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Photo: Best Pictures of the Week September 28

Photo: Best Pictures of the Week September 28

Best Pictures of the Week September 28, 2018 by staff photographer Michael Penn. Contact Staff Photographer Michael Penn at 523-2262 or mpenn@juneauempire.com… Continue reading

Photo: Best Pictures of the Week September 28

How to bomb a job interview

Imagine you were on an interview team hiring for a specific job – it could be a news reporter, teacher, bus driver, waiter, librarian, sales… Continue reading

Flowers bloom at the Jensen-Olson Arboretum in July 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Arboretum reopens after bear-forced closure

The Jensen-Olson Arboretum resumes normal business hours today after repeated visits from a hungry bear kept it closed for about a month, according to a… Continue reading

Flowers bloom at the Jensen-Olson Arboretum in July 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Enforcement talk kicks off Wildlife Wednesdays season

Enforcement talk kicks off Wildlife Wednesdays season

The monthly speaker series Wildlife Wednesdays starts today with a discussion of the role of Alaska State Wildlife Troopers in enforcing wildlife management law. Wildlife… Continue reading

Enforcement talk kicks off Wildlife Wednesdays season

Opinion: Save us from Mike Dunleavy

Mike Dunleavy will get you Permanent Fund Dividend back, and everything else, balance the budget, and not cut your PFD nor implement an income tax.… Continue reading

Steve Morley leads Maisy Morley down Perseverance Trail during the Perseverance Trail Run/Ben Blackgoat Memorial on Saturday, June 16, 2018. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Perseverance Trail closed for rock work

Perseverance Trail and part of Basin Road will be closed for excavation work starting today and lasting through Oct. 9.

Steve Morley leads Maisy Morley down Perseverance Trail during the Perseverance Trail Run/Ben Blackgoat Memorial on Saturday, June 16, 2018. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)
Planet Alaska: Highbush Cranberries and Traditional Values
Planet Alaska: Highbush Cranberries and Traditional Values
Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018

Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 3, 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 Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018
Unofficial results of Municipal Election

Unofficial results of Municipal Election

Unofficial results of the 2018 City and Borough of Juneau Municipal Election are in.

Unofficial results of Municipal Election
LIsa Ryals, left, enters her ballot into a vote counting machine at election official Renee Hughes watches in the Municipal Election at AEL&P on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Photos: Election Day in Juneau

Voters participated in the 2018 City and Borough of Juneau Municipal Election on Oct. 2, 2018. Voters will be electing a new mayor, and deciding… Continue reading

LIsa Ryals, left, enters her ballot into a vote counting machine at election official Renee Hughes watches in the Municipal Election at AEL&P on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Death notice: Rudolf Blaha

Rudolf Blaha was born on May 11, 1950, and died Sept. 28, 2018, at his Juneau home.

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Seasonal parking to open downtown

More parking will open up downtown on Friday as the City and Borough of Juneau opens Marine Park Plaza to those who obtain a parking… Continue reading

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Juneau Cabaret’s special concert series inspired by the “Great American Songbook” starts its third season this weekend with a look at the works of Jerome Kern. (Michael Maasen | Unsplash)

Juneau Cabaret starts Season 3 of ‘Great American’ concert series

The third season of Juneau Cabaret’s special “Great American Songbook” concert series starts this weekend. The pay-what-you can concerts will be 2 p.m. Sept. 29… Continue reading

Juneau Cabaret’s special concert series inspired by the “Great American Songbook” starts its third season this weekend with a look at the works of Jerome Kern. (Michael Maasen | Unsplash)
Abigail Taylor-Roth at Colby College in fall of 2016. (Courtesy Photo | Brenda Taylor)

Juneau graduate applies STEM in the real-world, at abuse shelter

This is the first in an occasional series in which we invite Juneau School District graduates to explain how they are incorporating their interest in… Continue reading

Abigail Taylor-Roth at Colby College in fall of 2016. (Courtesy Photo | Brenda Taylor)
Opinion: Alaska’s salmon future starts in our lakes and streams

Opinion: Alaska’s salmon future starts in our lakes and streams

Salmon start their lives in easily overlooked places like this.

Opinion: Alaska’s salmon future starts in our lakes and streams
Trenton English takes advantage of early voting in the municipal election at the Mendenhall Mall Annex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Countdown to Election 2018: The basic requirements

Our local government most directly impacts your daily lives in Juneau.

Trenton English takes advantage of early voting in the municipal election at the Mendenhall Mall Annex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018.(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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: I support Beth Weldon for mayor

It is with pleasure that I throw my full political support behind Beth Weldon as candidate for mayor. I am a lifelong Alaskan, 36-year Juneau… 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)
Opinion: Vote for Schoenberger

Opinion: Vote for Schoenberger

Juneau needs a change in direction with leaders who support child care and early childhood education, as well as someone with strategies to expand opportunities… Continue reading

Opinion: Vote for Schoenberger
Opinion: Weldon cares about kids

Opinion: Weldon cares about kids

Beth Weldon knows about the challenges of raising children in Juneau – from finding child care for her preschool age children, especially when she worked… Continue reading

Opinion: Weldon cares about kids
Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018

Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 2, 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 Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018