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Mayoral candidates Saralyn Tabachnick, left, Norton Gregory, center, and Beth Weldon answers questions during a Special Native Issues Forum at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Economy should be next mayor’s top priority

I am having a difficult time deciding who to vote for among the candidates for mayor. These are some of the things they should be… Continue reading

Mayoral candidates Saralyn Tabachnick, left, Norton Gregory, center, and Beth Weldon answers questions during a Special Native Issues Forum at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Bridget Abroad: Not your average school lunch

Bridget Abroad: Not your average school lunch

In France, school lunch is not just a meal, it’s an event.

Bridget Abroad: Not your average school lunch
Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, left, speaks with Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, before a Senate Finance Committee meeting in 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Mike Dunleavy for governor

In 1994 my wife and I made a decision to seek a path to U.S. citizenship through a unique opportunity with the U.S. Department of… Continue reading

Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, left, speaks with Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, before a Senate Finance Committee meeting in 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Photos: Juneau United vs. Bartlett

Photos: Juneau United vs. Bartlett

Juneau United’s season drew to a close on Saturday night with a 65-12 loss to Bartlett High School in Anchorage. The unified football team finishes… Continue reading

Photos: Juneau United vs. Bartlett
Juneau Style

Juneau Style

On a stormy afternoon at Eagle Beach, I ran into Mike Dilger, a birder visiting from the UK. Hailing from a similarly wet climate, he… Continue reading

Juneau Style
Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms

Have you ever longed for someone to really look forward to you coming home? Maybe you are one of those blessed people who experience the… Continue reading

Living & Growing: Our Heavenly Father’s open arms
Opinion: A new way to live

Opinion: A new way to live

Editor’s Note: The Empire is publishing a weekly column from members of Juneau’s recovery community, in coordination with Great Bear Recovery Collective, to highlight September… Continue reading

Opinion: A new way to live
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo | Andrew Harnik)

Opinion: Why justice needs to bend towards Blasey Ford

As The New York Times columnist Bret Stephens recently wrote, I too “have absolutely no idea what, if anything, happened between Brett Kavanaugh and Christine… Continue reading

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo | Andrew Harnik)
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018

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, Sept. 30, 2018
Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Recent births for Sept. 30, 2018
Jeffra Clough.

SAIL celebrates 25 years, honors advocates

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) is celebrating its 25th anniversary and honoring two outstanding advocates at a gala in October. SAIL’s 2018 Senior and Disability… Continue reading

Jeffra Clough.
Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project

Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project

Veterans for Peace has selected an organizer for an anti-nuclear weapon conference that will be held in Juneau in 2020. Shelby Surdyk of Skagway will… Continue reading

Skagway activist chosen to plan anti-nuclear project
Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018

Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018

• On behalf of the Juneau Freewheelers Bicycle Club, we’d like to thank everyone for making the first Douglas Dirt Derby a successful event. More… Continue reading

Thank you letters for Sept. 30, 2018
To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?
To Vote or Not To Vote … What Was the Question?
This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.
This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.
Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)

Embrace September’s slowing pace

In September, the natural world slows down.

Two rusty blackbirds, in winter plumage, forage at the edge of Mendenhall Lake. (Courtesy Photo | Bob Armstrong)
Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch

Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch

It’s difficult to get building materials such as siding and roofing out in the wilderness, so when my sister Megan visited recently with the desire… Continue reading

Sweat and driftwood: Building from scratch
A Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue crew medevaced a 74-year-old patient from the cruise ship Noordam at the south end of Auke Bay after he displayed signs of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard, CCFR get patient from cruise ship to hospital

The U.S. Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue had to work together Thursday to get a cruise passenger off his ship and to the hospital

A Coast Guard and Capital City Fire/Rescue crew medevaced a 74-year-old patient from the cruise ship Noordam at the south end of Auke Bay after he displayed signs of a heart attack on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard)
The Juneau Empire Building, pictured July 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Readers’ Choice Awards Winners 2018

You voted, here are the winners!

  • Sep 28, 2018
The Juneau Empire Building, pictured July 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Roger Castillo watches as a coho salmon he caught leaps he fishes at the Wayside Park on Channel Drive on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has increased the limit to 12 coho salmon in the designated saltwater hatchery sport harvest area due to the large number of returning hatchery coho salmon in excess of broodstock needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Roger Castillo watches as a coho salmon he caught leaps he fishes at the Wayside Park on Channel Drive on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has increased the limit to 12 coho salmon in the designated saltwater hatchery sport harvest area due to the large number of returning hatchery coho salmon in excess of broodstock needs. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)