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Incoming Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, and incoming Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, stand together in the Senate chambers at the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, as they welcome new legislators. The 30th Legislature opens their 1st session next Tuesday.

Photo: New Legislature, new leaders

Incoming Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, and incoming Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, stand together in the Senate chambers at the Capitol… Continue reading

Incoming Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, left, and incoming Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, stand together in the Senate chambers at the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, as they welcome new legislators. The 30th Legislature opens their 1st session next Tuesday.

Energy Fund manager talks renewables at Chamber luncheon

Juneau sources all of its electricity from renewable hydroelectric power, but that doesn’t mean the city can’t benefit from emerging energy technology.Just ask Josh Craft,… Continue reading

Dead man identified by JPD

The man found dead on Saturday by a hiker near Gastineau Avenue has been identified as 23-year-old Brandon Shaun Estes.The Juneau Police Department said Thursday… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Friday, Jan. 13, 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

This Day in Juneau History: Jan. 13, 1987

On Jan. 13, 1987, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly came up with several decisions during its weekly Monday meeting. The members agreed to… Continue reading

Corrections for Jan. 13, 2017

A Wednesday story about a state budget proposal from Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, misspelled the name of the Senate President. It is Pete Kelly, not… Continue reading

Around Town for Friday, Jan. 13 and Saturday, Jan. 14

Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Diane, 463-6176.Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Details: 586-5267.Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. J.… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Thursday, Jan. 12, 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

Around Town for Thursday, Jan. 12

Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive,… Continue reading

Today’s chamber luncheon: Emerging energy technology

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon this week will feature guest speaker Josh Craft, program manager for the Emerging Energy Technology Fund. Doors open at… Continue reading

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Jan. 12, 1986

This Day in Juneau History: Jan. 12, 1986

On Jan. 12, 1987, new legislation that left Alaska’s congressional delegation unhappy marked the beginning of the 100th U.S. Congress. Rep. Morris K. Udall, D-Ariz,… Continue reading

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Jan. 12, 1986
Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.

Photo: Improving responses to mental health crises

Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how the department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis… Continue reading

Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.
Wildlife artist Brain Kadrmas, right, and Brian Henes of Dakota Taxidermy in Bismarck, North Dakota, build a new wolf exhibit at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. The exhibit includes the stuffed pelt of the local black wolf known as Romeo that was illegally shot in 2009. The U.S. Forest Service will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the intermission between repeat lectures by Alaskan writer and photographer Nick Jans on Friday. Jans helped raise more than $40,000 to construct the new exhibit that includes two interpretive panels, a bronze cast of the wolf's paw print, and his recorded howls. "The completion of this exhibit has been a long time coming," Jans said. "Hard to believe it's been more than seven years, but the important thing is that we're here. We did all we could to make this exhibit the best it could be, and it will be a lasting part of Juneau's history."

Photo: Romeo returns

Wildlife artist Brain Kadrmas, right, and Brian Henes of Dakota Taxidermy in Bismarck, North Dakota, build a new wolf exhibit at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor… Continue reading

Wildlife artist Brain Kadrmas, right, and Brian Henes of Dakota Taxidermy in Bismarck, North Dakota, build a new wolf exhibit at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. The exhibit includes the stuffed pelt of the local black wolf known as Romeo that was illegally shot in 2009. The U.S. Forest Service will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the intermission between repeat lectures by Alaskan writer and photographer Nick Jans on Friday. Jans helped raise more than $40,000 to construct the new exhibit that includes two interpretive panels, a bronze cast of the wolf's paw print, and his recorded howls. "The completion of this exhibit has been a long time coming," Jans said. "Hard to believe it's been more than seven years, but the important thing is that we're here. We did all we could to make this exhibit the best it could be, and it will be a lasting part of Juneau's history."

Photo: Sunrise

Ducks feed near the shoreline in Gastineau Channel at sunrise on Wednesday.… Continue reading

A nearly full moon rises over a mainland peak on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. The full moon is on Thursday.

Photo: Moonrise

A nearly full moon rises over a mainland peak on Tuesday. The full moon is on Thursday.… Continue reading

A nearly full moon rises over a mainland peak on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. The full moon is on Thursday.

Assembly presses ahead with plan to keep homeless from sleeping in doorways downtown

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is pressing ahead with a plan to keep the city’s homeless from sleeping in businesses’ doorways downtown at… Continue reading

Man found dead in Juneau

JUNEAU — Authorities say a man has been found dead in a wooded area in Juneau, several hundred feet from a road.Juneau police say the… Continue reading

Thomas Jack Jr. waves to family members and friends attending his hearing in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg ruled to send sentencing of Jack Jr. to a three-judge panel review during the hearing on Tuesday. Jack, 40, was convicted by a Juneau jury during a 2010 trial on six felony counts of sexually assaulting a minor - his then 11-year-old foster daughter. The child and her younger sister had begun living with the Jack family in Hoonah in summer 2007.

Sentencing in child rape case referred to panel

Sentencing for a Hoonah man convicted of child rape in 2010 was delayed again Tuesday after the judge referred the decision to a three-judge panel.Thomas… Continue reading

Thomas Jack Jr. waves to family members and friends attending his hearing in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg ruled to send sentencing of Jack Jr. to a three-judge panel review during the hearing on Tuesday. Jack, 40, was convicted by a Juneau jury during a 2010 trial on six felony counts of sexually assaulting a minor - his then 11-year-old foster daughter. The child and her younger sister had begun living with the Jack family in Hoonah in summer 2007.

Around Town for Wednesday, Jan. 11

Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 8:30 a.m., Auk Nu Trail to John Muir Cabin and cross over to Peterson Lake Cabin. Approximately 7.5 hours round… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 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