Nominations open for 2016 Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards

The Alaska SeaLife Center will accept nominations until Dec. 7 for the Alaska Ocean Leadership Awards, which recognize those who have made significant contributions to… Continue reading

City museum to host ‘Coffee and Collections’

Andrew Bogar, Disaster Program Specialist at the American Red Cross of Alaska, will speak Saturday at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum as part of the museumā€™s… Continue reading

Life-threatening injuries for one survivor after plane crash

Seattleā€™s Harborview Medical Center staff identified Martha Mackowiak, 51, as the passenger medevaced last night from Juneau to Seattle after surviving a plane crash.Although stabilized… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2015
  • By CHARLES L. WESTMORELAND and PAULA ANN SOLIS
  • NewsLocal News
Downtown Juneau.

City housing incentive nearly ready

The city is only months away from implementing its accessory apartment incentive program, Lands and Resources Manager Greg Chaney told the members of the Affordable… Continue reading

Downtown Juneau.

Police & Fire for Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading

Around town for Wednesday, Nov. 4

Digital World class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way. Course will include: Google - Calendar, Drive, Sites (for web pages), Chrome Social… Continue reading

Christopher D. Strawn, 32, appears in Juneau Superior Court Tuesday for his arraignment on first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault and weapons misconduct charges in the murder of 30-year-old Brandon C. Cook at the Kodzoff Acres Mobile Home Park Oct. 20.

Juneau man pleads not guilty in Valley murder

A Juneau resident accused of shooting and killing a man ā€œexecution styleā€ in a Mendenhall Valley trailer park last month maintained his innocence during a… Continue reading

Christopher D. Strawn, 32, appears in Juneau Superior Court Tuesday for his arraignment on first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, third-degree assault and weapons misconduct charges in the murder of 30-year-old Brandon C. Cook at the Kodzoff Acres Mobile Home Park Oct. 20.

Photo: Duck watchers

Haley Gaines watches the ducks at Rotary Park on Riverside Drive with her daughters Kaley, 3, and Kore, 7, on Monday.… Continue reading

Brian Wilson, a research analyst for the Alaska Mental Health Board, speaks to Juneau residents attending a lunch meeting on the city's homeless vulnerability index in the Assembly chambers on Monday.

Falling in between the cracks

Within the already delicate homeless population exists a subgroup of people classified as vulnerable. Their greatest vulnerability ā€” a premature death.A two-day search by Glory… Continue reading

Brian Wilson, a research analyst for the Alaska Mental Health Board, speaks to Juneau residents attending a lunch meeting on the city's homeless vulnerability index in the Assembly chambers on Monday.

Land trade helps city tackle housing

Just off of Glacier Highway, across from Sherwood Lane, sits the city-owned Pederson Hill Subdivision. Itā€™s hard to recognize unless you know what youā€™re looking… Continue reading

Around town for Tuesday, Nov. 3

Digital World class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way. Course will include: Google - Calendar, Drive, Sites (for web pages), Chrome Social… Continue reading

Mendenhall Library to hold grand opening Saturday

The new Mendenhall Valley Public Library will hold a grand-opening celebration from 11 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, and the public is invited to… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading

Rain showers bring down maple leaves downtown on 9th Street on Friday.

Photo: Autumn rains bring maple showers

Rain showers bring down maple leaves downtown on 9th Street on Friday.… Continue reading

Rain showers bring down maple leaves downtown on 9th Street on Friday.

October finishes drier than normal

October is the heart of the rainy season in Juneau, but not so much in 2015.According to figures from the National Weather Service office here,… Continue reading

Around town for Monday, Nov. 2

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Digital World class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way. Course will include:… Continue reading

Phil Isaak, right, and Nik Reis of Ike's Fuel finish filling a home heating oil tank downtown on Friday.

Bringing LNG to the CBJ

Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, commonly known to Southeast Alaskans as AEL&P, may soon have to squeeze a ā€œGā€ into the acronym representing its… Continue reading

Phil Isaak, right, and Nik Reis of Ike's Fuel finish filling a home heating oil tank downtown on Friday.
A Seattle company is considering buying the Gastineau Apartments at Franklin and Front Streets which has been left vacant after a fire on November 5, 2012.

Developers to buy, restore Gastineau Apartments

A Seattle company entered into an agreement with the owner of the Gastineau Apartments on Thursday to buy the burned-out buildings.Public Private Partnership LLC and… Continue reading

A Seattle company is considering buying the Gastineau Apartments at Franklin and Front Streets which has been left vacant after a fire on November 5, 2012.

Around town for Sunday, Nov. 1

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Trap Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Trap Club is open to members and public trap… Continue reading

Police and fire for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading