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Juneau-Douglas High School sophomore Asianna Mazon (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the second half of the team’s 5-2 win over Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, March 30, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Bears begin season with win over Falcons on snow-rimmed field

On a field surrounded by snow, Juneau-Douglas High School senior Marlena Romanoff put the game on ice. With four minutes to play Friday night, the… Continue reading

Juneau-Douglas High School sophomore Asianna Mazon (right) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the second half of the team’s 5-2 win over Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, March 30, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Two Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighters examine pet birds that survived a house fire in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, March 30, 3018. A third bird died in the fire. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Residents survive Valley house fire, pet bird perishes

Two people are safe after a fire broke out at a home in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday afternoon, Capital City Fire/Rescue responders said. John… Continue reading

Two Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighters examine pet birds that survived a house fire in the Mendenhall Valley on Friday, March 30, 3018. A third bird died in the fire. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
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Man indicted for allegedly hitting family member in face with beer bottle

A Juneau man allegedly struck a family member in the face with a bottle this past weekend, according to charging documents, and was indicted for… Continue reading

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A front window of Duck Creek Market is cracked after a car crashed into the front of the building on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Car crashes into Duck Creek Market

On Wednesday afternoon, cracks spread across one of the front windows of Duck Creek Market. Bricks below the window were missing, cracked and dented. The… Continue reading

A front window of Duck Creek Market is cracked after a car crashed into the front of the building on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
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Options fairly limited when a pet dies in Juneau

A recent backup at Juneau’s only pet cremation service has shed light on the fact that pet owners’ options are fairly limited once their pet… Continue reading

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Andy Jones, director for the Alaska Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention, speaks during a community meeting in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, on what Juneau needs to fight opioid misuse. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Local, state leaders gather to confront the opioid crisis

Almost everyone in the room had their hand up. Hope Finkelstein from the state’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention (OSMAP) had asked a… Continue reading

Andy Jones, director for the Alaska Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention, speaks during a community meeting in the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, on what Juneau needs to fight opioid misuse. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Police looking for ‘large’ number of stolen guns, gold

If you think a deal you got on a gun or gold recently in Juneau was too good to be true, you might be right.… Continue reading

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Dr. Steve Atwater, pictured, will be the executive dean of the University of Alaska Southeast’s Alaska College of Education. (Courtesy photo | University of Alaska Southeast)

UAS selects dean of education school

The University of Alaska Southeast’s new Alaska College of Education (AKCOE) has its executive dean. University of Alaska leaders selected Dr. Steve Atwater for the… Continue reading

Dr. Steve Atwater, pictured, will be the executive dean of the University of Alaska Southeast’s Alaska College of Education. (Courtesy photo | University of Alaska Southeast)
Collette Costa, co-owner of Gold Town Nickelodeon, talks Monday, March 26, 2018, about two recent break-ins at the downtown theater. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Three break-ins occur at Gold Town Nickelodeon, Rainbow Foods within one week

When Collette Costa, co-owner of the Gold Town Nickelodeon, arrived at the movie theater on Monday, March 12, she knew immediately something was wrong. The… Continue reading

Collette Costa, co-owner of Gold Town Nickelodeon, talks Monday, March 26, 2018, about two recent break-ins at the downtown theater. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Man heading to trial on federal drug conspiracy charges

Bryan O’Neil Yambao Arce was arrested last April for bringing meth into Juneau, and is currently serving a three-year sentence for the crime. According to… Continue reading

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Yakutat’s women’s team celebrates beating Haines in the Women’s final in the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Strong second half pushes Yakutat to first title since 2014

Haines entered Saturday’s Women’s Bracket championship game looking for its third title in a row. Yakutat had other ideas, pulling away in the second half… Continue reading

Yakutat’s women’s team celebrates beating Haines in the Women’s final in the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Canine Ricky and his handler Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan Brosowsky, a member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco (91105), conducts a sweep of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal parking lot in Juneau, Alaska, March 12, 2018. (Courtesy photo | Lt. Brian Dykens)

Coast Guard, partners, search ferries for drugs, explosives

If you traveled on the Alaska Marine Highway System earlier this month, you might have been welcomed into port by drug dogs. From March 9-15,… Continue reading

Canine Ricky and his handler Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan Brosowsky, a member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco (91105), conducts a sweep of the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry terminal parking lot in Juneau, Alaska, March 12, 2018. (Courtesy photo | Lt. Brian Dykens)
Kake’s Kip Howard keeps the ball away from Hoonah’s Ken Willard Jr. in the Master’s bracket final at the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Buzzer-beater lifts Kake over Hoonah in M Bracket final

Kip Howard didn’t know how much time was left. When he grabbed the offensive rebound with his Kake team down by one, he only knew… Continue reading

Kake’s Kip Howard keeps the ball away from Hoonah’s Ken Willard Jr. in the Master’s bracket final at the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Man with warrant leads police on foot chase after ditching stolen car

After a pursuit that included a crash into a snowbank, the hopping of a fence and the suspect continuing to run after having been tased,… Continue reading

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Woman pronounced deceased after assault results in head injury

Ten days after an assault sent a 59-year-old California resident to an Anchorage hospital, the woman was pronounced dead, according to the Juneau Police Department.… Continue reading

Hydaburg’s Joe Young drives to the basket against Lance Doeake, center, and Rudy Bean in a B bracket game in the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Thursday, March 22, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Hydaburg stays alive with flurry of threes in final minutes against Kake

All of a sudden, the lead was gone. From the final minutes of the second quarter until midway through the fourth, Kake held a double-digit… Continue reading

Hydaburg’s Joe Young drives to the basket against Lance Doeake, center, and Rudy Bean in a B bracket game in the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Thursday, March 22, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Leah Van Kirk, Southeast Alaska Pretrial Enforcement Supervisor, speaks from the new pretrial office on Sherwood Lane on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Pretrial enforcement showing promising signs

A man came into Southeast Pretrial Enforcement Supervisor Leah Van Kirk’s office about a month ago after being arrested. Van Kirk was going to get… Continue reading

Leah Van Kirk, Southeast Alaska Pretrial Enforcement Supervisor, speaks from the new pretrial office on Sherwood Lane on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

DOT employees learn more about challenges for pedestrians with disabilities

Employees from the Alaska Department of Transportation &Public Facilities got a different look at downtown Juneau on Tuesday. As part of a training program funded… Continue reading

Klukwan’s Tony Tompkins, right, attempts a steal against Hydaburg’s Damen Bell-Holter in their B bracket game at the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Monday, March 19, 2018. Klukwan won 65-61. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Gold Medal: The basketball tournament where everybody knows your name

The distinctive sounds of Gold Medal basketball filled the Juneau-Douglas High School gym on Monday. The pounding of children’s shoes on the court as they… Continue reading

Klukwan’s Tony Tompkins, right, attempts a steal against Hydaburg’s Damen Bell-Holter in their B bracket game at the Juneau Lion’s Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Monday, March 19, 2018. Klukwan won 65-61. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Kyle “Filipino Flower” De La Rosa, left, acknowledges his opponent Cody “The Wolverine” Williams after their main event at the 31st Alaska Beatdown at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Saturday, March 17, 2018. (Erin Laughlin | For the Juneau Empire)

Local fighter makes statement with quick defeat of Anchorage fighter at AK Beatdown

Anchorage fighter Cody Williams pounded on the mat and yelled prior to his fight at Saturday’s AK Beatdown event, the St. Paddy’s Day Brawl. Across… Continue reading

Kyle “Filipino Flower” De La Rosa, left, acknowledges his opponent Cody “The Wolverine” Williams after their main event at the 31st Alaska Beatdown at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Saturday, March 17, 2018. (Erin Laughlin | For the Juneau Empire)