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Juneau Empire’s voter guide for Oct. 1 municipal election

Mayor, Assembly, school board, municipal bond and cruise ship items on ballots being mailed Thursday.

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Cruise ships and passengers visit Marine Park on Saturday, June 22, 2024. A proposition on the fall ballot would ban large cruise ships on Saturday and the Fourth of July in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Ballot Propositions 2: Ship-Free Saturday

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Cruise ships and passengers visit Marine Park on Saturday, June 22, 2024. A proposition on the fall ballot would ban large cruise ships on Saturday and the Fourth of July in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen (left) and Vice President Emil Mackey, holding his son Emil Mackey IV, listen to discussion about next year’s budget for the school district during a meeting March 14 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. Recall votes for both board members are on the Oct. 1 municipal election ballot.

Recall petitions A and B: Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen and Vice President Emil Mackey

This story, originally published in the July 11 Juneau Empire, has been moved in front of the Empire’s paywall. Recall votes for the top two… Continue reading

Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo Juneau Board of Education President Deedie Sorensen (left) and Vice President Emil Mackey, holding his son Emil Mackey IV, listen to discussion about next year’s budget for the school district during a meeting March 14 at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé. Recall votes for both board members are on the Oct. 1 municipal election ballot.
Mayoral candidate Angela Rodell. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Angela Rodell

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

Mayoral candidate Angela Rodell. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Incumbent Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Beth Weldon

Mayoral candidate in the 2024 Juneau muncipal election

Incumbent Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 1 Assembly candidate Neil Steininger. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Neil Steininger

Assembly District 1 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 1 Assembly candidate Neil Steininger. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 1 Assembly candidate Connor Ulmer. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Connor Ulmer

Assembly District 1 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 1 Assembly candidate Connor Ulmer. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Mary Marks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Mary Marks

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Mary Marks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Dorene Lorenz. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Dorene Lorenz

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Dorene Lorenz. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Maureen Hall. (Official City and Borough of Juneau election profile photo)

Get to know a candidate: Maureen Hall

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Maureen Hall. (Official City and Borough of Juneau election profile photo)
District 2 Assembly candidate Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Nathaniel (Nano) Brooks. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
District 2 Assembly candidate Emily Mesch. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Get to know a candidate: Emily Mesch

Assembly District 2 candidate in the 2024 Juneau municipal election

District 2 Assembly candidate Emily Mesch. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire Lily Weed, 4, visits with Cade Jobsis, 3, during a walkathon Saturday at the Mendenhall Mall to raise funds for treatment for a rare genetic disorder he has.

A lot of steps forward to help Cade Jobsis, 3, seek treatment for rare genetic disorder

Walkathon at Mendenhall Mall raises about $40K for Juneau youth with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire Lily Weed, 4, visits with Cade Jobsis, 3, during a walkathon Saturday at the Mendenhall Mall to raise funds for treatment for a rare genetic disorder he has.
Juneau City Manager Katie Koester (right) and Deputy City Manager Robert Barr discuss the possibility of another flood this year from Suicide Basin with Mary Marks, a Juneau Assembly candidate, during a meeting of the Assembly’s Committee of the Whole on Monday night. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Another large flood from Suicide Basin in October is possible, city leaders warn

Water building up again in ice dam could freeze, partially release or trigger another full release.

Juneau City Manager Katie Koester (right) and Deputy City Manager Robert Barr discuss the possibility of another flood this year from Suicide Basin with Mary Marks, a Juneau Assembly candidate, during a meeting of the Assembly’s Committee of the Whole on Monday night. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Huskies, seen here taking the field for the second half of an Aug. 24 home game against Service High School, prevailed in a road trip game Friday night in Bishop, California, defeating Bishop Union High School 17-6. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Juneau defeats Bishop Union High School 17-6 as lots of players make lots of key plays

Huskies survive as the fittest in “caveman football” game during California road trip.

The Juneau Huskies, seen here taking the field for the second half of an Aug. 24 home game against Service High School, prevailed in a road trip game Friday night in Bishop, California, defeating Bishop Union High School 17-6. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo State Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, speaks during a rally on behalf of Alaska residents with disabilities at the Alaska State Capitol on March 1, 2023.

Bills by Juneau legislator adding official Indigenous state languages, upgrading dock safety become law

Safety bill by Rep. Story also contains provision by Sen. Kiehl expanding disaster aid eligibility.

Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo State Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, speaks during a rally on behalf of Alaska residents with disabilities at the Alaska State Capitol on March 1, 2023.
Police and other emergency officials treat Steven Kissack after he was fatally shot on Front Street on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

UPDATE: Bodycam footage of Steven Kissack shooting, results of state investigation scheduled for release Tuesday

Videos, originally scheduled for Friday release, delayed until JPD gets state report, police chief says.

Police and other emergency officials treat Steven Kissack after he was fatally shot on Front Street on Monday, July 15, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
Workers construct a greenhouse behind the Edward K. Thomas building during the summer of 2021. The greenhouse is part of a food sovereignty project by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, which this week received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to establish or expand composting operations in five Southast Alaska communities including Juneau. (Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska photo)

Tlingit and Haida gets $15M EPA grant for composting operations in five Southeast Alaska communities

Funds will establish or expand programs in Juneau, Wrangell, Hoonah, Petersburg and Yakutat.

Workers construct a greenhouse behind the Edward K. Thomas building during the summer of 2021. The greenhouse is part of a food sovereignty project by the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, which this week received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to establish or expand composting operations in five Southast Alaska communities including Juneau. (Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska photo)
Duff Mitchell (right), a board member of the Downtown Business Association, reads a question to Juneau Assembly and mayoral candidates during a forum Tuesday night at V’s Cellar Door restaurant. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Near-unanimous opposition to Ship-Free Saturday proposition by Assembly and mayoral candidates

Mayoral and Assembly hopefuls also discuss downtown’s economic future, City Hall and bond measures.

Duff Mitchell (right), a board member of the Downtown Business Association, reads a question to Juneau Assembly and mayoral candidates during a forum Tuesday night at V’s Cellar Door restaurant. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds (foreground) and Xáalnook Erin Tripp star in the play “Cold Case,” focusing on a story involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, which is scheduled to make its stage debut Friday at Perseverance Theatre. (Akiko Nishijima Rotch / Perseverance Theatre)
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Play revealing unseen struggles of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons debuts at Perseverance Theatre

“Cold Case” features story of rural Iñupiaq woman trying to recover aunt’s body from Anchorage.

Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds (foreground) and Xáalnook Erin Tripp star in the play “Cold Case,” focusing on a story involving Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, which is scheduled to make its stage debut Friday at Perseverance Theatre. (Akiko Nishijima Rotch / Perseverance Theatre)