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Former Juneau resident tied to Tongass fires

A former Juneau resident pled guilty Monday to charges related to an unauthorized burning of timber and failure to maintain control of a fire in… Continue reading

An excavator sifts through the rubble that was the Gastineau Apartments as seen from Gastineau Avenue on Tuesday.

Photo: So long and farewell

An excavator sifts through the rubble that was the Gastineau Apartments as seen from Gastineau Avenue on Tuesday.In case you missed it, check out the… Continue reading

An excavator sifts through the rubble that was the Gastineau Apartments as seen from Gastineau Avenue on Tuesday.
Marissa Capito, an engineering assistant at the Mendenhall Water Treatment Plant, gives a tour of the facility in November. A new dryer will be located at the plant to process biosolids.

Assembly chooses biosolids solution

At a work session Monday night, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly worked for about an hour to answer the age-old question: What happens… Continue reading

Marissa Capito, an engineering assistant at the Mendenhall Water Treatment Plant, gives a tour of the facility in November. A new dryer will be located at the plant to process biosolids.

Defendant in homicide case will return to Juneau

A former Juneau resident listened to a Juneau judge 500 miles away over the phone Tuesday as she made her first court appearance in connection… Continue reading

City to hold candidate meet-and-greet for new chief housing officer position

The City and Borough of Juneau will hold a public meet-and-greet Thursday with the two candidates looking to fill Juneau’s new chief housing officer position.Scott… Continue reading

Around Town

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9 a.m.-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m.,… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016

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

Police & Fire for Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.

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

Eagle knocks out power Sunday morning

An errant eagle knocked out power to much of Juneau on Sunday morning, according to Alaska Electric Light and Power.AEL&P outage logs state that the… Continue reading

Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, right, speaks during a House Majority press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. Also attending are Rep. Craig Johnson, R-Anchorage, Rep. Bob Herron, D-Bethel, and Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage.

At Valley Library, budget comments based on history

In the main meeting room of the Mendenhall Valley Public Library, the ideas being shared sounded like a page from an Alaska history book: school… Continue reading

Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, right, speaks during a House Majority press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. Also attending are Rep. Craig Johnson, R-Anchorage, Rep. Bob Herron, D-Bethel, and Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage.

Around Town

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

Carlton Smith reads a few words to those to those who attended NCADD's Candlelight Vigil Saturday night at Marine Park.

Shedding light on heroin in Juneau

Juneau resident Reagan Eidsness lost two brothers to heroin overdoses. It’s not an easy thing for her to talk about, but it’s a conversation she’s… Continue reading

Carlton Smith reads a few words to those to those who attended NCADD's Candlelight Vigil Saturday night at Marine Park.
Little snow and recent rains have left minimal snow coverage on the lower part of the Eaglecrest Ski Area on Monday.

Juneau finishes January with least snow since 1942

For the first time since 1942, the National Weather Service measured no sea-level snow in Juneau.According to measurements collected at Juneau International Airport, only a… Continue reading

Little snow and recent rains have left minimal snow coverage on the lower part of the Eaglecrest Ski Area on Monday.

Around Town

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

Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School student Greisha Aviles, 9, correctly spells the word "udon" to win the school's spelling bee Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016, in the multi-purpose room, as moderator Jacki Digennaro, at left, listens. James Helem, at right, finished second in the bee. Greisha will travel to Anchorage to compete in the state spelling bee. Eighth-grader Romy Bekeris won the Middle School spelling bee earlier this month, and will also compete at the state level. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

Photo: Sitka spelling bee

Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School student Greisha Aviles, 9, correctly spells the word “udon” to win the school’s spelling bee on Jan. 26 as moderator… Continue reading

Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School student Greisha Aviles, 9, correctly spells the word "udon" to win the school's spelling bee Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016, in the multi-purpose room, as moderator Jacki Digennaro, at left, listens. James Helem, at right, finished second in the bee. Greisha will travel to Anchorage to compete in the state spelling bee. Eighth-grader Romy Bekeris won the Middle School spelling bee earlier this month, and will also compete at the state level. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

Police calls for Monday, Feb. 1, 2016

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

Jordan Cooper, left, and Brady Allio receive their first-place certificates in videography from Roger Healy for the Jan Neimeyer iDida Photography and Video Contest at Thunder Mountain High School on Thursday. Healy is the husband of Neimeyer, a local art teacher who died in August 2013.

Juneau iDida digital arts contest celebrates departed teacher

In the Thunder Mountain High School library, a crowd of parents, high school students and elementary students alike filled the available seating to watch the… Continue reading

Jordan Cooper, left, and Brady Allio receive their first-place certificates in videography from Roger Healy for the Jan Neimeyer iDida Photography and Video Contest at Thunder Mountain High School on Thursday. Healy is the husband of Neimeyer, a local art teacher who died in August 2013.

After four months, progress on removing sunken tugboat

Four months after the 96-foot tugboat Challenger sank in Gastineau Channel, detailed efforts to remove the hulk are about to begin.On Friday, U.S. Coast Guard… Continue reading

Donald Stokes, a loading dock supervisor for Walmart, left, listens to Jeff Smith, the Southeast Regional Adult Basic Education Coordinator for The Learning Connection, during a special job fair for Walmart employees held at Gruening Park on Friday. Juneau's Walmart is slated to close Feb. 4.

Walmart workers shop for jobs as closure looms

On a typical day, Krista Harris leaves Walmart during her lunch break and walks to her home nearby to eat with her two young boys.… Continue reading

Donald Stokes, a loading dock supervisor for Walmart, left, listens to Jeff Smith, the Southeast Regional Adult Basic Education Coordinator for The Learning Connection, during a special job fair for Walmart employees held at Gruening Park on Friday. Juneau's Walmart is slated to close Feb. 4.

Woman arrested in unsolved 2014 death

Alaska authorities on Friday arrested a 28-year-old woman in connection to a homicide that has gone unsolved in Juneau for more than a year, according… Continue reading