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Joe Mishler has been an emergency responder for more than 40 years, about half of which he spent in Juneau. He’s retiring at ...
The cutter Storis is expected to arrive in Juneau this August, but it will leave again to be temporarily berthed in Seattle.
JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in ...
A four-day simulation of a foreign terrorist incident is set to start throughout Juneau on Sunday, with National Guard ...
Juneau is getting a new public-use cabin, this time built by a local trail maintenance nonprofit. The cabin will be owned and ...
Sending most of Juneau’s trash south on a barge during future decades is a better option than a new landfill or burning it in ...
In 2026, Juneau plans to spend more than $22 million in passenger-related funds. Major proposed expenditures include $3 ...
Petitions to cap the property tax rate, remove sales tax on food and utilities and make in-person voting the default again ...
Hidden away in the narrow streets of Juneau is a treasure trove of religious history found inside the St. Nicholas Russian ...
Empire Archives is a series printed every Saturday featuring a short compilation of headline stories in the Juneau Empire ...
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Juneau’s city officials are nearly doubling the fees that cruise lines pay to dock their ships at the city-owned facilities.