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Man dies at Housing First

A man died at Housing First on Monday afternoon, according to the Juneau Police Department. Frank White, Jr.,…

Lemon Creek Correctional Center pictured on Friday, April 13, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Case with nine co-defendants proving difficult to schedule

Trials likely coming soon in Lemon Creek Correctional Center drug smuggling case.

Alaska Air National Guard Col. Torrence Saxe, Commander of the168th Wing, celebrates the opening of the service branch’s Juneau recruiting office, the first outside the Anchorage and Fairbanks road system. Senior Master Sgt. Vickie Padello, who oversaw the office’s opening, and Technical Sgt. Jasmine Gallatin, a recruiter, hold a ceremonial ribbon in front of the new office at the National Guard Armory in the University of Alaska Southeast Rec Center. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska Air National Guard looks to increase presence in Juneau

New recruiting office opens, aims to get capital on drill flight rotation.

KTOO’s Jeff Brown whips up the audience for the start of the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau,…

The intersection of Riverside Drive and Stephen Richards Drive is seen in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska DOT plans changes to Valley intersection

An open house at 5-7 p.m. tonight is planned to fix traffic congestion at the intersection of Riverside…

Charred trees rise above a burnt motor home and shed at a Mendenhall Valley home on July 10, 2018. An early-morning fire damaged the shed, the motor home, a fish smokehouse and a Chevy truck. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Fire destroys structures, vehicles, but doesn’t harm residents

Fire Marshal not ruling out arson as the cause.

The finished Housing First Project. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Man dies at Housing First

Cause of death unknown, but not seen as suspicious, police say.

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t…

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t…

This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

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Two men sentenced for illegal gun possession

Two Juneau men were sentenced this past Friday for separate federal firearms offenses.

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the…

Jeff Brown, center, raises peace signs in the air as his name is announced at the Jeff Brown Appreciation Party at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. The party was a celebration of Brown’s 40-year career at KTOO. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau,…

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As blue haze rises, so do cruise ship complaints

Complaints over cruise ship emissions are rising, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, partly due to excessive…

The tugboat Lumberman is seen aground in Gastineau Channel on Monday, May 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire photo)

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Agencies meet on tug move

Federal, state and municipal agencies are working together to remove the Lumberman, a 200-ton World War II era…

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the…

The tugboat Lumberman is seen aground in Gastineau Channel on Monday, May 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire photo)

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Agencies meet on tug move

Federal, state and municipal agencies are working together to remove the Lumberman, a 200-ton World War II era…

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State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest…

Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)

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Award-winning bike stolen after Fourth of July parade

Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a…

David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence…

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Two men arrested for assaulting officers in separate incidents

Two incidents this week led to police officers being assaulted, according to Juneau Police Department reports and a…