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Juneau ceremony honors officers killed in the line of duty
Forty-eight law enforcement officials have died while serving Alaska communities since 1908. Their deaths are called the end…
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Two indicted for burglary, theft
A Juneau grand jury handed down a pair of indictments Friday to two men in separate felony burglary…
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Prominent Alaska Native leader passes
John Borbridge Jr., the first full-time president of Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of…
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Gender specialist: ‘Ground zero is bathrooms, locker rooms’
Aidan Key, a gender specialist and transgender man, has given talks and trainings at more than a hundred…
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Man found dead near Brotherhood Bridge identified by authorities
Juneau police are investigating the death of a 47-year-old man whose body was found Friday afternoon by Brotherhood…
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Man hit by SUV dies
A 77-year-old Juneau man died after being struck by a vehicle in front of the Foodland IGA Shopping…
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Juneau hiker survives tumble down Mount Juneau, rescued
A 57-year-old Juneau hiker was rescued on Mount Juneau Friday after slipping on the snowpack near the top…
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Art and artist reunite
A Juneau artist believed she would never see her first-ever carving again after it was stolen from a…
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Chamber cruises on the channel, tours waterfront projects
Sun, surf and sandwiches. The Juneau Chamber of Commerce knows how to keep its weekly luncheon crowd happy.…
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Police & fire for Friday, May 13, 2016
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and…
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Photo: Marine skeletons unveiled
Thunder Mountain science teacher Kristen Wells, right, University of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Dr. Shannon Atkinson, center, and doctoral…
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Around Town
GED orientation class, 9 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. GED orientation is designed to improve the…
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Juneau teens head to Anchorage to participate in the Democratic Party State Convention
Hearing about politics in her house was normal growing up, 18-year-old Adrienne Audet said. She used to overhear…
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Juneau sees warmest pair of May days in 74 years, but no record
It wasn’t a record, but only just. According National Weather Service measurements taken at Juneau International Airport, Juneau’s…
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Judge: No more ‘breaks’ for man who set woman on fire
An Oregon man who set a Juneau woman on fire last July will serve three years in prison.…
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Assembly makes Planning Commission appointment
For the first time since the end of February, the city’s Planning Commission is whole. At a special…
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Temperatures near 74-year-old record; warmth to continue through Saturday
It wasn’t a record, but only just. According National Weather Service measurements taken at Juneau International Airport, Juneau’s…
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Controversial KSM mine isn’t expected anytime soon
In a few weeks, survey crews will again be working on British Columbia mountainsides that could one day…
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Rocky road: Commission tables asphalt talk, again
A proposed asphalt plant at the Rock Dump hit another pothole in the permitting process during Tuesday night’s…
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School Board: Plan is not to merge all high school activities
The Juneau School District’s goal is not to merge all activities between the two high schools, said Board…