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St. Vincent de Paul Society was awarded the contract to operate City and Borough of Juneau’s emergency warming shelter and plans to operate it a building located on Teal Street in the Mendenhall Valley. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Warming center is heading to the Valley

Will people warm up to the new location?

A flowering cannabis plant at Rainforest Farms in Juneau in November 2016. City and Borough of Juneau Assembly voted Monday to protest Rainforest Farms’ cultivation and retail licenses in light of unpaid sales taxes.

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Unpaid taxes cause problems for Juneau marijuana retailer

They’re in the weeds.

Two Juneau residents to be honored for being disability, senior advocates

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Two Juneau residents to be honored for being disability, senior advocates

The two have done great things for elderly and disabled people.

Alfie Price, left, and Tristen Washington, 9, perform with the Xaadaas Dagwii Dance Group for Indigenous Peoples’ Day at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the people, places and names that were here first

Indigenous Peoples Day speeches focus on progress.

Jacob Adams an attorney and cultural heritage researcher, speaks in the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Can appropriation be appropriate?

Cultural conversation requires thoughtfulness.

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Man perishes in Petersburg after skiff capsizes

Another man survived to be rescued.

Alicia Hughes-Skandijs, left, Greg Smith, Wade Bryson and Carole Triem watch results come in at City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Empire Live: City and Borough of Juneau creates task forces for both tourism and Eaglecrest summer plans

New-look Assembly will tackle a packed agenda.

Dr. Kayla Luhrs in her business, Moon Cycle Medicine, Inc., located on Seward Street on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Lunar cycle billing and yoga: New downtown Juneau medical office blends family practice with alternative treatments

Not your ordinary medical office.

Skate or try: I took a shot at rolling with derby girls

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Skate or try: I took a shot at rolling with derby girls

Getting down and derby in Juneau.

Lawyer looks back on 30 years protecting the environment

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Lawyer looks back on 30 years protecting the environment

“Go for the gusto.”

In this Empire file photo, then mayoral candidate Beth Weldon, with family and friends, react as they watch Election results come in at the Assembly chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Weldon reflects on her first year as mayor

There’s a lot of emails.

Kent Ficek, a Juneau homebrewer, smiles after tying for best in show in the Alaskan Homebrewing Competition, Oct. 12, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Brewin’ bruin: Juneau brewer’s dark sour ties for top spot in homebrew contest

Brew-tiful victory.

A diagram of the whaleship Essex, homeported in Nantucket, Massachusetts, before she was sank by a whale in the Pacific. The diagram was drawn by Thomas Nickerson, a survivor of the wreck. (Courtesy photo | Nantucket Historical Association)

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What Alaska can learn from the sinking of the Essex

The sea is merciless, but technology can be a lifesaver.

Zac Watt, beertender for Forbidden Peak Brewery, pours a beer during the grand opening for the Auke Bay business, Saturday, Oct. 12,2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Photos: Forbidden Peak’s hopping grand opening

A crowd gathered for Juneau’s newest brewery.

Keri Williamson, an engineer for the city’s Engineering and Public Works Department, talks about the damage at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park utilities building on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. City waste water pumps were overwhelmed during last weekend’s storm and caused a backup of sewage into park’s building that housing the pumps and controls for the whale statue. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Juneau whale statue pumps to be repaired by spring, hopefully

The whale will winter on the binnacle list this year.

Crews clears debris from three-car crash on Egan

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Crews clears debris from three-car crash on Egan

Traffic is moving again.

Rosemary Walling, a volunteer and board member of Friends of the Marie Drake Planetarium, views Saturn and its moons’ orbits as projected by a visiting digital projector from Seattle’s Museum of Flight on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The planetarium is currently raising money to replace its aging mechanical projector with a digital one. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Star power: Planetarium shows what fundraising could bring to town

Projections look bright for Juneau’s planetarium.

Charlie Gallant recently began a job as a car salesperson in Anchorage.

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Coat & Tie: Stylish garbage collector gets dream job he was gunning for

“Dress for the job you want.”

Economic outlook for Southeast a mixed bag

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Economic outlook for Southeast a mixed bag

Region is stable but flat.

Guitarist Rowan Robertson formerly of Dio, Todd Kerns bassist and vocalist for Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, and vocalist Johnny Solinger former of Skid Row stand on stage at Centennial Hall, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. The rockers are part of the Raiding the Rock Vault lineup. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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They’ve played with Ozzy and Slash, now they’re playing Juneau

All-star tribute show ready to rock Centennial Hall.