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Oily rags responsible for Tuesday morning dryer fire

A bundle of cotton dishrags started a fire in the laundry room of a multi-unit residential building in…

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

Margaret Stock, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with the Empire during a sit-down interview Wednesday to discuss her history as an immigration attorney and why she's running against incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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Taking Stock: A Q&A with the independent running against Murkowski

It was a good week for Margaret Stock. The independent candidate challenging Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate was…

Wings Airways says its floatplanes will have trouble landing with the current lightering dock and the cruise ship terminal currently under construction.

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Panamax problems: Wings Airways worries about where to land

The second phase of the city’s single most expensive capital improvement project is now underway. Seattle-based marine construction…

Harbor staff watch as the Consul D tugboat burns outside of Aurora Harbor on Monday. No one was aboard when the fire was reported. The vessel is owned by Steve Hamilton.

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CCFR knocks down boat fire by Aurora Harbor

Capital City Fire/Rescue extinguished a Monday afternoon fire that sent smoke billowing into the sky from a boat…

Fireweed curls in the dry weather at Brotherhood Bridge park on Monday. The weather is forecasted to remain clear through the week.

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Freakish fall weather keeps coming

It’s a good kind of freak. October is normally Juneau’s wettest month of the year, a cloudy, soggy…

Juneau residents check out Panhandle Produce's display at the Second Saturday Market in the Airport Shopping Center on Saturday morning, and talk with the business' co-owners Eli and Kylie Wray.

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Panhandle Produce grows crops, momentum

Eli Wray remembers the first time he ate a locally grown tomato, fresh off the vine. “It changed…

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This Day in Juneau History: Oct. 10, 1986

On Oct. 10, 1986, the Marine View Apartment building downtown was officially sold to a Seattle developer hoping…

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

Terry White on Mount Bierstadt.

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Juneau man with multiple myeloma to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cancer awareness

When most people fundraise, they do a bake sale or car wash, sometimes even host an event or…

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It’s electric! Panel presents ‘The Case for Electric Vehicles’ in city forum

About 50 people filled the main viewing room of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Thursday night to listen…

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Oct. 9, 1986

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This Day in Juneau History: Oct. 9, 1986

On Oct. 9, 1986, an anonymous artist created three whale tails in the mud near Gold Creek as…

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

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Free disaster psychology presentation

The Juneau Local Emergency Planning Committee is sponsoring a disaster psychology presentation to inform the public on how…

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Police & fire for Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016

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

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JPD warns community to avoid scams as PFD checks arrive

The Juneau Police Department released a warning Friday reminding residents that with the distribution of Alaska Permanent Fund…

In this file photo from December 2015, Darren Adams, manager of the Southeast Alaska Food Bank, stands next to donated food at their warehouse on Crazy Horse Drive.

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Southeast Food Bank challenges local chefs to make meal from its pantry

During Southeast Alaska Food Bank’s annual meeting, local chefs from around town will come together to prepare a…

Beth McEwen, municipal deputy clerk, right, instructs Carol and Tom Schriver on running absentee and question ballots through a counting machine in Assembly Chambers on Friday.

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With all ballots counted, election results remain unchanged

By Friday afternoon, city election workers had counted all of the outstanding question and absentee ballots cast in…

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Student group leading Standing Rock protest Sunday

A University of Alaska Southeast leadership club is hosting a peaceful protest in solidarity with the Standing Rock…

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New student orientation, 9-10 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Interested in improving your skills for college,…