It’s not easy to raise the dead.The men and women raising the 96-foot tugboat Challenger found that out Sunday afternoon as they attempted to refloat… Continue reading
The Juneau Empire welcomed a familiar face to its newsroom last week, while saying goodbye to another.Lisa Phu joined the Empire on Friday as a… Continue reading
Intermediate Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel spreadsheets and other intermediate level skills. Free. Details: 586-5718. Writing… Continue reading
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles has begun a program to notify drivers by email when their vehicle registration is due or when their license… Continue reading
A new study from the Alaska section of epidemiology indicates the number of newborn babies suffering from drug withdrawal is on the rise, particularly in… Continue reading
Juneau police do not suspect foul play in the death of 65-year-old Juneau man Timothy Volwiler. Volwiler’s body was found on Friday afternoon near the… Continue reading
The thermometer reached 50 degrees at the National Weather Service’s airport measuring station on Sunday, tying a record set in 1998 and marking the first… Continue reading
Surrounded on all sides by paintings of his own making, Avery Skaggs sat quietly in the gallery of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum Saturday morning smiling,… Continue reading
Intermediate Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel spreadsheets and other intermediate level skills. Free. Details: 586-5718. Writing… Continue reading
On Friday afternoon the Juneau Police Department received word that a man had been found face down and not breathing on a North Douglas trail.… Continue reading
Miners opposed to a proposal by Gov. Bill Walker to raise taxes on the state’s top-producing mines got help from an unexpected source Friday afternoon.Alongside… Continue reading
The carriage of one of the Mount Roberts Tramway cars lies, surrounded by caution tape, on the sidewalk in front of the tram hangar. Inside… Continue reading
Members of the Key Coalition of Alaska arrive for a rally in front of the Capitol on Friday. Key Coalition educates legislators about maintaining community-based… Continue reading
A large crane transported by barge moves beneath the Juneau-Douglas Bridge Friday afternoon. The crane from Hoonah will be used to lift the sunken 96-foot… Continue reading
Glacier Bay National Park has set the date for the grand-opening ceremonies celebrating the a new tribal house.Aug. 25 is the grand opening of the… Continue reading
Almost two weeks after an undersea fiber-optic cable was frayed by tides and a rough seafloor, the cable repair ship Wave Venture has completed a… Continue reading
Knights of Columbus Bishop Kenny Council brunch, 10 a.m.-noon, St. Paul’s Catholic Church. $10 for a family and $4 for an individual.Open trap shooting, 10… Continue reading
David Benton, former executive director of the Marine Conservation Alliance, has been reappointed to the federal Arctic Research Commission by President Barack Obama.The reappointment was… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed… Continue reading
When economist Greg Wolf talks about Alaska’s economy, the multibillion-dollar deficit isn’t the focal point. China is.Wolf, the executive director of World Trade Center-Alaska, told… Continue reading
