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Photo: A popular spot on Douglas

updated 6:15am

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.

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

05/24/13

KODIAK - A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat medevaced a female passenger from the 75-foot vessel Catalyst near Juneau Friday.

Local Lens

05/24/13

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Colorful 'little people' 6:32am | Comments: 2

Voter case under review 12:07am | Comments: 3

Pacific Army head calls for Stryker Brigade review 12:07am

Around town for Friday, May 24 12:07am

Police & Fire for Friday, May 24, 2013 6:17am

Alaska News

Trooper kills Sutton man after he shoots first

Kivalina students miss 3 weeks of school

Kauai indictment in former Alaska woman's murder

2nd bacteria outbreak reported on peninsula

Kivalina students miss 3 weeks of school

National News

Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

After vote on gay youth, Scouts face more turmoil

Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, sees horror behind him

Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair

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.