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Parks and Rec master plan survey to close soon

The last day to provide input in city’s Parks and Recreation Department’s master plan survey will be Monday.…

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Juneau Chamber to hold business forum

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce will host a forum for businesses in transition on Nov. 16 from 2-6…

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Dimond Park Pool to close for swimming state championship

Public swimming at the Dimond Park Aquatic Center in the Mendenhall Valley will be closed starting at 2…

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Fire drill notice at DEC

If you see a crowd gathering outside of the Department of Environmental Conservation today, don’t be alarmed: it’s…

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Turning downtown around: Main Street America rep talks with city officials

A representative from Main Street America will be spending most of the week in Juneau meeting with various…

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Electricity rates rise this month

Juneau residents will see a 3.86 percent increase in their electric bills starting Nov. 23. The Regulatory Commission…

Juneau Police Department Chief Bryce Johnson explains how JPD approaches fireworks complaints at the city Assembly's Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night.

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Assembly asks JPD for help with fireworks

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly postponed talks of restricting fireworks usage at a committee meeting Monday,…

Kirsten Faulkner takes her newly adopted bulldog named Neka for a sunny walk in the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge on Monday.

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October is driest ever in Southeast Alaska

From Yakutat to Ketchikan, October has never been this dry in Southeast Alaska. “It’s certainly the driest October…

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Police & Fire for Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation…

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Around town for Tuesday, Nov. 1

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor.…

Theresa Arevgaq John, a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, performs a Yup'ik dance during a lecture in the Egan Library at the University of Alaska Southeast Friday night. In her lecture - a part of the Evenings at Egan series - John discussed what it was like to grow up straddling two cultures, one Native and the other Western.

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A foot in each culture: UAF professor recalls balancing Western and Native values

The University of Alaska Southeast kicked off Native American Heritage Month a couple days early with its most…

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Around town for Monday, Oct. 31

Today is Halloween. Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital…

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This Day in Juneau History: Oct. 31, 1986

On Oct. 31, 1986, the City and Borough of Juneau rejected an offer for the Snettisham hydroelectric project…

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Police & Fire for Monday, Oct. 31, 2016

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation…

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JPD looks to Assembly for body-camera funding

Two years ago, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black…

This 1927 Sanborn Fire Insurance map shows the location of Peerless Bakery on South Franklin Street, newly distinguished from Front Street. The bakery, which stood on pilings above what was effectively the waterfront, was located where the Lucky Lady bar now stands.

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When terrorism came to Juneau: Solving the mystery behind the Peerless Bakery bombing

It was a tense election, one that riveted Juneau and tore it apart. On an October night, as…

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Sealaska announces shareholder distributions

Sealaska directors have approved a fall distribution to shareholders of $10.5 million, bringing total distributions in 2016 to…

The front page of the Empire on Oct. 30, 1986

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This Day in Juneau History: Oct. 30, 1986

On Oct. 30, 1986, the University of Alaska Southeast, then the University of Alaska-Juneau, was facing major management…

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Business burglary is Crime of the Week

The Juneau Police Department highlighted the burglary of a business for its Crime Line “Crime of the Week.”…

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Around Town for Sunday, Oct. 30

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club, 5680 Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Gun Club is…