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Trucks with boat trailers line up at the North Douglas Boat Launch on Thursday. Read More

City finance director addresses property assessments at Chamber

05/24/13

In light of recent events - a mill increase stay and a new property assessment system - city finance director Bob Bartholomew, spoke at Thursday's Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon about the new processes adopted for assessing property value and tax.

Testimony begins in David Paul murder trial

05/24/13

Remembering the birth of her child, who would die four months later, Jacqueline Orr choked up and quietly cried on the witness stand during the first day of testimony in the murder trial against her then-boyfriend accused of causing the infant's death.

William S. Morris IV to head Morris Venture Capital

Today, 2:13pm

William S. (Will) Morris IV has been named CEO of Morris Venture Capital (MVC), a new division of Morris Communications Co. LLC, it has been announced by William S. Morris III, Chairman and CEO of Morris Communications.

Drug task force seizes heroin, marijuana in Juneau

Today, 2:56pm

Authorities say the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs task force seized heroin, marijuana and hashish during drug investigations in Juneau on Thursday and Friday.
Alaska State Troopers said in an online dispatch that SEACAD and U.S.

D&H Board discusses status of Statter Harbor project permit

05/24/13

The denied conditional use permit for the Statter Harbor master plan was the topic of discussion at a special Docks and Harbors board meeting Thursday before it goes before the city Planning Commission next week for reconsideration.

Coast Guard Station medevacs woman near Juneau

Local Lens

Colorful 'little people' | Comments: 2

Voter case under review | Comments: 3

Pacific Army head calls for Stryker Brigade review

Around town for Friday, May 24

Police & Fire for Friday, May 24, 2013

Alaska News

Shell says Kulluk left Dutch Harbor to avoid taxes

Flood warning issued for Salcha River

Shell says Kulluk left Dutch Harbor to avoid taxes

Alaska man sentenced to almost 400 years in prison

Alaska recreational boating deaths up in '12

National News

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

NTSB: Bridge collapse in Wash. is wake-up call

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

Giffords, husband address graduates at Bard

Mo. highway buckles after rail cars hit overpass

Special Features

Slideshow | Fire Academy Graduation

Slideshow | Custom Cruisers

Slideshow | Turner Lake Cabins

My Turn: The Alaska Family Medical Leave Act - not for our families

Carmen Cortese and Janet Forbes were married at the Douglas United Methodist Church, with their children and grandchildren present, and their congregation standing in support.

Taunted Bears bite Patriots

Maybe it was the sun, maybe it was the physical toll of an overtime loss against another of the state’s best teams the day before, or maybe it was not playing for the state championship like ... Read More

Falcons, Crimson Bears meet today for state diamond berth

Falcons girls battle Wolfpack in 2-0 state pitch loss

TMHS earns two 1-point wins on Region V diamond openers

Crimson Bears boys fall in OT on state pitch, Falcons girls fall 5-0

Mariners send slumping catcher Montero to minors

Outdoors

Colorful 'little people'

A year after the Jensen-Olson Arboretum earned a designation from the North American Plant Collections Consortium as the largest primrose collection in North America, things continue to sprout at Juneau's local public garden.

Trail Feature: Point Caroline Trail

Orchids in Southeast Alaska

From the garden: Rites of spring

JMR on ice

Arts & Culture

Art in unusual places

The Empire's Arts & Culture section welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places.

Submit images to amy.fletcher@juneauempire.

Two Juneau nonprofits receive ArtPlace grants

JAHC awards 2013 Fine Arts Scholarships

Local filmmaker wins LA Movie Award

Alaskan Pale Ale to be discontinued due to hops shortage

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.