Around Town

Recovery Coach Training, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Gruening Park Recreation Center.Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive,… Continue reading

A haul rope is returned to the Silver Arrow after a fiber optic cable was brought to shore in Haines for the Alaska Power and Telephone Company on Friday. The cable will bring more bandwidth to the upper Lynn Canal communities of Haines and Skagway.

‘Road’ connects Juneau and Haines with 28,800 lanes

HAINES — On a cloudy Friday morning, in a tent on a windblown beach near the ferry terminal here, Rick Chislett delicately fed a glass… Continue reading

A haul rope is returned to the Silver Arrow after a fiber optic cable was brought to shore in Haines for the Alaska Power and Telephone Company on Friday. The cable will bring more bandwidth to the upper Lynn Canal communities of Haines and Skagway.

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

City to help with mobile home down payments

When Margaret O’Neal, chair of the city’s Affordable Housing Commission, first moved to Juneau in the early ‘70s she found that many people who owned… Continue reading

Voices of recovery in Juneau

A story that so many people will tell about their battle with substance abuse is how at one point, they couldn’t bear to tell their… Continue reading

This Day in Juneau History: Sept. 25, 1986

On Sept. 25, 1986, the search for a Juneau teen who went missing after a party by the Mendenhall River continued. The massive search came… Continue reading

Police & fire for Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed… Continue reading

Around Town

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club, 5680 Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Gun Club is open to members and public trap shooting… Continue reading

Sitka High School's David Wilcox leads the boys 1A, 2A and 3A race at Saturday's Region V cross country championship meet in Sitka.

Sitka boys claim small schools Region V crown

Sitka High School’s pack of state champion Wolves took the team title on the boys side for Southeast’s small schools. Seniors David Wilcox and Colin… Continue reading

Sitka High School's David Wilcox leads the boys 1A, 2A and 3A race at Saturday's Region V cross country championship meet in Sitka.
Juneau-Douglas High School freshman Sadie Tuckwood breaks the tape as the winner of Saturday's Region V girls 4A cross country championship meet in Sitka.

Clawing up a legacy

SITKA — Having won every Region V team title since 1990, Juneau-Douglas High School’s cross country boys have a lot to live up to. For… Continue reading

Juneau-Douglas High School freshman Sadie Tuckwood breaks the tape as the winner of Saturday's Region V girls 4A cross country championship meet in Sitka.

Police respond to morning shooting in Auke Bay

A seemingly intentional shooting Saturday morning left a trailer on Glacier Highway with damaged front window, according to the Juneau Police Department.Shortly after 8 a.m.,… Continue reading

After a day of bear hunting in Chaik Bay on Admiralty Island, Douglas Adkins of Kentucky was mauled by a brown bear Thursday night. The U.S. Coast Guard transported him to Juneau early Friday morning with non-life threatening injuries.

Bear hunter gets mauled by brown bear on Admiralty Island

A Kentucky man was mauled by a brown bear Thursday night at the end of a day of bear hunting on Admiralty Island, according to… Continue reading

After a day of bear hunting in Chaik Bay on Admiralty Island, Douglas Adkins of Kentucky was mauled by a brown bear Thursday night. The U.S. Coast Guard transported him to Juneau early Friday morning with non-life threatening injuries.
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and special assistant Scott Meriwether open the public hearing Friday morning on the Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative. The Juneau hearing took place in the Thomas Stewart Legislative Office Building. The initiative will be a ballot measure on the Nov. 8 general election.

Nothing but support for ballot measure to make voter registration easier in Alaska

Two people testified Friday morning in support of a citizen’s ballot initiative that ties voter registration to the Permanent Fund Dividend application.Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott… Continue reading

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott and special assistant Scott Meriwether open the public hearing Friday morning on the Permanent Fund Voter Registration Initiative. The Juneau hearing took place in the Thomas Stewart Legislative Office Building. The initiative will be a ballot measure on the Nov. 8 general election.

Iconic rock spire behind Mendenhall Glacier falls

At 30-by-30 feet and 150 feet tall, the Rabbit Ears, a pair of rock spires behind the Mendenhall Glacier, have piqued the interest of local… Continue reading

Assembly member Kate Troll speaks as her areawide challenger, Norton Gregory, listens during the Assembly forum at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Tuesday.

Assembly candidates talk the road, senior sales tax and diversity

District 1 incumbent Mary Becker said the Juneau Assembly has no control of the road out of Juneau “because it is in the hands of… Continue reading

Assembly member Kate Troll speaks as her areawide challenger, Norton Gregory, listens during the Assembly forum at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Tuesday.
Brewer Matt Barnaby holds a growler emblazoned with the logo of his new business, Barnaby Brewing Co., which will hold an open house Saturday on North Franklin Street. The brewery is still seeking a federal license and will begin brewing beer early next year.

New brewery has a plan to get you in – without beer

When Barnaby Brewing Company opens its doors Saturday, you can thank Gov. Bill Walker.For more than a year, Alaska’s governor has promoted the idea that… Continue reading

Brewer Matt Barnaby holds a growler emblazoned with the logo of his new business, Barnaby Brewing Co., which will hold an open house Saturday on North Franklin Street. The brewery is still seeking a federal license and will begin brewing beer early next year.
Escorted by Captain PJ van Maurik, left, and Hotel Director Francois Birarda, right, Wendy Yoisten, with her husband John, of St. Albert, Alberta, arrives in Juneau as the one millionth cruise ship passenger for the season in Juneau on Thursday. The Yoisten arrived on the Holland America Line Zaandam.

After eight trips in one season, woman becomes 1 millionth cruise passenger to visit Juneau

Wendy Yoisten, a resident of St. Albert, Canada, stepped off a cruise ship in Juneau for the eighth time this season Thursday morning. As familiar… Continue reading

Escorted by Captain PJ van Maurik, left, and Hotel Director Francois Birarda, right, Wendy Yoisten, with her husband John, of St. Albert, Alberta, arrives in Juneau as the one millionth cruise ship passenger for the season in Juneau on Thursday. The Yoisten arrived on the Holland America Line Zaandam.

Around Town

Southeast Alaska SHRM Chapter Meeting with JEDC, 7:30 a.m., Prospector Hotel. New student orientation, 9-10 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Interested in improving… Continue reading

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Sept. 23, 1986

This Day in Juneau History: Sept. 23, 1986

On Sept. 23, 1986, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II, announced his plan to visit Juneau as a part of… Continue reading

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Sept. 23, 1986

Engineers: Labor Day boat crash caused $80K in damages

After assessing damage that an allegedly boozy boater caused when he crashed into a dock in Aurora Harbor on Labor Day, city officials have determined… Continue reading