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Police calls for Tuesday, May 31, 2016

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Students await the start of the graduation ceremony Sunday at Thunder Mountain High School.

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Photos: Juneau’s Class of 2016

Juneau-Douglas High School, Thunder Mountain High School and Yaakoosgé Daakahídi Alternative High School held graduations on Sunday. Related…

Twelve flags surround the Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Park totem pole in honor of the 12 Southeast Alaskan servicemen who lost their lives serving their nation. The flags were placed by Alaska Native veterans during Monday's Memorial Day service.

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Fallen servicemen remembered for their ‘ultimate sacrifice’

Veterans wore service patches on their jackets beside regalia from their respective clans during the Southeast Alaska Native…

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Police reports for Monday, May 30, 2016

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Today, May 31 Valley Toastmasters meeting, 6:15 a.m., St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Parish Hall. A safe, fun environment…

Downtown arts and carvings shop Artifact was open for business Friday following a burglary Thursday afternoon. Police say more than $6,000 in merchandise was stolen and there are no leads at this time.

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Downtown businesses lose thousands from burglaries

Police say $14,000 in cash went missing from the Princess Cruise Line office in downtown Juneau on Thursday.…

Taken at a fan event in 2014, Todd Jones poses with Nathan Fillion, who plays Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the cult-classic science fiction show "Firefly," and Adam Baldwin who plays Jayne Cobb.

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Geeking out with comic con director and former Juneauite Todd Jones

Todd Jones never thought his career would one day involve driving his idol Leonard Nimoy, who is famous…

Juneau resident Kevin Enloe talks about the obstacles and barriers he encountered leaving prison and reentering the community during a Juneau Reentry Coalition community dialogue on May 25, 2016.

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Ex-inmate: After release, ‘Judgment everywhere I went’

For Christina Wigg, one of the hardest things about getting out of prison was other people judging her.…

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Southeast Alaska Spring Shoot, 8:30 a.m. registration, 9:30 a.m. shooting, Juneau Gun Club. Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2…

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Police calls for Sunday, May 29, 2016

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Police calls for Friday, May 27, 2016

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Correction

In a brief news item that ran in the Outdoors section of the Empire on May 20, titled…

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Summer Reading Program, all summer, all Juneau Public Libraries. GED orientation class, 9 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210…

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Downtown drive-by shooter pleads guilty

A Juneau man accused of firing a bullet that landed just inches away a person’s head pleaded guilty…

Thunder Mountain High School senior Kevin Allen will be spending the summer in Washington, D.C., working as an intern for Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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From the halls of high school to the halls of Congress

Kevin Allen is not your typical teenager. Instead of on a sports field or at a bonfire, you’re…

The sun shines on tulips at the Shrine of St. Therese on a recent afternoon.

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Photo: A bright landscape

The sun shines on tulips at the Shrine of St. Therese on Saturday afternoon.

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Police expand patrols for holiday weekend

The Juneau Police Department plans to increase its presence across town this weekend in anticipation of Memorial Day…

Juneau Community Charter School teachers Jenny Strumfeld and Steve Morley present their eighth grade students during the Moving On Ceremony at Northern Light United Church on Wednesday.

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‘Moving On’ and up: Juneau students mark last days of school year

Juneau fifth-grader Marlla Cabrigas-Blatnick beamed as she listened to teacher Thomas Schwartz make some personal remarks about her.…

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Two-day conference on suicide prevention next week

The Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition is holding a conference called, “Adverse Childhood Experiences and Suicide: Learn, Change, Prevent.”…

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Chamber luncheon to focus on youth education

Brian Holst, executive director of the Juneau Economic Development Council, and Joy Lyon, executive director of the Association…