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Ed and Barbara Phillips of the Icy Strait Lodge in Hoonah pack their vehicle after taking advantage of the store-closing sales at Walmart on Friday.

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Rolling out: With Walmart’s closure, uncertainty looms

Juneau’s Walmart has been packed since it announced it was closing up shop on Feb. 4. On Friday,…

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‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’ events scheduled

Perseverance Theater is hosting a variety of events around its production “Our Voices Will Be Heard” this week,…

Gov. Bill Walker shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, after his annual State of the State address to a Joint Session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Thursday. First Lady Donna Walker, right, receives a hug by Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage.

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Photo: Government chuckles

Gov. Bill Walker shakes hands with Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, after his annual State of…

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Around Town

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Trap Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Trap Club…

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Police & Fire for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016

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

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Around Town for Jan. 22

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Diane, 463-6176. Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Library. Details:…

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Police & Fire for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2016

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

Susan FitzGerald, a real estate broker for Best Rate Realty, talks about Juneau's real estate market at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during a luncheon at the Juneau International Airport on Thursday.

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Lunch and real estate

Southeast Board of Realtors President Susan FitzGerald started by asking the audience at the Chamber of Commerce’s weekly…

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Project Homeless Connect comes back for fifth year

Every homeless person who walks into the Juneau Arts & Culture Center Tuesday can leave with a new…

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CBJ to tackle empty Assembly seat Monday

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly will hold a special meeting Monday at 5 p.m. to discuss…

Linda Seek, a 32-year-old former Juneau resident and Alaska Native, was reported missing Jan. 4 by her husband Thomas Skeek. Thomas was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and tampering with evidence Wednesday evening in connection with Linda's disappearance, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

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Murder charges in case of missing Juneau woman

It was only through news reports Wednesday evening that family members in Juneau learned police made an arrest…

Feb. 22 is the deadline for comments on a plan that would wean the Southeast logging industry from older, larger trees and switch it to the harvest of younger, smaller ones.

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Forest Service nears finish line for long-term Tongass plan

Alaskans are running out of time to give their input on the U.S. Forest Service’s plan to manage…

Karen Crane

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Assemblywoman throws hat in mayoral race

The seven-day candidate filing period for the upcoming special municipal election is now more than halfway over, and…

Rep. Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks, left, speaks with Marshall Lind, former Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Southeast, during Juneau's 31st Annual Legislative Welcome Reception at Centennial Hall on Wednesday.

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Photo: Well received

Rep. Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks, left, speaks with Marshall Lind, former Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and…

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Around Town for Jan. 21

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel. Open lab computer training, 9-11 a.m, The Learning…

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Gastineau demo to impact traffic

The structural demolition of the shuttered Gastineau Apartments is slated to start Monday, and once it does, all…

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Police & Fire for Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2016

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

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31 vying to fill city manager position

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly reviewed about 30 city manager applications during a special meeting, held…

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Simulating disaster: Red Cross prepares for landslide drill at UAS, seeks volunteers

In the early hours of Aug. 18, heavy rainfall and wind loosened the earth above a small neighborhood…

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New group aims to engage young Alaskans in state politics

The state’s budget crisis isn’t a laughing matter, but a new group is trying to inject a little…