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Photos: Friday Night Basketball
Photos: Friday Night Basketball
Juneau-Douglas High School students wait for rides home after malfunctioning boiler caused the school to close early on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

JDHS closes early

There’s something in the air.

Juneau-Douglas High School students wait for rides home after malfunctioning boiler caused the school to close early on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

Police calls for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019

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 Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019

Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019

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Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019
Alaska mental illness org receives grant

Alaska mental illness org receives grant

National Alliance on Mental Illness Alaska was awarded a Premera Social Impact Grant to connect Alaskans affected by mental illness with online support. NAMI’s mental… Continue reading

Alaska mental illness org receives grant
Applications open for commercial fishing apprenticeship

Applications open for commercial fishing apprenticeship

Learn about commercial fishing.

Applications open for commercial fishing apprenticeship
Celebrate and grieve relationships, don’t replace them

Celebrate and grieve relationships, don’t replace them

I’m ready for a Shewee, not a puppy.

Celebrate and grieve relationships, don’t replace them
Franklet promoted to tribal child support manager at Tlingit and Haida
Franklet promoted to tribal child support manager at Tlingit and Haida
Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit

Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit

The first vote should not be taken as a true statement of the people.

Opinion: Hold a second vote on Brexit
Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change

The Republican Party can learn from a trip to “Jurassic Park.”

Opinion: The short-sighted stories of climate change
Thanks to the Juneau shoebox packers

Thanks to the Juneau shoebox packers

Thank You letters for Feb. 3, 2019.

Thanks to the Juneau shoebox packers
UAS to waive application fee for event

UAS to waive application fee for event

They’re offering free help filling out the FAFSA.

UAS to waive application fee for event
Birds, shrews transform in hibernation

Birds, shrews transform in hibernation

Winter dormancy isn’t only for the bears.

Birds, shrews transform in hibernation
Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil

Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil

There were tears, laughs and fireworks.

Photos: Hundreds turn out for Guardian Flight vigil
Donna Arduin, right, director of the Office of Budget and Management, speaks with Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at a Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Sen. Stedman is Co-Chair of the Committee. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Donna Arduin, right, director of the Office of Budget and Management, speaks with Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, at a Senate Finance Committee at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. Sen. Stedman is Co-Chair of the Committee. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Test pressure canning gauges Friday

It’s a free service.

Here’s when Alaska’s U.S. senators will be at the Capitol

Here’s when Alaska’s U.S. senators will be at the Capitol

Tentative dates set for Murkowski, Sullivan speeches in Juneau.

Here’s when Alaska’s U.S. senators will be at the Capitol
Candlelight vigil will honor missing plane passengers
Candlelight vigil will honor missing plane passengers
Police calls for Friday, Feb. 1, 2019

Police calls for Friday, Feb. 1, 2019

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 Friday, Feb. 1, 2019
Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’

Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’

“Our children and grandchildren deserve better.”

Opinion: Cutting education, public safety funding is an ‘outrage’