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As mining booms in Southeast, so does mine training program 

updated 12:08am

The mining industry in Southeast Alaska has taken off in recent years. And as mining has grown as a sector of the local, regional and state economy, the University of Alaska Southeast has embarked on a mission to meet the demand for new mine workers.

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GED recipients celebrate with graduation ceremony

Today, 12:08am

Roses in hand, they marched single file. Eighteen of this year's 113 Southeast Alaska GED graduates marched down the center isle of the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall with their heads held high with pride. They'd made it.

Shaken baby murder trial to begin Monday

Today, 12:09am

The murder trial for a Juneau man accused of killing his 4-month-old daughter by shaking her is slated to begin on Monday.
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Christopher Orman joins CBJ's law department

Today, 12:12am

A pair of old headphones sat atop a legal pad on Christopher Orman's desk. He wasn't listening to music.
As the incoming assistant city attorney and prosecutor to take over when August Petropulos steps down, Orman, 36, is listening to court transcripts.

Rustan Burton named publisher of the Empire

Today, 12:09am

AUGUSTA, GA - Morris Publishing Group, LLC announced Friday the appointment of Rustan Burton to publisher of the Juneau Empire.

Pavlof volcano shoots lava

Today, 12:12am

Alaska's remote Pavlof Volcano was shooting lava hundreds of feet into the air, but its ash plume was thinning Saturday and no longer making it dangerous for airplanes to fly nearby.

Outdoors

Neary named new director of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

John Neary remembers well the time he watched a group of tourists dine on a pizza lunch at the viewing area at Pack Creek, on Admiralty Island. It wasn't long before a big brown bear was interested, as well.

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Neighbors

3 in a million disease doesn't stop one in a million girl

Her second home is the Children's Hospital in Seattle and her second family is a team of doctors, but Taylee Escalante has control over her life, it's not controlled by Microscopic Polyangiitis.

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