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This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

Two men sentenced for illegal gun possession

Two Juneau men were sentenced this past Friday for separate federal firearms offenses. Christopher W. Davison, 34, was sentenced to seven and a half years… Continue reading

This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)
Jeff Brown, center, raises peace signs in the air as his name is announced at the Jeff Brown Appreciation Party at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. The party was a celebration of Brown’s 40-year career at KTOO. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau, he wandered downtown to look for something… Continue reading

Jeff Brown, center, raises peace signs in the air as his name is announced at the Jeff Brown Appreciation Party at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Friday, July 6, 2018. The party was a celebration of Brown’s 40-year career at KTOO. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

Two men sentenced for illegal gun possession

Two Juneau men were sentenced this past Friday for separate federal firearms offenses. Christopher W. Davison, 34, was sentenced to seven and a half years… Continue reading

This photo of Christopher Davison was released by the Juneau Police Department when the department issued a BOLO (be on the lookout) advisory April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)
KTOO’s Jeff Brown whips up the audience for the start of the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

After 40 years of balloons, magic and radio, Jeff Brown retires from KTOO

When Jeff Brown came from his birthplace in Los Angeles to be in the Coast Guard in Juneau, he wandered downtown to look for something… Continue reading

KTOO’s Jeff Brown whips up the audience for the start of the 41st Annual Alaska Folk Festival at Centennial Hall on Monday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t get back up, Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant… Continue reading

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Two people rescued after falling in, near Gold Creek early Sunday

As Saturday turned to Sunday this weekend, two people fell down steep embankments in Cope Park and couldn’t get back up, Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant… Continue reading

The sign for Cope Park is seen on March 30, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
In this June 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks by City Hall on June 7, 2017. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire File)

City taking deeper look into pre-K program ballot measure

Correction: A previous version of this article erroneously stated that the discussion about the Best Starts program will take place this week. It will be… Continue reading

In this June 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks by City Hall on June 7, 2017. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire File)
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Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 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

Juneau Empire file.
Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the novices in his Juneau choral workshops. One… Continue reading

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)
Morgan Johnson, 21, stands in the woods behind John Pugh Hall on the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the site of future disc golf course she is building. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Student designs UAS disc golf course

Morgan Johnson stood next to a small red flag behind the University of Alaska Southeast’s freshman dormitory on Friday. The UAS senior pointed out the… Continue reading

Morgan Johnson, 21, stands in the woods behind John Pugh Hall on the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast, the site of future disc golf course she is building. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 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

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

From Broadway to Juneau: Choral workshop, performing this month, returns for 29th year

Renowned chorus conductor and retired music professor Dr. Byron McGilvray likes to tell the success stories of the novices in his Juneau choral workshops. One… Continue reading

Jack Brandt auditions for a solo at a Midsummer Vocal Festival rehearsal on Saturday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)
Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

State shows progress on reducing opioids

Looking at the entirety of the opioid addiction epidemic that has taken hold of Alaska and the rest of the country, it’s easy to get… Continue reading

Dr. Cate Buley, the medical director of primary care clinics for the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC), talks about changing policies in the realm of opioid prescriptions. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Police calls for Sunday, July 8, 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

  • Jul 8, 2018
  • Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Nolan Harvey, right, shows off his gold medal with coach Tayvia Ruvane, center, and teammate Erica Pletting. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)

Harvey wins gold medal at USA Games

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the Empire spoke to Nolan Harvey on Thursday. The Empire spoke to Harvey on Friday. The… Continue reading

Nolan Harvey, right, shows off his gold medal with coach Tayvia Ruvane, center, and teammate Erica Pletting. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)
Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)

Award-winning bike stolen after Fourth of July parade

Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a fence near the Montessori School. Weiss had… Continue reading

Alex Weiss is pictured riding his bike Wednesday, July 4, 2018. The Weiss family believes the bike, which won first place in the boys’ division of the Most Decorated Bicycle competition, was stolen after the annual Fourth of July parade in Douglas. (Derek Weiss | Courtesy Photo)
David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Evenson set to serve sentence in transit center death case

After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence of three years in prison. Juneau Superior… Continue reading

  • Jul 8, 2018
  • By Alex McCarthy Juneau Empire
  • Local News
David Valentine Evenson, 51 at the time, appears in Juneau District Court on charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide of Aaron G. Monette. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5. (Photo courtesy Eric Adam)

As blue haze rises, so do cruise ship complaints

Complaints over cruise ship emissions are rising, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation, partly due to excessive blue haze from cruise ship exhaust stacks.… Continue reading

Emissions from cruise ships cloud up the Gastineau Channel on July 5. (Photo courtesy Eric Adam)
Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship

Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship

An undergraduate student at the Alaska Pacific University who is pursuing a degree in counseling psychology won Sealaska Heritage Institute’s 2018 Judson L. Brown Leadership… Continue reading

Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship
Nolan Harvey waves to the audience prior to the 50-meter backstroke in the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, on Thursday during the Special Olympics USA Games. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)

Harvey wins gold medal at USA Games

It didn’t take long for Juneau swimmer Nolan Harvey to double his medal count at the Special Olympics USA Games. After winning a gold medal… Continue reading

Nolan Harvey waves to the audience prior to the 50-meter backstroke in the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington, on Thursday during the Special Olympics USA Games. (Courtesy Photo | Special Olympics Alaska)