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Police & Fire for Friday, Dec. 25, 2015

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

The nearly full moon rises behind a christmas tree of lights near the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry Terminal on Wednesday evening. The full moon is on Christmas at 2:11 am.

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Photos: Christmas lights in Juneau

Christmas decorations light up a home on Riverside Drive on Wednesday evening.

Donna Pierce watches her dog, Zoey, as she retrieves a stick in the high tide at Sandy Beach Wednesday.

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Sun and snow

Whether it’s snowfall or sunshine on this year’s Christmas list, Juneauites should find something to smile about when…

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Photo: Wintery park

Ravens fly from the trees at Marine Park on Wednesday.

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Around town for Thursday, Dec. 24

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

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Alaska Court System closed on Christmas Eve

The Alaska Court System will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 24 to normal business. Only in-custody arraignments and…

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Around town for Wednesday, Dec. 23

Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., Mount Roberts Trail. No dogs or firearms. Details: 586-0428. Day of…

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JPD emphasizes responsible driving this holiday season

In a statement, the Juneau Police Department encourages the city of Juneau to have safe holiday season by…

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Back to the polls

It’s estimated to cost the City and Borough of Juneau $35,000 to elect a new mayor, but it’s…

Kara Nelson, an addict in long-term recovery, recovery coach and director of Juneau's Haven House, is one of the movers and shakers striving to strengthen Juneau's recovery community.

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Lives worth saving

Christina Love needed to come home. She had just learned that the woman who took her in and…

Eighth-graders Maya Araujo, left, and Cole Jensen crimp and check the seals on their steam boilers made out of aluminum cans in teacher Alan Degener's technology class at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Friday.

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Photos: Pop pop boats

Eighth-graders Maya Araujo, left, and Cole Jensen crimp and check the seals on their steam boilers made out…

Geoffrey Wyatt sleds with his son, Lucas, 5, Orion Paden, 5, and Momar Diouf, 3, in front of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center on Monday.

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Photos: Glacier sledding

Breanna Hills and her daughter, Cadance, 3, sled in front of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Monday.

Richard Nault, right, is the interim Director of the Rainforest Recovery Center in Juneau and Mitzi Privett is the Intake Coordinator for the treatment facility.

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Rainforest’s red-tape

Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a series that examines why it’s so hard for heroin…

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Police blotter for Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015

This report contains public information from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction…

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Correction

A photo that appeared in the Juneau Empire of the Shop with a Cop program contained inaccurate information.…

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Photo: Solstice sunrise

A couple watches the sunrise along Egan Drive downtown on Monday. Monday is the winter solstice with the…

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Around town for Tuesday, Dec. 22

Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428. Day of quilting, sewing and good…

Rosanne Schmitz wades through nearly 2600 balloons with her daughter, Aileen, center, and friend, Tori Talley, right, in her livingroom on Monday. Schmitz tranformed her livingroom to celebrate her daughter's 21st birthday. Schmitz also opened her house to friends to frolic and ended it with a popping party Monday night.

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Photos: Balloon party

Rosanne Schmitz wades through nearly 2600 balloons with her daughter, Aileen, center, and friend, Tori Talley, right, in…

Oddin Kirby of Australia rides during Eaglecrest's Downtown Rail Jam on Saturday.

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Photos: Downtown Rail Jam

Juneau resident Christian Jacobs flips during Eaglecrest’s Downtown Rail Jam on Saturday.

Kara Nelson, left, and Christina Love, both addicts in long-term recovery, are trained recovery coaches, helping guide drug addicts into recovery.

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Juneau ‘Sherpas’ help guide addicts into treatment, recovery

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a series that examines why it’s so hard for heroin…