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Beat the Odds run to benefit Cancer Connection

The 26th annual Beat the Odds race, a 5K run or 2M walk set for Saturday, will benefit a great cause — Cancer Connection. Cancer… Continue reading

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Mark Lautman, author of “When the Boomers Bail: A Community Economic Survival Guide”, speaks to a full house at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Economist advises Juneau to prepare for artificial intelligence

Economist Mark Lautman is already thinking about 2050, and thinks experts in Juneau should be too. Lautman spoke to a packed house at Thursday’s Juneau… Continue reading

Mark Lautman, author of “When the Boomers Bail: A Community Economic Survival Guide”, speaks to a full house at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Against a backdrop of Stoller White Mountain, left, and Mount McGinnis, ultramarathon runner Houston Laws poses with Sadie during a run up Grandchild Peak on Thursday, August 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Meet Juneau’s most ambitious dog walker

Shoes cutting into the mountainside, dog runner Houston Laws followed Sadie, a brown, pointy-eared mixed-breed dog, on Grandchild Peak Trail. Laws hiked with an economy… Continue reading

Against a backdrop of Stoller White Mountain, left, and Mount McGinnis, ultramarathon runner Houston Laws poses with Sadie during a run up Grandchild Peak on Thursday, August 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Magic show raises money for firefighters

Magic is coming to Juneau this weekend, for a good cause. At 6 p.m. Sunday at the Thunder Mountain High School auditorium, magician Robbie Cannon… Continue reading

Ballot measures gather, one year from 2018 election

The 2018 election is a year away, but candidates are already starting to file for office. The ballot measures are coming, too. According to the… Continue reading

The Emerald Princess is seen at dock in Juneau the day after a woman was killed on board. (Liz Kellar | Juneau Empire)

Cruise ship murder suspect indicted

A man suspected of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship near Juneau has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder. A federal indictment… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2017
  • By LIZ KELLAR
The Emerald Princess is seen at dock in Juneau the day after a woman was killed on board. (Liz Kellar | Juneau Empire)
A car from the Mount Roberts Tramway rises through the mist above downtown Juneau on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Hiker rescued off Mount Roberts

A stranded hiker was rescued off the Mount Roberts trail Wednesday night by Capital City Fire/Rescue and Juneau Mountain Rescue personnel. Jeffery Craig, 30, of… Continue reading

A car from the Mount Roberts Tramway rises through the mist above downtown Juneau on Monday, July 17, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Betsy Sims in Studio A she makes and records music in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Mayor’s Awards for the Arts 2017 recipients to be awarded Sunday

*Note: The Mayor's Awards for the Arts has been rescheduled and is now taking place Sunday, Aug. 20. More information below. Art has been an… Continue reading

  • Aug 17, 2017
  • By Mackenzie Fisher
Betsy Sims in Studio A she makes and records music in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

JPD seeks help in locating missing Juneau woman

The Juneau Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 28-year-old Alexis Ashley Ehlers. Ehlers has been distraught over personal issues and walked… Continue reading

Suspect in liquor store robberies indicted

The suspect in two liquor store robberies has been indicted by a Juneau grand jury on two counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2017
  • By LIZ KELLAR
Police & Fire for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017

Police & Fire for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017

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

  • Aug 17, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police & Fire for Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017
Capital City Fire/Rescue Station 3 has been remodeled in order to fit more Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) trucks, and an open house Saturday is celebrating the completion of the project. (Photo courtesy of Capital City Fire/Rescue)

Open house celebrates renovated fire station

Capital City Fire/Rescue needed more room, and that’s what it got. Now, it’s throwing a party. Station 3, located near Juneau International Airport, underwent a… Continue reading

Capital City Fire/Rescue Station 3 has been remodeled in order to fit more Airport Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) trucks, and an open house Saturday is celebrating the completion of the project. (Photo courtesy of Capital City Fire/Rescue)
Hailey Thornton receives a kiss from her father, Justin, after he dropped her off at her second grade class on the first day of the school at Riverbend Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017.

School year begins with excitement

With 10 minutes left before the official start of the school year, the lobby at Harborview Elementary School was a mass of humanity. Parents, students… Continue reading

Hailey Thornton receives a kiss from her father, Justin, after he dropped her off at her second grade class on the first day of the school at Riverbend Elementary School on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017.
Carole Triem dropped out of the race for the Areawide Assembly seat Wednesday, two days after registering.

Challenger drops out of Assembly race

Not every seat will be contested in Juneau’s fall election after all. Carole Triem, who was registered as the sole challenger for Maria Gladziszewski’s seat… Continue reading

Carole Triem dropped out of the race for the Areawide Assembly seat Wednesday, two days after registering.
A male black bear cub, foreground, sits in a tub as a female black bear cub, rear, walks in their enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The still nameless cubs that were abandoned by their mothers were found emaciated and wandering alone in Alaska hundreds of miles apart about three months ago. (Jeff Chiu | The Associated Press)

Abandoned in Alaskas, black bear cubs find new home at San Francisco Zoo

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Two black bear cubs abandoned by their mothers in Alaska are making their debut at the San Francisco Zoo.… Continue reading

A male black bear cub, foreground, sits in a tub as a female black bear cub, rear, walks in their enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. The still nameless cubs that were abandoned by their mothers were found emaciated and wandering alone in Alaska hundreds of miles apart about three months ago. (Jeff Chiu | The Associated Press)
A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Juneau, sets a life ring in the water prior to the survival swim relay during the Buoy Tender Roundup Olympics at Coast Guard Station Juneau on Wednesday. This year’s roundup included eight U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian buoy tenders, stationed throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. (Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guardsmen gather for Buoy Tender Olympics at Station Juneau

The crews of seven U.S. Coast Guard buoy tenders and one Canadian vessel have gathered at Coast Guard Station Juneau for a week of training… Continue reading

A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Juneau, sets a life ring in the water prior to the survival swim relay during the Buoy Tender Roundup Olympics at Coast Guard Station Juneau on Wednesday. This year’s roundup included eight U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian buoy tenders, stationed throughout Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. (Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios | U.S. Coast Guard)

Murkowski: Flexibility needed for Trump’s ‘Buy America’ plan

KETCHIKAN — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has said that President Donald Trump’s “Buy America” plan needs flexibility when it comes to government-funded projects like the… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2017
  • By The Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General has ‘serious concerns,’ but Gov. Walker stands behind legal marijuana

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has “serious questions” about Alaska’s legal marijuana industry, but Gov. Bill Walker is standing by the results of a 2014… Continue reading

Juneau Police Department Lt. Kris Sell with a bicyclist during the registration drive at the Duck Derby on Aug. 5, 2017. (Courtesy Photo)

JPD, Juneau Rides promote online registry to fight bike theft

Bicycle theft is a common property crime in Juneau — and one that rises to the level of more than an annoyance if you have… Continue reading

  • Aug 16, 2017
  • By LIZ KELLAR
Juneau Police Department Lt. Kris Sell with a bicyclist during the registration drive at the Duck Derby on Aug. 5, 2017. (Courtesy Photo)
Police & Fire for Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017

Police & Fire for Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017

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

  • Aug 16, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire
  • Crime
Police & Fire for Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017