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Salmon Derby dates set

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Salmon Derby dates set

Get ready to chase those salmon.

Update: Occupants escape safely from house fire

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Update: Occupants escape safely from house fire

Flames were seen engulfing the house.

‘Mystery of ocean survival’: Experts trying to figure out why salmon are dying at sea

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‘Mystery of ocean survival’: Experts trying to figure out why salmon are dying at sea

Projections for king salmon are low once again.

Vigil remembers those lost, calls attention to suicide prevention

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Vigil remembers those lost, calls attention to suicide prevention

Around 100 people showed up.

Update: Authorities identify man who died near Douglas Bridge

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Update: Authorities identify man who died near Douglas Bridge

Authorities responded to reports of a person who died under Douglas Bridge.

Sitka Tribe gears up for legal battle

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Sitka Tribe gears up for legal battle

They’ve gotten support in Sitka and Juneau.

Major project waiting in the wings for the airport

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Major project waiting in the wings for the airport

North terminal work could start this time next year.

Mid-size ship market growing in Juneau

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Mid-size ship market growing in Juneau

Tourism jobs account for 12 percent of Juneau’s workforce.

Update: Searchers discover most of Guardian airplane

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Update: Searchers discover most of Guardian airplane

The company said it continues its search for the bodies of those missing.

Silent in life, Tlingit code talkers finally getting recognition

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Silent in life, Tlingit code talkers finally getting recognition

Their families have only found out in recent years.

‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91

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‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91

Some critics are blinded by emotion, one reentry expert says.

Lives on the line: Cuts could close down Housing First, Glory Hall homeless services

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Lives on the line: Cuts could close down Housing First, Glory Hall homeless services

It would be a ‘crippling blow.’

Man faces felony charge for car theft

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Man faces felony charge for car theft

He had allegedly switched the license plate.

Two groups taking to Capitol steps this week

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Two groups taking to Capitol steps this week

Two different groups have one thing in common: proposed budget cuts.

Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition

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Getting air on a seal skin blanket: Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition

Watch a blanket toss.

Icy road leads to five-car crash

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Icy road leads to five-car crash

One driver was cited.

Snowboarder dies in avalanche near Haines

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Snowboarder dies in avalanche near Haines

Two skiers were nearby.

City, cruise lines reach settlement in long-standing lawsuit

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City, cruise lines reach settlement in long-standing lawsuit

At last, it’s over.

Scott Ciambor, chief housing gfficer for the City and Borough of Juneau and board chair for the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, speaks at the Southeast Housing Summit at the Baranof Hotel on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The summit is a two-day program organized by the Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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New housing summit looks at housing problems, solutions in Southeast

What’s being done and what resources are available?

A Juneau Police Department car sits in front of Juneau-Douglas High School on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Police called twice in one day for ‘agitated’ man with knife

Man’s behavior concerned people at trailer park, bank.