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Angoon orders communitywide testing with 8 cases confirmed

Angoon orders communitywide testing with 8 cases confirmed

Self-isolating for travellers and quarantines for any affected are also in place.

Angoon orders communitywide testing with 8 cases confirmed
Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

The system has been rigged for the wealthiest.

  • Aug 26, 2020
  • By Anselm Staack
Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists
Courtesy photo / City and Borough of Juneau                                 Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant Chief Ed Quinto recently celebrated his 40th year as part of the department.

Got it right the first time: CCFR assistant chief celebrates 40 years with the service

Assistant Chief Ed Quinto joined young and never looked back.

Courtesy photo / City and Borough of Juneau                                 Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant Chief Ed Quinto recently celebrated his 40th year as part of the department.
Courtesy photo / Owen Hatcher                                Owen Hatcher summited five of Juneau’s major peaks in one 15-hour effort, relying entirely on his own power, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

High 5: Juneau man summits 5 peaks in one Herculean run

His 15-hour trek covered nearly 60 miles of running and biking.

Courtesy photo / Owen Hatcher                                Owen Hatcher summited five of Juneau’s major peaks in one 15-hour effort, relying entirely on his own power, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.
NIAID / National Institutes of Health via AP                                This image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient.
NIAID / National Institutes of Health via AP                                This image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient.
School repairs get priority in bond package

School repairs get priority in bond package

Reading, writing, ‘rithmetic, roof repairs.

School repairs get priority in bond package
Laptop supplies strained across the country

Laptop supplies strained across the country

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays in getting crucial supplies.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • By JOCELYN GECKER and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press
Laptop supplies strained across the country
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)

Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies

Keep on trucking.

  • Aug 22, 2020
  • By SALLY HO Associated Press
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)
Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity

Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity

Gatherings over 50 are also forbidden without an approved mitigation plan.

Juneau caps bars, gyms at half capacity
An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Jobs in Alaska down 39,900 last month

Southeast Alaska hit especially hard by the coronavirus’ economic fallout.

  • Aug 21, 2020
  • By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Health and education experts, including Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss, gave testimony to lawmakers Thursday on the challenges facing schools as they try and reopen in the pandemic (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Why schools aren’t reopening

Examining the cause of reopening fears.

  • Aug 21, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
Health and education experts, including Juneau School District Superintendent Bridget Weiss, gave testimony to lawmakers Thursday on the challenges facing schools as they try and reopen in the pandemic (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Tech helps cyclists social distance in annual race
Tech helps cyclists social distance in annual race
Recall campaigners take a break for election season

Recall campaigners take a break for election season

‘It’s going to be an important election.’

Recall campaigners take a break for election season
SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week

SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week

Many of the events are virtual, and all of them are inclusive.

SEAGLA readies to kick off belated Pride Week
Brother, can you spare some time?

Brother, can you spare some time?

Tasks don’t have to be big.

Brother, can you spare some time?
Opinion: An outside the box schools solution

Opinion: An outside the box schools solution

Let us look to what we already have.

  • Aug 19, 2020
  • By Kali Hofman
Opinion: An outside the box schools solution
Young and Galvin get a rematch

Young and Galvin get a rematch

2018 race was decided by seven percentage points.

Young and Galvin get a rematch
This photo shows absentee ballot paperwork sent to an Alaskan voter in July 2020. Last-minute polling location changes mean Kake residents had to cast absentee ballots in Tuesday’s primary. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
This photo shows absentee ballot paperwork sent to an Alaskan voter in July 2020. Last-minute polling location changes mean Kake residents had to cast absentee ballots in Tuesday’s primary. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Police Department has commemorative badges, left, for officers that requested them for the 50th anniversary of the unification of Juneau and Douglas. (Courtesy photo / Juneau Police Department)

JPD officers wear special badges for 50th anniversary of Juneau’s unification

The badges are authorized for wear until the end of the year.

The Juneau Police Department has commemorative badges, left, for officers that requested them for the 50th anniversary of the unification of Juneau and Douglas. (Courtesy photo / Juneau Police Department)
Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous

Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous

Here’s what could be done instead.

  • Aug 18, 2020
Opinion: An in-person bar exam is unnecessary and dangerous