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Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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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…

Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5. (Photo courtesy Eric Adam)

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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…

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…

Juneau Empire file.

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USDA Sec. Perdue: Logging, other Southeast industries not ‘mutually-exclusive’

Correction: This article initially listed an incorrect figure for the number of acres the roadless rule would apply…

Robert H. Meireis (pictured) was one of two victims during a Nov. 15, 2015 double murder, along with Elizabeth K. Tonsmeire. (Courtesy photo | Facebook)

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Attorneys prep for complex murder trial

The task of preparing for a complex murder trial has proven difficult for the defense attorney in the…

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Unattended food on stovetop catches fire at downtown apartment

A kitchen fire sent smoke and residents streaming out of the Mendenhall Tower Apartments on Thursday morning, Capital…

Juneau Empire file.

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USDA Sec. Perdue: Logging, other Southeast industries not ‘mutually-exclusive’

Correction: This article initially listed an incorrect figure for the number of acres the roadless rule would apply…

In this June 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks by City Hall on June 7, 2017. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire File)

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City taking deeper look into pre-K program ballot measure

Correction: A previous version of this article erroneously stated that the discussion about the Best Starts program will…

Lee Stoops works on a brown bear and cub sand sculpture Wednesday during a sand sculpting contest at Sandy Beach. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Fourth festivities draw thousands

Sunny weather and unblemished skies drew thousands to downtown Juneau and Douglas on Wednesday for Fourth of July…

Laron Carlton Graham appears in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, for an arraignment on two counts of first-degree murder for the Nov. 15, 2015 shooting deaths of 36-year-old Robert H. Meireis and 34-year-old Elizabeth K. Tonsmeire. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Attorneys prep for complex murder trial

The task of preparing for a complex murder trial has proven difficult for the defense attorney in the…

Seine boats and tender vessels participate in a special harvest area fishing opening near Amalga Harbor on Thursday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Fishing fleet packs Amalga Harbor

Drivers out the road might encounter a somewhat new sight on Thursdays this month: A small armada of…

Firefighters prepare to enter the Mendenhall Tower Apartments on Thursday, July 5, 2018 to respond to a kitchen fire on the third floor. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Unattended food on stovetop catches fire at downtown apartment

A kitchen fire sent smoke and residents streaming out of the Mendenhall Tower Apartments on Thursday morning, Capital…

Debbie Reinwand (Courtesy Photo | Debbie Reinwand)

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Former Empire reporter’s production company wins Emmy

A former Empire reporter recently won an Emmy Award for her production company’s work on an Alaska historical…

“Solstice,” by Fisher Stevens, won the Judge’s Choice Award at the Douglas Sandcastle Challenge on July 4, 2018. (Photo courtesy Zane Jones)

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Juneau and Douglas Fourth of July parade and contest winners

More floats registered for this year’s Juneau parade, committee director Jean Sztuk said, that organizers had to turn…

Brynne Loggy-Smith, 10, gears up for the 2018 Soapbox Challenge on St. Ann’s Avenue. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

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Soapbox Challenge results

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated Santiago Hoff came in third place in the 9-…

Firefighter Emily Lockie sprays down the crowd at the annual Make & Break hose race in Douglas on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Annual hose race douses spectators, honors tradition

About 100 feet from where Firefighter Emily Lockie stood prior to the start of Wednesday’s annual Make &…

A car window is pictured July 4, 2018. This is not the car in which a dog died of heat stroke Tuesday. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Dog dies after suffering heat stroke in hot car

A young Great Dane died of heat stroke after being left in a car Tuesday afternoon, Gastineau Humane…

A 13-year-old girl and her aunt and uncle are taken back to a cabin on Kruzof Island, Alaska, July 3, 2018, in an Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. The girl was reported missing in a kayak in Shelikof Bay, last seen wearing a purple, blue and black life jacket, and was later found by the Jayhawk crew in good condition. (U.S. Coast Guard | Courtesy Photo)

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With help from aunt, Coast Guard finds missing girl near Sitka

A 13-year-old girl briefly went missing on Kruzof Island near Sitka on Tuesday afternoon, according to a Coast…