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Dan DeBartolo is running for Juneau School Board.

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During budget crisis, DeBartolo says he’s the right school board candidate

Dan DeBartolo was the fourth candidate to file for Juneau School Board by deadline Monday afternoon. He joined…

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Feds designate Juneau’s Indian Point as sacred, worthy of protection

Indian Point in Juneau has recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places due to its…

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UAS students using disability services quintuples from 2008

JUNEAU — The number of students using disability services at the University of Alaska Southeast is more than…

Clockwise, from top left, area-wide candidates Norton Gregory and Kate Troll, District 2 candidate Beth Weldon; and District 1 candidates Arnold Liebelt, William Quayle Jr. and Mary Becker.

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Ballot finalized for fall Assembly election

The ballot for this fall’s city election is set. Six candidates, two of whom are incumbents, are vying…

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Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016

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

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Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor.…

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Police nab suspected wharf burglar

Police have arrested a man who allegedly broke into the Merchant’s Wharf building and stole at $600 worth…

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The race is on: Four in the running to fill two school board seats

Four have filed to run for two Juneau School Board seats, including a recent Thunder Mountain High School…

Katherine Dimond, 23, stands beside her winning 27.4 pound catch on Friday at the Douglas weighing station. Dimond's catch was the largest during the three-day 2016 Golden North Salmon Derby.

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Derby review: Smaller numbers, bigger fight

Katherine Dimond said she and her family were five minutes away from calling it a day when it…

This photo of Arnold Skeek, 27, shows the fisherman in clothes he is believed to have been wearing before he possibly fell overboard in the Auke Bay area on Sunday, according to his sister Amy Meats. The U.S. Coast Guard began a search for him around 11 a.m. on Sunday, but Monday around 1:30 p.m. that search was suspended.

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Missing man’s sister: ‘My brother’s gone’

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 27-year-old fisherman believed to have fallen overboard Sunday…

Kimberly Savland is the owner of Alaska Academy of Advanced Cosmetology located on Industrial Blvd.

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Juneau beauty school to become more affordable

On Monday morning, two students shuffled out of Juneau’s standard drizzle and into the Alaska Academy of Advanced…

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu purple belt instructor Harmony Armstrong demonstrates the "super slap" across her partner Jamee Wallis' ear after Armstrong escaped Wallis' attack. Armstrong was the first of three instructors to visit the Alaskan Dames shop in the Mendenhall Valley area as part of the "Dames in Defense" class series.

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Damsels in distress no more: Valley shop hosts free defense classes for women

When store owner Lisa Ibias heard about an assault not far from her Mendenhall Valley shop, she began…

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This Day in Juneau History: Aug. 15, 1986

On Aug. 15, 1986, polls for the upcoming gubernatorial election were showing unexpected outcomes for both parties. Gov.…

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Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor.…

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This Day in Juneau History: Aug. 14, 1986

On Aug. 14, 1986, the University of Alaska Board of Regents requested Gov. Bill Sheffield to reconsider the…

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Around Town

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club, 5680 Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Gun Club is…

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Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016

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

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Airport, CCFR seeks volunteers for disaster drill

Capital City Fire/Rescue is looking for volunteers to help out with a full-scale live emergency disaster drill at…

William Quayle Jr. stands beside his pedicab discussing what he plans to do if elected to the Juneau Assembly in October. Quayle mad his Assembly bid official on Friday after filing with the city election official.

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Third candidate announces bid for D1 Assembly seat

Insurance salesman, pedicab driver, Olympic aspirant, Sim City enthusiast, and — as of Friday — Juneau Assembly candidate.…

A mask carved by Don Morgan sits in his shop Haa Shagoon on Ferry Way, Tuesday. Morgan produces Northwest Coast art, which is placed alongside Alaska Native-produced art for sale in the shop.

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Exploring the gray area between cultural appreciation and appropriation in Juneau

Juneau tattoo artist David Lang has recently seen an uptick of people wanting Alaska Native formline tattoos, something…