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Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault to host Mongolian delegation

A delegation from Mongolia is coming to Juneau this week to share how their country responds to domestic…

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Around Town for Jan. 20

Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel to organize…

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BlendTech Inc. recalls lot of Uncle Buck’s Fish Batter Mix

The DEC’s Food Safety and Sanitation Program confirmed the Alaska distribution of the recently recalled single lot of…

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Police & Fire for Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016

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

Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, left, receives an enthusiastic greeting by Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, on the first day of the 29th Legislature at the Capitol in Juneau on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016.

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Legislature opens regular session

On Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, and Rep. Lance Pruitt, R-Anchorage, climbed the steps of the Capitol…

First Lady Donna Walker gives the keynote address during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2016 Community Celebration at the St. Paul's Catholic Church on Monday.

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Photos: MLK Day

First Lady Donna Walker gives the keynote address during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2016 Community Celebration…

Julee Faso-Formoso works with Vince Gonderzik, a fourth grade student at Chugiak Elementary School diagnosed with dyslexia. Faso-Formoso specializes in tutoring elementary students with the learning disability that causes reading challenges for otherwise intelligent children and adults that may suffer from the disorder. Letter reversals, omission of letters in sentences, dizziness and headaches when reading and transpositions when writing and reading are just some of the symptoms of the disability.

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In Chugiak, extra support helps students with dyslexia shine

It’s pretty challenging to keep up in elementary school when one is learning to read but the letters…

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Around Town for Jan. 19

Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel to organize…

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Police & Fire for Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016

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

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Juneau observes MLK holiday

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a state and federal holiday. While government offices are closed and…

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Convicted Tenakee murderer wins an appeal

A man convicted in 2005 of raping and murdering a woman in Tenakee has won an appeal for…

Artist Marianne Manning, right, works with seventh-graders Amanda Lamburt, center, Amy Budke and eighth-grader Claire Schumacker, left, on a three by eight-foot glass mosaic based on a painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School on Wednesday. Manning is spending two weeks working with the middle school students on producing two glass mosaic panels as part of the Artist in the Schools Program.

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Photos: Glass mosaic

Artist Marianne Manning, right, works with seventh-graders Amanda Lamburt, center, Amy Budke and eighth-grader Claire Schumacker, left, on…

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Around Town for Jan. 18

Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel to organize…

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Police & Fire for Sunday, Jan. 17, 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. 17

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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The force in motion

The Imperial March played as Darth Vader — lightsaber in hand, flanked by storm troopers — entered the…

Marcy and Geoff Larson, founders of the Alaskan Brewing Company, speak with brewer Chaz Lakit, right, on the company's brew deck on Thursday.

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Amid craft beer shuffle, Alaskan vows to stay put

Alaskan Brewing Co. isn’t selling out. It isn’t closing down. It isn’t moving to the Lower 48, changing…

Two Empire journalists take on new roles

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Two Empire journalists take on new roles

Two of the Juneau Empire’s senior journalists have accepted new roles with the newspaper. As of Jan. 12,…

Photographer Kally Flynn talks to 10-month-old Luna, wearing a Batman costume, on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 during a fundraiser for the Gastineau Humane Society at Alaskan Dames.

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Photos: You can dress up your pet, but you can’t make them pose

Shalyn Harris smiles as she hides behind a candle display to avoid distracting her dog, Harbor, during a…

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Juneau man found dead

An employee of Juneau’s SuperBear grocery store was unexpectedly found dead Sunday. According to the Juneau Police Department,…