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Police calls for Thursday, May 21, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, May 21, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Thursday, May 21, 2020
Angel investors to hold virtual final investment event
Angel investors to hold virtual final investment event
TMHS baseball coaches bid farewell to seniors

TMHS baseball coaches bid farewell to seniors

Unfortunately, these fine young men will never get to know what it feels like to play their last home game in front of their family… Continue reading

TMHS baseball coaches bid farewell to seniors
Opinion: Alaskans can move on from fossil fuels and flatten the climate curve

Opinion: Alaskans can move on from fossil fuels and flatten the climate curve

What we do in the decade ahead will determine whether we can avoid runaway climate change. Moving away from the production and use of fossil… Continue reading

Opinion: Alaskans can move on from fossil fuels and flatten the climate curve
Planet Alaska: The lungs of the island

Planet Alaska: The lungs of the island

“This place is the lungs-of-the-island,” my dad says. “The air is really clean up here.”

Planet Alaska: The lungs of the island
Opinion: COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways

Opinion: COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways

Children can get COVID-19, but the pandemic presents risks that go beyond direct effects.

Opinion: COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways
JDHS boys soccer coaches bid farewell to seniors

JDHS boys soccer coaches bid farewell to seniors

These seniors had a great run during their years playing soccer at JDHS.

JDHS boys soccer coaches bid farewell to seniors
TMHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors

TMHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors

The Falcon softball team and coaching staff wishes the best to our five graduating seniors

TMHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors
A spotted frog readies to go a courting after emerging for the season. Columbia spotted frogs hibernate in ponds, springs, beaver dams and under stream cut-banks where it doesn’t freeze and moisture has adequate dissolved oxygen for them to breathe (through the skin). (Courtesy Photo | Kerry Howard)

Spotting spotted frogs in the wild

They’re “singing” and ready to mingle.

A spotted frog readies to go a courting after emerging for the season. Columbia spotted frogs hibernate in ponds, springs, beaver dams and under stream cut-banks where it doesn’t freeze and moisture has adequate dissolved oxygen for them to breathe (through the skin). (Courtesy Photo | Kerry Howard)
JDHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors

JDHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors

We were looking forward to having a successful season with our four seniors leading our team.

JDHS softball coaches bid farewell to seniors
Police calls for Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, May 19, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Death Notice: Loretta Bertholl

Loretta May Bertholl, May 19,1931-April 13, 2020. Former Juneau resident Loretta Bertholl passed away of coronavirus in a Corvallis, Oregon, hospital on April 13. Phil… Continue reading

Robin O. Brena is a life-long Alaskan who grew up in Skagway, a longtime oil and gas attorney with Brena, Bell & Walker, the former Chair of the Oil and Gas Subcommittee for Gov. Bill Walker’s Transition Team, and the Chair of Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share. (Courtesy Photo | Robin O. Brena)

Opinion: Major oil producers thrive, while Southeast suffers

It is time for Alaskans to take back our fair share of revenues.

Robin O. Brena is a life-long Alaskan who grew up in Skagway, a longtime oil and gas attorney with Brena, Bell & Walker, the former Chair of the Oil and Gas Subcommittee for Gov. Bill Walker’s Transition Team, and the Chair of Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share. (Courtesy Photo | Robin O. Brena)
JDHS girls soccer coaches bid farewell to seniors
JDHS girls soccer coaches bid farewell to seniors
Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Is ‘We Are All in This Together’ a slogan or reality?

To provide some relief for the property owners in the CBJ, now is the time to reduce property taxes.

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Sunday, May 17, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, May 17, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, May 17, 2020
Duck-billed dinos stomped across the land bridge

Duck-billed dinos stomped across the land bridge

A dinosaur found in Japan is very similar to one that has been found throughout Alaska.

Duck-billed dinos stomped across the land bridge
Students from Juneau earn degrees

Students from Juneau earn degrees

Recognitions for May 17, 2020.

Students from Juneau earn degrees
Connecting people to salmon in Alaska, the East Coast and the Midwest during COVID-19
Connecting people to salmon in Alaska, the East Coast and the Midwest during COVID-19
Opinion: Finding the intrinsic beauty of sadness

Opinion: Finding the intrinsic beauty of sadness

Knowing sadness can be a healthy thing.

Opinion: Finding the intrinsic beauty of sadness