President Donald Trump, right, meets with Navajo Code Talkers Peter MacDonald, center, and Thomas Begay, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (Susan Walsh | The Associated Press)

Trump, honoring Navajos, revives ‘Pocahontas’ jab at Warren

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned to his own kind of code talking Monday by deriding Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” at a White… Continue reading

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Navajo Code Talkers Peter MacDonald, center, and Thomas Begay, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. (Susan Walsh | The Associated Press)
In this February 2015 photo, Jeremy S. Deach enters Juneau Superior Court for his sentencing hearing for child porn. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Court of Appeals upholds sentence in child pornography case

The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld a 2014 conviction of a Juneau man on charges of distributing and possessing child pornography. In August 2014,… Continue reading

In this February 2015 photo, Jeremy S. Deach enters Juneau Superior Court for his sentencing hearing for child porn. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Monday, Nov. 27, 2017

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

The entryway to the Twin Lakes Playground still stands after the rest of the burnt-down playground has been cleaned up and taken away. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

City approves first funding for playground rebuild

The Project Playground rebuilding project has its first funding. In a unanimous vote Monday, City and Borough of Juneau Assembly approved an ordinance to commit… Continue reading

The entryway to the Twin Lakes Playground still stands after the rest of the burnt-down playground has been cleaned up and taken away. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Miners in the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Entry Level Underground Mining Training program walk into the AJ Mine at the Sheep Creek entrance in June 2010. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Assembly approves new appointees to Mining Subcommittee

The list of new additions to the city’s Mining Subcommittee was approved Monday night, and the four new members were given the right to vote… Continue reading

Miners in the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Entry Level Underground Mining Training program walk into the AJ Mine at the Sheep Creek entrance in June 2010. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Work begins on the demolition of Project Playground at Twin Lakes on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is expected to approve the initial funding for the playground’s rebuild Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

City expected to award Pederson Hill bid, approve initial funding for Project Playground rebuild

The rebuild process of the Twin Lakes Playground might soon have enough funding to begin. Among the ordinances up for consideration at tonights City and… Continue reading

Work begins on the demolition of Project Playground at Twin Lakes on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is expected to approve the initial funding for the playground’s rebuild Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Forecaster shares avalanche knowledge

As the snow piles up in and around Juneau, avalanches are going to once again become part of residents’ lives. Alaska Electric Light and Power… Continue reading

The steamship Mariposa (pictured) rescued two shipwrecked crews in November 1917, only to wreck just days later. (Photo courtesy of Alaska State Library Historical Collections)

Shipwrecks, piracy and war fever: The strange story of mayhem on the Alaska seas 100 years ago

The northern seas were a dangerous place in 1917. In the northern Atlantic, German submarines lurked beneath the waves and sunk ships into icy waters… Continue reading

The steamship Mariposa (pictured) rescued two shipwrecked crews in November 1917, only to wreck just days later. (Photo courtesy of Alaska State Library Historical Collections)
Courtesy Photo  Some of the presents donated for last year’s toy drive.

Great Alaska Toy Drive starts this weekend

This year’s Great Alaskan Toy Drive, sponsored by the Alaska Army National Guard, starts Nov. 25 and will run until Dec. 20. Donation locations are:… Continue reading

Courtesy Photo  Some of the presents donated for last year’s toy drive.
Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Since April, Vanessa Nason has been trying to track rape. More specifically, the researcher and journalist with the news site MuckRock has been trying to… Continue reading

Juneau’s rape kit backlog is ‘one of the worst’ nationwide

Police seeking culprit of waste facility break-in

An unsolved break-in at a local wastewater treatment building is still causing a stink with the Juneau Police Department. At 9:40 a.m. Oct. 24, an… Continue reading

Fred Meyer sock sale, Black Friday frenzy for 37 years

SALEM, Ore. — Mary Beth Baker has worked enough Fred Meyer sock sales to see just about everything. A co-worker falling into a play pen… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017

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

Hannah Weed, of the Association for the Education of Young Children, left, Louise Miller, of the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries, center, and Juneau Public Librarian Jonas Lamb apply stickers to books for a new bookshelf for children at the Juneau International Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. A partnership between United Way, AEYC, Friends of The Juneau Public Libraries, Alaska Airlines and the Juneau Airport, the “Read on the Fly” program will offer free books to children to take as they travel to or from Juneau.

New program helps Southeast kids take flight with books

Both airplanes and books have the ability to take people on journeys. Now with the help of Read On the Fly, children can take flights… Continue reading

Hannah Weed, of the Association for the Education of Young Children, left, Louise Miller, of the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries, center, and Juneau Public Librarian Jonas Lamb apply stickers to books for a new bookshelf for children at the Juneau International Airport on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. A partnership between United Way, AEYC, Friends of The Juneau Public Libraries, Alaska Airlines and the Juneau Airport, the “Read on the Fly” program will offer free books to children to take as they travel to or from Juneau.
Couples square dancing (Thinkstock Photo)

Barn dance to happen Friday

The traditional Thanksgiving Friday Barn Dance takes place 7:30-11 p.m. tonight at St. Ann’s Parish Hall, 5th Street downtown. It features live music by the… Continue reading

Couples square dancing (Thinkstock Photo)
Renovations at the Juneau Yacht Club at Aurora Harbor include new flooring, a new outdoor deck and changes to allow more than one event to take place at the same time. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Yacht Club renovations help make space more inviting for events

As the Juneau Yacht Club became more and more popular as an event venue, it became clearer that the place needed a sprucing up. “Things… Continue reading

Renovations at the Juneau Yacht Club at Aurora Harbor include new flooring, a new outdoor deck and changes to allow more than one event to take place at the same time. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, preside over a meeting of the Alaska Legislature’s Legislative Council on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. (James Brooks | Juneau Empire)

Legislators launch secret internal investigation

The Alaska Legislature’s internal Legislative Council is opening an internal investigation, but after a six-hour closed-door meeting, lawmakers on Tuesday refused to reveal the subject… Continue reading

Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, and Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, preside over a meeting of the Alaska Legislature’s Legislative Council on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. (James Brooks | Juneau Empire)
Grace Chen, a first-time vendor at the annual Public Market, works on accessories to a snowman dress on Nov. 22, 2017. Chen will be one of more than 30 newcomers to the market, which begins Friday. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

New vendors bring variety, fresh energy to annual holiday markets

For designer and illustrator Michaela Goade, this weekend’s Public Market offers a chance for her to take her art to a wider audience. It also… Continue reading

Grace Chen, a first-time vendor at the annual Public Market, works on accessories to a snowman dress on Nov. 22, 2017. Chen will be one of more than 30 newcomers to the market, which begins Friday. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Will Sorenson stands in a Branching Threads sweatshirt. Branching Threads, run by Juneau local Grant Ainsworth, is one of the new companies coming to the annual Public Market this weekend. (Photo by Marty Ramos)

Juneau-Douglas graduate will show off environmental business at Public Market

Grant Ainsworth’s journey to this year’s Public Market began in a classroom at the University of Portland. Ainsworth, who grew up in Juneau, was taking… Continue reading

Will Sorenson stands in a Branching Threads sweatshirt. Branching Threads, run by Juneau local Grant Ainsworth, is one of the new companies coming to the annual Public Market this weekend. (Photo by Marty Ramos)

Local vendors at the 2017 Public Market

New vendors Kayla Simpson, Juneau Teens for Change Maria Bailey, Northern Tea House Amy Myers, Orion Custom Woodworks/Tristan Adriane Honerbrink Marms &Meeks Max Mertz, Juneau… Continue reading