Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Lemon Creek operations center in Juneau on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

AEL&P rates to remain the same after state decision

This week, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska approved a permanent rate increase for Alaska Electric Light &Power, the first for the utility since May 2010.… Continue reading

Alaska Electric Light and Power Company Lemon Creek operations center in Juneau on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Father Gordon Blue, left, and Mary Alice McKeen, middle, prepare pie filling at a the Holy Trinity Church on Saturday. Blue and McKeen helped with the church’s “pie-a-thon” charity event, where they made 300 pies for sale and for donation in preparation for Thanksgiving Day. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

Pie prep pandemonium

What does it take to create 300 apple pies in a day? About 45 volunteers, 600 pounds of apples, hot coffee and careful planning. A… Continue reading

Father Gordon Blue, left, and Mary Alice McKeen, middle, prepare pie filling at a the Holy Trinity Church on Saturday. Blue and McKeen helped with the church’s “pie-a-thon” charity event, where they made 300 pies for sale and for donation in preparation for Thanksgiving Day. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

Space heater suspected as cause in construction trailer fire

As the snow began to fall Thursday night, a small fire was burning in the Mendenhall Valley. At 10:05 p.m. Thursday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded… Continue reading

Board of Game upholds restriction on sheep spotting by plane

Using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting will stay illegal in the state for now. The Board of Game on Tuesday reaffirmed its… Continue reading

Turkey Shoot returns

The Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot returns this year on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Juneau Gun Club and Alaska Department of Fish… Continue reading

Monthly poetry slam combines forces with student group

For its monthly poetry slam, Woosh Kinaadeiyí is combining forces with a University of Alaska Southeast student group tonight. At 7 p.m. Friday at the… Continue reading

Meilani Schijvens gives her “Southeast by the Numbers” presentation at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Population, government job decreases expected to continue in Southeast Alaska

As she began a presentation built around economic statistics in Southeast Alaska, Rain Coast Data Director Meilani Schijvens began with an apology. “There’s a lot… Continue reading

Meilani Schijvens gives her “Southeast by the Numbers” presentation at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Lily Hope tells a story about respecting nature to second-grade students from Harborview Elementary and Juneau Charter Community Schools at the Walter Soboleff Center on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The Storytelling Excursion for all Juneau School District second graders is part of the Any Given Child programming sponsored by the Juneau School District, Mayor’s office, University of Alaska Southeast, Sealaska Heritage Institute and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Second-grade students get front-row seats to Native storytelling on annual tour

Fifty second-graders watched with wide eyes as Lily Hope talked about urine buckets. Hope, a Tlingit artist and storyteller, was explaining to students in the… Continue reading

Lily Hope tells a story about respecting nature to second-grade students from Harborview Elementary and Juneau Charter Community Schools at the Walter Soboleff Center on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The Storytelling Excursion for all Juneau School District second graders is part of the Any Given Child programming sponsored by the Juneau School District, Mayor’s office, University of Alaska Southeast, Sealaska Heritage Institute and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Police seek tips about downtown burglary

The Juneau Police Department is looking for help in solving an October burglary. At about 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 22, JPD received the report of… Continue reading

Juneau veteran dies at Alaskan Hotel

In the early morning of Saturday, Nov. 11, a Juneau man was found deceased in a room at the Alaskan Hotel. Acquaintances of Clarence Stanly… Continue reading

Juneau resident suffers accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound

At 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, a woman arrived in the emergency room at Bartlett Regional Hospital with a gunshot wound to her right leg. Officers from… Continue reading

Man, woman end up in hospital with knife wounds after argument

Two Juneau residents ended up in the hospital Wednesday night, both claiming that the other person stabbed them. At 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, multiple calls came… Continue reading

Centennial Hall Convention Center. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

Central Council to host job fair at Centennial Hall

The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will hold a job fair on Friday from 1-4 p.m. at Centennial Hall. Twelve… Continue reading

Centennial Hall Convention Center. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)
John Cloud, an independent historian of geography and cartography, gives a lecture titled “The Treaty of Cession, as Seen through the Lenses of Art, Cartography, and Photography,” at the Walter Soboleff Center on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Sleuthing historian connects the dots on uncredited Alaska Native cartographers

In 1869, two years after the United States purchased Alaska from Russia, the U.S. Coast Survey’s George Davidson departed Sitka with a small party of… Continue reading

John Cloud, an independent historian of geography and cartography, gives a lecture titled “The Treaty of Cession, as Seen through the Lenses of Art, Cartography, and Photography,” at the Walter Soboleff Center on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Impounded vehicles go up for auction Saturday

About 60 impounded cars sat in a parking lot on La Perouse Avenue on Wednesday morning, as Juneau residents came and inspected them. Starting promptly… Continue reading

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska is showing “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock” at its movie night Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo courtesy of CCTHITA)

Movie, mining on the mind at Tlingit & Haida event

Tonight is all about movies and mining at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is holding a… Continue reading

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska is showing “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock” at its movie night Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo courtesy of CCTHITA)

City sets opening date for warming center

Starting Dec. 1, some of Juneau’s most vulnerable residents will have a place to sleep on nights where temperatures dip below freezing. The City and… Continue reading

Greg Gallant and his fishing partner, Kodi, show off their king crab catch in August 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Look out, king crab: Juneau area fishery opens for first time in six years

Starting today, Juneauites will have the chance to catch king crab in the waters surrounding their backyards. It’s the first time in six years a… Continue reading

Greg Gallant and his fishing partner, Kodi, show off their king crab catch in August 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

With winter arriving, it’s time to prepare pipes, home heating systems

As snow starts falling and temperatures start dropping, it’s time to take seasonal precautions, both the City and Borough of Juneau and Capital City Fire/Rescue… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain High School football coaching staff and players wait for their turn to give public testimony surrounding the consolidation of Juneau’s football teams under Juneau-Douglas High School, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in the JDHS Library. Coaches, players and TMHS student government members spoke in favor of establishing a program under a new name and colors. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Thunder Mountain students push for compromise in football merger

Juneau’s two high school football programs will be playing together in the future, and students and parents at Thunder Mountain High School want to see… Continue reading

Thunder Mountain High School football coaching staff and players wait for their turn to give public testimony surrounding the consolidation of Juneau’s football teams under Juneau-Douglas High School, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in the JDHS Library. Coaches, players and TMHS student government members spoke in favor of establishing a program under a new name and colors. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)