Local coalition provides resources, training to help prevent suicide

Local coalition provides resources, training to help prevent suicide

When it comes to helping a friend in need, asking one tough question might be the best way to start, experts say. Hillary Young, the… Continue reading

Local coalition provides resources, training to help prevent suicide
Police calls for Thursday, June 14, 2018

Police calls for Thursday, June 14, 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

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police calls for Thursday, June 14, 2018
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signs state spending bills during a ceremony Wednesday at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Walker did perform some line-item vetoes, including rejecting funding for a bridge project that would link Anchorage to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and a Vitamin D deficiency study. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Analysis: Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signs deficit-slashing budget, but ‘shadow deficit’ remains

On Wednesday in Anchorage, Gov. Bill Walker signed a $10.4 billion state operating budget, a $1.5 billion capital construction and renovation budget, a mental health… Continue reading

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signs state spending bills during a ceremony Wednesday at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Walker did perform some line-item vetoes, including rejecting funding for a bridge project that would link Anchorage to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and a Vitamin D deficiency study. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Walker keeps funding for Juneau Access but nixes money for Anchorage bridge

Gov. Bill Walker declined to veto additional money for the Juneau Access Project, but he did nix funding for another Alaska road-building project before signing… Continue reading

Child porn arrest was part of nationwide investigation, authorities say

The recent arrest of a Juneau man was tied to a nationwide effort to find and track down suspected online child sex offenders, according to… Continue reading

Correction: Gold Rush Days

In the Gold Rush Days special section that was inserted into Wednesday’s newspaper, the Empire gave the wrong dates for Juneau Gold Rush Days. The… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Michelle Bonnet Hale (Photo courtesy of Jim Hale)

Michelle Hale running for city Assembly seat

Michelle Bonnet Hale loves Juneau — even the weather. Combining that fondness with what she has learned in various jobs, Hale has decided to run… Continue reading

Michelle Bonnet Hale (Photo courtesy of Jim Hale)
Ben Campbell, a recent graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School, kneels next to one of two of his fish designed bicycle racks on Ferry Way on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Campbell designed the rack for a class and the city choose to make it a reality. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

High school student designs downtown bike racks

New bike racks installed downtown were designed by local high school student Ben Campbell. The pair of bright blue salmon-shaped bike racks on Ferry Way… Continue reading

Ben Campbell, a recent graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School, kneels next to one of two of his fish designed bicycle racks on Ferry Way on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Campbell designed the rack for a class and the city choose to make it a reality. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast

Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast

Fish and Game now has reporting requirements for shrimp, following January Board of Fish decision.

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Kevin Gullufsen Juneau Empire
  • Local News
Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast
The C-SPAN traveling bus is seen in a 2017 file photo from the organization. The bus, and a team of seven people, will be visiting Juneau next week as part of a nationwide tour. (Courtesy photo)

C-SPAN roadshow will visit Juneau next week

The public affairs cable channel C-SPAN will bring a nationwide roadshow to Juneau next week with a two-day stay Monday and Tuesday in the capital… Continue reading

The C-SPAN traveling bus is seen in a 2017 file photo from the organization. The bus, and a team of seven people, will be visiting Juneau next week as part of a nationwide tour. (Courtesy photo)
Teacher Lindsay Hulbert labels boxes on Monday, June 11, 2018, as the Juneau Community Charter School prepares to move out of the Arctic Corp building this summer. The school is moving into space at Juneau-Douglas High School. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau Charter Community School moving to a new home

Searching through folders in storage rooms at the Juneau Community Charter School, Principal Caron Smith found documents dating back 10 years about the school looking… Continue reading

Teacher Lindsay Hulbert labels boxes on Monday, June 11, 2018, as the Juneau Community Charter School prepares to move out of the Arctic Corp building this summer. The school is moving into space at Juneau-Douglas High School. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Police calls for Wednesday, June 13, 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

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime

Airport mulls North Gate reconstruction ideas

The Juneau International Airport North Gate reconstruction has two options for the future. Now it is time to decide which direction the airport will go.… Continue reading

Alaska Department of Labor considers safety standards for zipline industry

The state of Alaska may soon begin drafting universal safety standards for the state’s ziplines, which have become popular attractions for summer tourists. In July,… Continue reading

Auk’w Kw&

Potential new nonprofit working to reacquire Native land

An ancestrally important site to Alaska Natives may soon be returned to its original inhabitants. Liana Wallace, a member of the Auk’w Kwáan tribe, said… Continue reading

Auk’w Kw&
Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast

Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast

Update: Fish and Game has pushed back the date they will begin requiring the new shrimping and crabbing permits. Instead of enforcing the requirement June… Continue reading

Shrimp permits, available online, now required for Southeast
Maniacs (pictured) took first in the upper division of the Capital City Coed Softball Tournament over the weekend. The Viking Lounge was second, and the InterShelter D’Lunatics were third. (Courtesy Photo | Katie Damian)

Capital City Coed Softball Tournament winners, MVPs

In this weekend’s Capital City Coed Softball Tournament, the upper-division Devil’s Hideaway Maniacs defeated The Viking Lounge 6-2 in the championship game. MVPs were Rob… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Maniacs (pictured) took first in the upper division of the Capital City Coed Softball Tournament over the weekend. The Viking Lounge was second, and the InterShelter D’Lunatics were third. (Courtesy Photo | Katie Damian)
The back side of the Swan Lake reservoir near Ketchikan is seen in an undated photo from winter 2017-2018 provided by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to the National Weather Service. At the time, water levels at Swan Lake were so low that hydropower production stopped, forcing Ketchikan to rely on diesel generation. (Courtesy photo)

Southeast Alaska dries up in rare problem: a drought

If it sounds unusual to have a drought in a rainforest, it is. Low snow and little rain combined to deliver an almost unprecedented drought… Continue reading

The back side of the Swan Lake reservoir near Ketchikan is seen in an undated photo from winter 2017-2018 provided by the Southeast Alaska Power Agency to the National Weather Service. At the time, water levels at Swan Lake were so low that hydropower production stopped, forcing Ketchikan to rely on diesel generation. (Courtesy photo)

Police calls for Tuesday, June 12, 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

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Alaska Seaplanes announced its first flghts to Whitehorse will start Friday, June 15. Pictured here is a Pilatus PC-12 N721KP that will be making the trips. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Seaplanes)

Alaska Seaplanes’ first flight to Whitehorse is Friday

Alaska Seaplanes is taking off for Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon territory starting Friday. This will mark Alaska Seaplanes first international destination and its 13th destination… Continue reading

Alaska Seaplanes announced its first flghts to Whitehorse will start Friday, June 15. Pictured here is a Pilatus PC-12 N721KP that will be making the trips. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Seaplanes)