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The Wilderness Adventurer is docked at the Seadrome on Friday, April 13, 2018. Aboard, politicians and representatives from the tourism industry spoke about bringing tourists to S.E. Alaska in the spring — a few months earlier than usual. The vessel set sail on its first spring cruise in Alaska the day after this photo was taken. (Richard McGrail | Juneau Empire)

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Tourism’s next push: the spring cruise

It’s a few weeks early for cruise ship tourism in Juneau. That won’t stop Dan Blanchard. Hosting a…

Kenny Smith talks about learning to carve at Lemon Creek Correctional Center on Monday, April 13, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Art behind bars: Lemon Creek art program benefits inmates, regional nonprofits

Editor’s note: Additional details have been added to clarify the collaboration between programs at the Sealaska Corporation and…

Devil’s Club Brewing Co.’s Evan Wood talks to customers at the microbrewery’s new taproom on Franklin Street on Wednesday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Four years in the making: ‘Taproom-focused’ microbrewery opens on N. Franklin Street

After four years of preparation, a new brewery opened Wednesday on North Franklin Street. Devil’s Club Brewing Co.,…

Dr. Gilbert Truitt speaks after receiving the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska President’s Lifetime Achievement Award during President’s Awards Banquet April 19. (Courtesy Photo | Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)

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Renowned Sitka educator, ‘Mr. Mt. Edgecumbe,’ honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

“It’s about time.” That was the response Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska…

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Leader of California drug ring had apartment in Juneau

The “primary facilitator” of a drug ring that extended from California to Alaska had an apartment in Juneau,…

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Police seek culprit in tool theft

On Feb. 12, someone arrived to a work trailer to find the trailer open and more than two…

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Police investigate theft of medication from hospital

Several medications disappeared from a room in Bartlett Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department last week, and police are looking…

Charle Swanton, Deputy Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, speaks about fishery treaties during the King Salmon Symposium sponsored by the Territorial Sportsmen at Centennial Hall on Monday, April 16, 2018.

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What sport fishermen need to know about the king salmon crisis

Few issues will keep Juneauites inside on a sunny evening, but salmon conservation is among them. With king…

Members of the community sit in during discussions of the City’s mining ordinance at the Committee of the Whole Meeting at Assembly Chambers Monday. (Gregory Philson | Juneau Empire)

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City approves sending mining ordinance to Planning Commission for review

The ongoing revisions to the city’s mining ordinance are headed to the City and Borough of Juneau’s Planning…

Mark Anthony De Simone, 53 at the time, arrives in Juneau District Court for his arraignment in this May 2016 file photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Murder trial for former Arizona legislator to begin Monday

Nearly two years after the shooting death of Duilio Antonio “Tony” Rosales, the man accused of his murder…

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Professor to discuss tobacco and crime links

At the University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall tonight, Dr. Chad Morris, Professor and Director of the…

A Primula vialii blooms in the Jensen-Olson Arboretum on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. The arboretum boasts North America’s largest primula (primrose) collection, with about 200 varieties. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire File)

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Primrose Society hosting three-day event

The City and Borough of Juneau’s Jensen-Olson Arboretum is hosting the 2018 American Primrose Society National Show and…

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Airport celebrating snow removal equipment building

In celebration of the new snow removal equipment building, the Juneau International Airport is holding a ribbon cutting…

In this July 21, 2013 photo, Roland Maw takes notes during a hearing on the Magnuson Stevens federal fisheries management act in Kenai. (File photo)

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Former Board of Fisheries nominee indicted for third time

Correction: An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that obtaining resident licenses in another state makes a…

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New program gives students access to medical fields

Sahara Kilic lives in Skagway where there is only a clinic that provides health care, so she wanted…

A pile of king salmon caught in the Fish Creek Pond in June, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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King salmon crisis to be addressed at symposium

Correction: This article first appeared with a headline which had the wrong date for the salmon symposium. The…

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City discussing mining ordinance, Hurlock property, Centennial Hall management

The City’s mining ordinance, Centennial Hall management and the future of the Hurlock property are all on the…

Michael Patterson, the self-proclaimed “Ghostwalker” of Juneau, speaks from a bed at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Patterson, a spokesperson for the Center for Disease Control’s anti-smoking campaign, is diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder, a form of emphysema. Patterson said exposure to black mold sent him to the hospital with symptoms like pneumonia. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Smoker turned inspirational speaker finds meaning, joy late in life

Walking to his car after speaking to a group at the Yurok Indian Reservation, Michael Patterson saw a…

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Juneau man sentenced for being felon in possession of a gun

After pleading guilty in November, a Juneau resident was sentenced Wednesday for being a felon in possession of…

The Juneau Empire building at 3100 Channel Drive. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Sound Publishing buys Juneau Empire

Seattle-based Sound Publishing, Inc., announced today its purchase of the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly from GateHouse…