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Assembly and School Board wade through budget priorities

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Assembly and School Board wade through budget priorities

Can’t wait for the state.

The USCGC Healy, the Coast Guard’s only medium icebreaker, lies moored to the pier in Juneau as it returns to Seattle at the end of deployment, Oct. 27, 2019. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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One-of-a-kind Coast Guard icebreaker visits Juneau on way home

The Coast Guard’s only medium icebreaker swings through Juneau.

Juneau Community Foundation creates fund for senior citizens

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Juneau Community Foundation creates fund for senior citizens

Juneau’s population is aging.

Empire Live: Assembly and School Board hold joint meeting

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Empire Live: Assembly and School Board hold joint meeting

Live updates from the meeting.

Fairbanks teacher wins Alaska Teacher of the Year

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Fairbanks teacher wins Alaska Teacher of the Year

The national winner will be announced in the spring.

Dimond Courthouse is home to Juneau’s court systems, Oct. 25, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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As Alaska public defenders offices are foundering, Juneau holds steady

Southeast is OK, but the state’s public defenders are in rough seas.

Crystal clear: First-time Juneau business owner enjoys her new adventure

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Crystal clear: First-time Juneau business owner enjoys her new adventure

A one-stop shop for wellness.

Thunder Mountain nets tourney title in Anchorage

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Thunder Mountain nets tourney title in Anchorage

Falcons know how to finish.

Alaskan Brewing Co. employees pour a sample of a new spruce cherry grapefruit hard seltzer at the Imperial Saloon, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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The trend is near: Alaskan Brewing Co. offers hard seltzer sneak peek

It’s a first.

Darren Jaeckel smiles near a jack-o’-lantern he carved underwater at the Sixth Annual Spooktacular Dive and Underwater Pumpkin Carving event Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Divers carve out time to make underwater jack-o’-lanterns

They had to wait to light candles.

Deborah Parker, National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center board member, activist and survivor of sexual and physical violence, delivers the keynote speech at a domestic violence awareness summit Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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‘It’s survival’: Woman opens up about becoming face of Native domestic violence

Summit looks at how to solve Alaska’s problem.

Tour groups and hunters find ways to coexist

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Tour groups and hunters find ways to coexist

We can work it out.

A black bear is seen at the Alaska State Capitol on Oct. 4, 2018. (Megan Wallace | Courtesy photo)

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Bear-ly any nuisance bears in Juneau this year

A ‘paws’ in unwelcome ursine visitors.

A panel of men discuss the role they can play in breaking cycles of domestic violence during a domestic violence awareness summit at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Empire Live: Panel examines the role men play in ending domestic violence

Summit speakers acknowledge issue, discuss solutions.

The free market is failing health care, doctor says

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The free market is failing health care, doctor says

Health insurance has got to go.

Emily Edenshaw, Business and Economic Development Director for the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, seen in this December 2018 photo, is both a domestic violence survivor and an organizer of a domestic violence awareness summit. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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‘Enough is enough’: Summit in Juneau seeks to break cycles of violence

Providing a venue for tough conversations.

Two men were involved in a crash on Glacier Highway that killed one early Thursday morning. (Courtesy photo | Juneau Police Department)

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Early morning car crash ends in fatality

Alcohol was involved.

Empire Live: ‘We have a market based system that fails to control costs’

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Empire Live: ‘We have a market based system that fails to control costs’

Doctor, author and professor talks what health care reform actually means.

City and Borough of Juneau Parks and Recreation Director George Schaaf speaks during the opening of the new pavilion at Auke Lake. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

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Auke Lake rec area one step closer to completion

The project is one of many successes.

The wastewater pumps were overwhelmed during an early October storm and caused a backup of sewage into the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park utilities building. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Whale statue pump repairs on track, but no clear end date set

Questions about who will do the repairs remain.