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Kenny Solomon-Gross retrieves packages at the Federal Building Post Office on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Post offices hustle to handle holiday haul

Deadlines for shipping to the Lower 48 are coming up fast.

The seats are filling up for the start of the Visitor Industry Task Force at City Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Empire Live: Tourism Task Force meeting at City Hall

Live updates from the meeting.

Seats filled up quickly for the Visitor Industry Task Force at City Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Tourism Task Force talks management methods

There’s a method to the management.

City awards Care-A-Van contract, OKs motor vehicle tax increase

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City awards Care-A-Van contract, OKs motor vehicle tax increase

Car registration taxes are going up.

Members of the Juneau Audubon Society pose for a picture with members of the Idea Homeschool Program team at the FIRST Lego League competition to commend their novel approach to reducing bird strikes. The competition was at Centennial Hall on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (Alexia Kiefer | Courtesy Photo)

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Students recognized for idea to stop birds from flying into windows

Bird strikes claim more than 1 billion birds a year.

Auke Bay Elementary School principal Nancy Peel introduces Angie Wright, center, who received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, alongside Superintendent Dr. Bridget Weiss, during a Juneau School District Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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School board recognizes outstanding teachers, old and new

The school board and members of the Legislature came together to thank some outstanding educators.

SEACC’s former Executive Director Bart Koehler sings his testimony to oppose the U.S. Forest Service’s lifting of the Roadless Rule as stenographer Lynda Barker records are Northern Light United Church on Dec. 16, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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SEACC makes one last push for Roadless Rule

‘Keep those logging roads away.’

Raylynn Lawless, who keeps bees with her husband, Cody Barril, gestures toward the hive in her Mendenhall Valley backyard. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Beekeeping in Southeast Alaska ain’t easy

Specially adapted bees and overwintering procedures help mitigate the cold.

Gina Chi-Mott, general manager of the Breakwater Inn, shows a burned mattress on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, from a room fire on Sunday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Sunday marred by fires in Mendenhall Valley, near Aurora Harbor

Winter leads to an increase in residential fires, assistant chief for CCFR says.

Capital City Fire/Rescue CARES program manager Joe Mishler talks about the new sleep-off program on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. The center, located at St. Vincent de Paul, gives a safe place for up to four people found to be too inebriated to be left on the street. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Sleeping it off: An inside look at Juneau’s sleep off program for chronic inebriates

Six months in, here’s what the program looks like.

Juneau residents attend a vigil to end gun violence sponsored by Moms Demand Action at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Vigil remembers lives lost to guns, hopes for improvements

It’s been seven years since Sandy Hook.

Man sentenced to 99 years for 2016 Klawock murder

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Man sentenced to 99 years for 2016 Klawock murder

Prosecutors sought the maximum punishment.

A tree swallow flies from a nesting box after feeding chicks at the Juneau Community Gardens in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Tree swallow box project seeks to understand the vanishing population

The tree swallows migrate to Alaska to hatch their young.

Loaded Tots and Afterschool Special from Imperial Grill at Imperial Billiard and Bar downtown. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Beyond the Ale: Imperial Grill

There’s no need to keep looking for your god, because it’s called the Crunchy Wrap, and it loves…

Pedestrian struck by vehicle, medevaced to Seattle

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Pedestrian struck by vehicle, medevaced to Seattle

JPD did not release the names of either person.

Norwegian VP promises to build for the community

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Norwegian VP promises to build for the community

He’s in town this week meeting with local officials.

Loridee Wilson, John Franklin Godfrey, and Tracy Lynn Day are among the missing persons on the registry from the Juneau area. (Composite photo | Juneau Empire)

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New registry shows 131 unresolved missing persons cases in Juneau since 1960

It’s uncommon for people to go missing in Juneau, but it does happen.

Community views on tourism industry aren’t great

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Community views on tourism industry aren’t great

Neighborhood association members say they feel overwhelmed by industry.

Empire Live: Norwegian Cruise Lines reps discuss plans for Juneau at Chamber Luncheon

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Empire Live: Norwegian Cruise Lines reps discuss plans for Juneau at Chamber Luncheon

Live updates from the meeting.

Downtown bar closes for business

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Downtown bar closes for business

Monthly drag shows are still planned.