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Alaska lawmakers reject Wasilla as site for special session

Alaska lawmakers reject Wasilla as site for special session

Lawmakers considers it their right to determine the location.

Alaska lawmakers reject Wasilla as site for special session
Perseverance Theatre’s artistic Director Art Rotch and Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Executive Director Nancy DeCherney address the audience during the break at the annual Wearable Art show in this February 2013 photo. Rotch is departing Perseverance Theatre this month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Perseverance Theatre’s artistic director is leaving this summer

Big changes at Alaska’s largest professional theater.

Perseverance Theatre’s artistic Director Art Rotch and Juneau Arts & Humanities Council Executive Director Nancy DeCherney address the audience during the break at the annual Wearable Art show in this February 2013 photo. Rotch is departing Perseverance Theatre this month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Miners clean up at Gold Rush Days

Miners clean up at Gold Rush Days

Meet this year’s Bull and Babe of the Woods.

Miners clean up at Gold Rush Days
The city-owned boat launch at Amalga Harbor on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The city-owned boat launch at Amalga Harbor on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
King fishing on for Southeast anglers
King fishing on for Southeast anglers
Opinion: Get politicians out of workplace

Opinion: Get politicians out of workplace

Don’t be fooled.

  • Jun 23, 2019
  • By Rich Moniak
Opinion: Get politicians out of workplace
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen in 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: State’s budget climate puts value of Alaska’s higher education at risk

Thousands of students could be affected by a governor veto.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen in 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Rainbow the Crunchy Ghost

Rainbow the Crunchy Ghost

I’m a veeeeeeeeeeegan.

  • Jun 23, 2019
  • By Geoff Kirsch For the Juneau Empire
Rainbow the Crunchy Ghost
We reap what we sow

We reap what we sow

Our children will one day lead.

  • Jun 23, 2019
  • By Chava Lee For the Juneau Empire
We reap what we sow
‘Not Trump’s Tongass’: Rally backs continued conservation of Southeast forest
‘Not Trump’s Tongass’: Rally backs continued conservation of Southeast forest
Photos: Gold Rush Days

Photos: Gold Rush Days

Contestants compete in mining and logging competitions.

Photos: Gold Rush Days
Photos: Turn Out for the Tongass Rally

Photos: Turn Out for the Tongass Rally

Locals rally in support of Roadless Rule.

Photos: Turn Out for the Tongass Rally
VIDEO: Watch this ‘beautifully grotesque’ salmon heart beat
Video

VIDEO: Watch this ‘beautifully grotesque’ salmon heart beat

This is too weird not to share.

VIDEO: Watch this ‘beautifully grotesque’ salmon heart beat
Video
Judge sentences father and son for meth distribution charges
Judge sentences father and son for meth distribution charges
Long-running, high-profile Grussendorf sex abuse case comes to conclusion
Long-running, high-profile Grussendorf sex abuse case comes to conclusion
A sleepless walk under the midnight sun

A sleepless walk under the midnight sun

An epic way to celebrate solstice.

A sleepless walk under the midnight sun
Competition trains rescuers for dire mining circumstances
Competition trains rescuers for dire mining circumstances
Carlos Boozer talks with Cooper Kriegmont at his 2017 summer basketball camp at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaat.at Kalé. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire File)

How Carlos Boozer stays busy in his retirement from NBA

Raising a family can be a full-time job.

Carlos Boozer talks with Cooper Kriegmont at his 2017 summer basketball camp at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaat.at Kalé. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire File)
This and that: Sundews, pines, spider and bees

This and that: Sundews, pines, spider and bees

Sundews are not our only insectivorous plants.

This and that: Sundews, pines, spider and bees
PHOTOS: Coast Guard Change of Command ceremony

PHOTOS: Coast Guard Change of Command ceremony

Civil Engineering Unit Juneau receives new commander.

PHOTOS: Coast Guard Change of Command ceremony