMHS v. JDHS.

Photos: Friday Night Basketball
Juneau-Douglas High School students wait for rides home after malfunctioning boiler caused the school to close early on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

JDHS closes early

There’s something in the air.

  • Feb 4, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
Juneau-Douglas High School students wait for rides home after malfunctioning boiler caused the school to close early on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
LaVern Beier speaks during his Fireside Lecture about Gobi bears at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Friday, Feb.1, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

Bear with him: Retired researcher talks about studying world’s most endangered bear

There are fewer than 50 of these bears left and he’s touched three of them.

LaVern Beier speaks during his Fireside Lecture about Gobi bears at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Friday, Feb.1, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

Police calls for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

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  • Feb 4, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
University of Alaska Southeast expands indigenous arts programs

University of Alaska Southeast expands indigenous arts programs

It will provide opportunities for Native students of all ages.

University of Alaska Southeast expands indigenous arts programs
New play is ‘Whale’ worth your time

New play is ‘Whale’ worth your time

I went in skeptical and really enjoyed it.

New play is ‘Whale’ worth your time
Guardian Flight resumes medevac service in Alaska after plane went missing last week

Guardian Flight resumes medevac service in Alaska after plane went missing last week

‘We know our friends would want us to resume helping others.’

Guardian Flight resumes medevac service in Alaska after plane went missing last week
Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019

Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019

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  • Feb 3, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019
Birds, shrews transform in hibernation

Birds, shrews transform in hibernation

Winter dormancy isn’t only for the bears.

Birds, shrews transform in hibernation
Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil

Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil

There were tears, laughs and fireworks.

Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil
The Holland America Line cruise ships Eurodam, left, and Nieuw Amsterdam pull into Juneau’s downtown harbor on May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Up in the air: First study in 17 years will examine pollutants in Juneau’s air

Cruise ship complaints are up, but is air pollution?

The Holland America Line cruise ships Eurodam, left, and Nieuw Amsterdam pull into Juneau’s downtown harbor on May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Juneau Five and friends make music every other week

Juneau Five and friends make music every other week

Live jazz isn’t just for big cities.

Juneau Five and friends make music every other week
Donna Arduin, right, director of the Office of Budget and Management, speaks with Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at a Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Sen. Stedman is Co-Chair of the Committee. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Capitol Live: Annual salaries of key figures in the governor’s office

They’ll be back Monday.

Donna Arduin, right, director of the Office of Budget and Management, speaks with Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at a Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Sen. Stedman is Co-Chair of the Committee. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Test pressure canning gauges Friday

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