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Small fire causes more than $8,000 in damage to UAS Sitka office
SITKA — A fire damaged a small office at University of Alaska Southeast Sitka Campus Thursday night before…
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Photo: Ken Koelsch sworn in as mayor
Ken Koelsch is sworn in as mayor of Juneau by city attorney Amy Mead during a special Oath…
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Alaska Supreme Court affirms tribal child support case
The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision Friday, recognizing the authority of a Juneau-based tribal government…
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Juneau Reentry Coalition invites community to meeting
The Juneau Reentry Coalition invites the community to a meeting to come up with a plan to lower…
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Around Town
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser, 9 a.m.-11:30- a.m., Juneau Senior Center. All proceeds go to the Juneau Nutrition Program which…
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Police calls for Monday, March 28, 2016
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and…
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Juneau-based guide business fined for logbook violations
Moore Charters LLC and Anies Sadeghi both pleaded no contest earlier this month in Juneau’s District Court to…
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JDHS boys claim 4A crown
They say defense wins championships. The old adage proved true for the Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team…
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Beating the bus barn blues
Tucked away in the industrial-zoned corner of the Mendenhall Valley just past Brotherhood Bridge is a barn. It…
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Study: Juneau Ice Field to shrink if warming continues
ANCHORAGE — A Rhode Island-size ice field in the mountains behind Alaska’s capital could disappear by 2200 if…
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Bridge Park construction underway
Just beyond the Juneau Hotel parking lot near the foot of the Douglas Bridge, dump trucks, excavators, bulldozers…
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Grand jury indicts man after assault in woman’s apartment
A Juneau grand jury indicted the 38-year-old man who was at the center of a police search in…
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Around Town
Knights of Columbus Bishop Kenny Council brunch, 10 a.m.-noon, St. Paul’s Catholic Church. $10 for a family and…
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Police & fire for Sunday, March 27, 2016
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and…
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Photo: Mayor talks business
Mayor-elect Ken Koelsch attends a Downtown Improvement Group meeting in the Senate Mall building on Friday to hear…
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Three Chunk Light Tuna UPCs recalled
Bumble Bee Foods, LLC voluntarily recalled three specific universal product codes of canned Chunk Light Tuna due to…
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Eaglecrest closes for the season
Eaglecrest Ski Area is closed for the season. Eaglecrest officials decided to pull the plug since mountain conditions…
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Ketchikan man sentenced to five years for distributing child porn
A federal court handed down a five-year sentence to a Ketchikan man for distributing child pornography. U.S. District…