Site Logo
Empire Live: Panel interviews candidate for principal of Harborview Elementary School

News

Empire Live: Panel interviews candidate for principal of Harborview Elementary School

Live updates from the panel

JAHMI Health & Wellness, Inc. is the location for the monthly Inside Passage Mental Health Speaker Series. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

Healing in the classroom: Juneau school tries new tack to help students

Glacier Valley staff talk about a different way of teaching and healing.

Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

Southeast teen hospitalized for vaping related injury

It’s the first case of vaping related injury in Alaska.

City moves forward on child care, prohibits e-bikes downtown

News

City moves forward on child care, prohibits e-bikes downtown

The exact costs of the program will be examined in detail later.

Tourism Task Force tries to get handle on tourist overload

News

Tourism Task Force tries to get handle on tourist overload

Public voices quality-of-life concerns.

Southeast Alaska teen hospitalized in state’s first vaping injury case

News

Southeast Alaska teen hospitalized in state’s first vaping injury case

The teenager remains hospitalized.

New group forms to advocate for ferries

News

New group forms to advocate for ferries

Their plans are ambitious, but vague at this point.

Jake Eames, right, and David Nash install an air-to-air heat pump system to a Mendenhall Valley home Thursday that formerly was using oil for heating in 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

Energy efficiency nonprofits to hold free workshop

Experts will be there to help explain details and benefits.

Want to cut a Christmas tree in the Tongass? Here’s what you should know

News

Want to cut a Christmas tree in the Tongass? Here’s what you should know

The Forest Service has some rules you need to follow.

Empire Live: Juneau Assembly - Committee of the Whole

News

Empire Live: Juneau Assembly – Committee of the Whole

Live updates from the meeting

Annie Fritze of Dillingham moves stuffed animals made of fur at Juneau Public Market, Friday Nov. 30, 2019. The handmade creatures were created using a variety of furs, including otter and lynx. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

News

Public Market offers feathers, fur and fun

A Juneau tradition.

Three generations of Juneauites volunteer for Thanksgiving Dinner

News

Three generations of Juneauites volunteer for Thanksgiving Dinner

Thirty-three years and three generations.

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk searches Gastineau Channel for a possible missing boater after the boat Sealion was found adrift near the Petro Marine docks on Nov. 29, 2019. (Yang-Hui Lee | Courtesy Photo)

News

Coast Guard resolves search for possible missing boater, but questions remain

How did the boat end up in the channel?

Breaking: CCFR responds to smoky home on Birch Lane

News

Breaking: CCFR responds to smoky home on Birch Lane

Vehicle traffic was initially blocked in all directions.

Shooting early Thursday results in no injuries, one arrest

News

Shooting early Thursday results in no injuries, one arrest

Alcohol and controlled substances appear to have contributed to the event.

File photo of Juneau Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighters at work. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

2-year-old struck by car backing out of driveway, in serious condition

The child was medevaced for serious head injuries.

Friends of the Leonard family made pies to raise money for Ryan Leonard’s cancer treatment, selling the pies before Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

News

Juneauites look out for one of their own with fundraiser

The family moved back to Juneau as their child battles cancer.

Alaskla Seafood Company owner Richard Hand, left, and Jeff Isturis prepare turkeys in November 2016 for the annual Salvational Army Thanksgiving dinner at Hangar on the Wharf. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

News

Salvation Army to serve community Thanksgiving dinner today

All are welcome to free community dinner.

Tyler Reid, left, and Sean Imhof, right, are sworn into the Juneau Police Department as officers on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)

News

Two new officers join JPD’s ranks

JPD still has vacancies in the ranks, though.

Volunteers came together to cook and serve a Thanksgiving meal for Yaakoosge Daakahidi High School students at the Zach Gordon Youth Center on Nov. 27, 2019 following a crash that killed two YDHS students last week. (Michael S. Lockett)

News

After loss, YDHS gathers for a meal to help move forward together

The meal comes after a car crash killed two YDHS students.