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Mayor Greg Fisk talks about his first week on the job during an interview on Friday.

A sit down with the new mayor

Greg Fisk officially assumed his position as Juneau’s new Mayor when he was sworn in Oct. 20. On Friday afternoon — with almost a week… Continue reading

Mayor Greg Fisk talks about his first week on the job during an interview on Friday.
Sheryl Weinberg, a cancer survivor, is the executive director of the non-profit Southeast Regional Resource (SERRC).

Gynecologic cancer: “Be aware down there”

In the spring of 2013, Sheryl Weinberg ran into a friend at a grocery store in Juneau. While catching up, each woman spoke about how… Continue reading

Sheryl Weinberg, a cancer survivor, is the executive director of the non-profit Southeast Regional Resource (SERRC).

Around town for Wednesday, Oct. 28

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428.Day of quilting, sewing… Continue reading

The U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Elderberry takes aboard navigation markers from Gastineau Channel on Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, 2015. Each winter, the markers are removed from the channel to protect them from damage during ice and winter storms. The markers are reinstalled in the spring.

Photo: Elderberry removes buoy

The U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Elderberry takes aboard navigation markers from Gastineau Channel on Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, 2015. Each winter, the markers are… Continue reading

The U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Elderberry takes aboard navigation markers from Gastineau Channel on Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, 2015. Each winter, the markers are removed from the channel to protect them from damage during ice and winter storms. The markers are reinstalled in the spring.
Scott Willis, Vice President and Generation Engineer for AEL&P, right, discusses the rebuilding process of transmission lines destroyed in an avalance with Tim McLeod, president of AEL&P, at the Snettisham hydroelectric project in April 2008.

AEL&P’s avalanche man dies at age 61

The public face of Alaska Electric Light and Power during the Snettisham avalanche crisis has died.Kenneth Scott Willis, 61, succumbed to cancer on Thursday in… Continue reading

Scott Willis, Vice President and Generation Engineer for AEL&P, right, discusses the rebuilding process of transmission lines destroyed in an avalance with Tim McLeod, president of AEL&P, at the Snettisham hydroelectric project in April 2008.

Around town for Tuesday, Oct. 27

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428.Day of quilting, sewing… Continue reading

Safeway employees Heather Abrams and Aileen Sanchez, right, embrace during a memorial Monday for former employee Brandon Cook, 30, who was murdered last week. Police have charge Christopher Strawn with the crime and he is being held on $1 million bail.

At Safeway, co-workers and friends remember Brandon Cook

Gathered on the sidewalk outside Safeway, friends and co-workers remembered Brandon C. Cook as someone with a big smile and an even bigger heart, known… Continue reading

Safeway employees Heather Abrams and Aileen Sanchez, right, embrace during a memorial Monday for former employee Brandon Cook, 30, who was murdered last week. Police have charge Christopher Strawn with the crime and he is being held on $1 million bail.
An Assembly work session on Monday evening put an end to plans to send marijuana ordinance back to the Community Development Department.

Pot biz block stopped

A motion to send an ordinance relating to marijuana businesses back to the Community Development Department was shot down handily at an Assembly work session… Continue reading

An Assembly work session on Monday evening put an end to plans to send marijuana ordinance back to the Community Development Department.

Photo: Healy departs

With the help of two tugboats, the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy leaves Juneau’s downtown harbor Monday morning. The Healy was open for… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, second from left, helps Roy Peratrovich, Jr., cut a ribbon as Sandra Garcia-Aline, of the Federal Highway Administration, left, Sasha Soboleff, Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, Johanna Dybdahl, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and Marc Luiken, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, right, hold a ribbon during the rededication ceremony for the Brotherhood Bridge on Saturday.

Brotherhood Bridge rededicated

For at least the fifth time in Juneau’s history, a new bridge spans the Mendenhall River. The Brotherhood Bridge was rededicated on Saturday morning after… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, second from left, helps Roy Peratrovich, Jr., cut a ribbon as Sandra Garcia-Aline, of the Federal Highway Administration, left, Sasha Soboleff, Grand President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, Johanna Dybdahl, Grand President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, and Marc Luiken, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, right, hold a ribbon during the rededication ceremony for the Brotherhood Bridge on Saturday.

SHI launches weekly lunch lecture series

Sealaska Heritage Institute will begin its weekly lunch lecture series on Nov. 3 with Tsimshian master artist David Boxley speaking noon to 1 p.m. in… Continue reading

Journeyman archivist program seeks applicants

The Alaska State Historical Records Advisory Board is seeking applicants for a six-week internship at an archive in Alaska. The internship is a paid journeyman… Continue reading

Rain streak runs to 19 days

No rain fell in Juneau on Sunday, marking the first dry day in the capital city since Oct. 6.The measurement was recorded by the National… Continue reading

Theater finds slithery surprise

A double showing of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” brought plenty of unusual sights to the Gold Town Nickelodeon over the weekend, but the biggest… Continue reading

Tsimshian art, language classes to take place in Juneau

Sealaska Heritage Institute will next week host two Northwest Coast artists for art and language classes in Juneau.Tsimshian master artist David A. Boxley will teach… Continue reading

Report: Southeast economy poised for downward swing

Southeast Alaska’s economy appears to be entering a stormy season.That’s the conclusion of a new report completed by Rain Coast Data and the Southeast Conference.… Continue reading

Some of the crew of the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy head to downtown Juneau as others stand watch on Friday. The ship stopped in Juneau during a return trip to it's Seattle base after it's Arctic West Summer 2015 science mission.

Photo: On the lookout

Kirk Thorsteinson holds up his son, Craig, 5, so he can look through the 20-power binoculars on the bridge of the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast… Continue reading

Some of the crew of the polar icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy head to downtown Juneau as others stand watch on Friday. The ship stopped in Juneau during a return trip to it's Seattle base after it's Arctic West Summer 2015 science mission.

DNR: TransCanada ‘supportive’ of buyout

Canadian pipeline builder TransCanada supports a proposal to buy out its stake in the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, deputy natural resources director Marty Rutherford… Continue reading

Around town for Monday, Oct. 26

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Tai Chi class for ages 60 and older, 10 a.m.-11 a.m., Filipino Communit Hall. Enrollment… Continue reading

Police blotter for Monday, Oct. 26, 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