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Andy Hughes is pictured prior to the 2017 municipal election. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Andy Hughes drops out of Assembly race

The race for the Areawide seat on the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is already down to two candidates. Andy Hughes dropped out of… Continue reading

Andy Hughes is pictured prior to the 2017 municipal election. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Operating Room Nurse Managers James Jurrens and Sherry O’Connor admire the haul of toys as Southeast Alaska Panhandlers Motorcycle Club Secretary Justin Papenbrock (third from left) and Sargent-at-Arms Steve “Shiner” Buckhouse (far right) put toys in a crate at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. The club donated about 500 toys to the hospital as part of its 24th annual Toy Run. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Panhandlers donate hundreds of toys to hospital

Members of the Southeast Alaska Panhandlers Motorcycle Club rumbled their way up to Bartlett Regional Hospital on Friday, hundreds of toys in tow. The toys… Continue reading

Operating Room Nurse Managers James Jurrens and Sherry O’Connor admire the haul of toys as Southeast Alaska Panhandlers Motorcycle Club Secretary Justin Papenbrock (third from left) and Sargent-at-Arms Steve “Shiner” Buckhouse (far right) put toys in a crate at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. The club donated about 500 toys to the hospital as part of its 24th annual Toy Run. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Police and fire for Monday, Aug. 20, 2018

Police and fire for Monday, Aug. 20, 2018

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

Police and fire for Monday, Aug. 20, 2018
In this Aug. 10, 2014 file photo, Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, talks during a live televised debate in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Treadwell is best choice in the Republican primary

Aug. 21 is the primary election and Alaskans, particularly Independents and Republics, have a hard choice in front of them. Mark Begich will win the… Continue reading

In this Aug. 10, 2014 file photo, Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell, talks during a live televised debate in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 threatens TAPS operations

Alaska’s environment The Stand for Salmon movement promises “vital infrastructure will still move forward” if the initiative passes. In reality, it would bring a standstill… Continue reading

JDHS graduate Klein named to dean’s list

Nathan Klein has been named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s List at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Nathan is a 2015 JDHS… Continue reading

Thank you to Taku Fisheries from Juneau Raptor Center

Thanks again to the continuing generosity of Taku Fisheries, the Juneau Raptor Center’s permanent and rehabilitating eagles will be eating freshly caught, processed and stored… Continue reading

Fiscus, Espinosa wed

Fiscus, Espinosa wed

Robin Fiscus AuD, a 1993 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate, and Jesse Espinosa, Esq, were married on July 14, 2018 in Kingston, Washington. They had a… Continue reading

Fiscus, Espinosa wed

Thanks from the 21st CCLC LEAP Afterschool Program

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers LEAP Afterschool program would like to give a sincere and heartfelt thank you to the many people and organizations… Continue reading

Chamber looking for Citizen of the Year nominees

The Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for the annual Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards. The Citizen of the… Continue reading

Thank you to Douglas Dornan and the Juneau Community Foundation

The Southeast Regional Resource Center has been providing adult education services in Juneau for more than 30 years, today through the program called The Learning… Continue reading

In defense of Juneau’s free press

On Monday, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly voted to allocate $361,000 for additional ambulance crew. But the Juneau Best Starts child care funding… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018

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

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018
Bridget McTague

Bridget Abroad: Next stop, France

“Should I bring the polar bear pins? Will French people know there aren’t polar bears in Juneau?” In the process of collecting pins, I spread… Continue reading

Bridget McTague

We are all on the way to school

It is 5:30 a.m. and 11-year-old Jackson and his younger sister, Salome, begin a ten-mile journey through the Kenyan wilderness facing charging elephants and other… Continue reading

Keep the Tongass wild and roadless

Alaskans are blessed with some of the wildest, most biologically prolific forests on the planet. Nowhere else is this more evident than the Tongass rainforest,… Continue reading

Clean up that damn mine

The Tulsequah Chief mine has been polluting the Taku Watershed with acid mine drainage (AMD) for over 60 years now. This pollution is in violation… Continue reading

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018

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

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018

Alaska should support existing National Park wildlife regulations

The current proposal by the Trump administration, in collaboration with the Walker administration, to permit unethical and unscientific predator control practices on National Park Service… Continue reading

Police calls for Friday, Aug. 17, 2018

Police calls for Friday, Aug. 17, 2018

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

Police calls for Friday, Aug. 17, 2018