After four years of waking up at the crack of dawn for Juneau-Douglas High School hockey practice, senior Kane Ginter wasn’t going to let a… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas High School hockey team scored a season-high six goals Friday at Treadwell Arena in a 6-1 win over the North Pole Patriots. The… Continue reading
Juneau School District students will vote in the coming weeks on three different mascots for the consolidated football team. JSD Director of Student Services Bridget… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas High School girls basketball team erased a seven-point fourth quarter deficit Friday night to pull off a 57-53 win over Lathrop. Junior Caitlin… Continue reading
Girdwood figure skater Keegan Messing is headed to South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics soon. But first, he stopped by the Alaska State Capitol.… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas High School hockey team won its first conference game of the season in four tries last week in Fairbanks. This weekend, it will… Continue reading
The Juneau Empire will be live streaming local basketball games exclusively online at juneauempire.com. Thanks to a primary sponsorship from the Wells Fargo Dimond Field… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas High School girls basketball team (3-8, 2-2 SEC) hosts its first home games in three weeks Friday and Saturday. The Crimson Bears take… Continue reading
Juneau Ski Club’s Joanna Griggs finished in fourth place on Sunday at the Coca-Cola Holiday Classic U16-U19 slalom 1 race. The freshman at Juneau-Douglas High… Continue reading
Erik Kelly Juneau-Douglas High School senior Erik Kelly is the Juneau Empire’s player of the week. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound forward led the boys basketball team… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas High School girls basketball team scored 62 points in a loss to Ketchikan Friday night. On Saturday against the same opponent, they scored… Continue reading
As the lead maintenance mechanic for the Juneau School District, 57-year-old Steve Brandner encountered schoolchildren quite often. “They’ll stop me and say, ‘Hey, I know… Continue reading
Juneau high school basketball teams ran up against hot opponents Friday in four away contests. Only the Juneau-Douglas High School boys basketball team won a… Continue reading
Three Juneau prep sports teams lost to Lathrop High School on Thursday night in Fairbanks. The Thunder Mountain High School boys and girls basketball teams… Continue reading
Twenty-two-year-old Marella Gungob never thought she would ever visit Japan. “Never in a million years, in my wildest dreams,” Gungob said Thursday morning in the… Continue reading
A young contingent of Juneau Skating Club members took ninth place in their division at the 21st Annual Foot of the Lakes Synchronized Skating Classic… Continue reading
Last weekend, they shared the same court. This week, they’ll be playing nearly 1,000 miles apart. The Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas girls basketball teams are… Continue reading
The Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium bleachers were sparse when the Juneau-Douglas and TMHS girls basketball game tipped off at 5 p.m. Saturday. They were… Continue reading
Eaglecrest Ski Area will be closed today, Thursday and Friday. The Porcupine list will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Jan. 13, 14 and 15.… Continue reading
The celebration started before the ball even went through the basket. Playing in only his second game of the season, Thunder Mountain senior Puna Toutaiolepo… Continue reading
