Juneau News Archives

InnerSea Discoveries is a new brand created by the owner of American Safari Cruises, which has operated luxury yacht cruises in Alaska since 1997.

Halloween Carnival, noon to 5:30-7:30 p.m., Nugget Mall. Details: 789-4439. Halloween Party, 3-6 p.m. at The Canvas.

The National Military Family Association recently recognized Petty Officer 1st Class Aaron Udland of Juneau as the recipient of the Coast Guard Family of the Year Award for his family's efforts in volunteering and significantly contributing to support cancer awareness through various national organizations.

Any CCW employee can tell you that one of the creepiest places in town is our office after dark.

Longtime road advocate Dick Knapp was stunned silent Saturday night by the announcement that he was the Juneau Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year.

Juneau Partnerships for Families and Children recently received a grant from Best Beginnings to conduct a survey on Juneau as a place to raise young children.

Juneau high school athletes are now subject to mandatory, random drug testing. A A new school district policy went into effect on Monday, with the start of winter sports season.

Mark Bryan has been named the new publisher of the Juneau Empire after five years as publisher of the Newport News-Times in Newport, Ore.

The Juneau Gun Club is calling for volunteers to help with the annual Nov. 21 Turkey Shoot.

Despite the economic slump, about 35 employers will be at Centennial Hall today to promote their businesses amongst job-seekers at the Juneau Job Fair.

Life is beautiful and wondrous. It also is finite and brief. Both these truths have struck me forcefully and repeatedly since I arrived in Juneau last summer to take the position as senior pastor of Chapel by the Lake.

The city of Juneau is looking into the problem of unruly bus passengers. The Juneau Assembly is considering several ideas, including placing security personnel on city buses.

It was the first that many, including Jeffry Silverman, had ever heard of the Tlingit woman who, in 1945, spurred the Alaska Legislature to pass what historians cite as the first anti-discrimination law in America.

JUNEAU, Alaska During its 50th annual meeting, held in Corpus Christi, Texas, Sept.

The Juneau Assembly has voted to guarantee the seats on three proposed round-trip flights between Juneau and the community of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory.

On Oct. 7 Capital City Weekly carried an article about the 2009 Alaska Math & Science Conference, which is being held in Juneau for the first time Oct.

Mining built Juneau, and with the Kensington mine's imminent opening, mining will play a bigger role in the future as well.

In time for Halloween, the Juneau Douglas High School drama department - headed by Michaela Moore, Richard Moore and Lucas Hoiland - will present the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors." Originally a 1960's film, the production was made into a musical in the early '80's, then into a not-so-successful film remake in 1986.

A Juneau man busted for running an "brazen" illegal DVD pirating operation has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of copyright infringement.

Capital City Rotaract invites Juneau to go Passionately Pink for the Cure with the October Fest for Breasts fundraiser to be held at 8 p.m. Friday at the Hangar Ballroom.

Those developing or renovating buildings in Juneau's historic district now have a little more room for flexibility, as the Assembly adopted new guidelines and standards for Juneau's Downtown Historic District.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka hoisted a 68-year-old Juneau man from Sitka Sound after his 36-foot fishing vessel reportedly sank at about 9 p.m. Saturday.

For the first time since the Environmental Protection Agency toughened standards for airborne fine particulate matter in 2006, Juneau is off of the agency's air quality watch list - but just barely.

Former Juneau resident Karen Godfrey is the new vice president of the Kansas National Education Association.

Fish and Game officials killed a black bear early this morning in Juneau after it entered the porch or arctic entryway of a Lemon Creek trailer.

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell takes over the controls of a Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat while Chief Petty Officer Ryan O'Meara, officer in charge of Station Juneau, explains the performance characteristics of the boat and the challenges of working in Alaska's maritime domain, Oct.

"Thunder Mountain - you mean like that ride at Disneyland?" my sister asked when I told her about the latest hike I was scheming.

NOTES FROM A highly unlikely former media destination: It's not often I find myself in Juneau, Alaska.

Juneau voters gave Mayor Bruce Botelho a birthday present Tuesday by re-electing him for another three-year term.

Juneau resident David Walker never imagined his carpentry skills would be the catalyst for his grand prize in an international art show.

It's not often I find myself in Juneau, Alaska. This was the first time, in fact.

The $3.7 million in federal grant money was obtained from the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation, and will be used over the next four years to teach Tlingit language and culture.

Juneau resident Richard Wright Jr. has been missing since December 2000, and his family has hired a private investigator to assist in the investigation.

The Juneau Economic Development Council says the rate of state job loss is slowing and the economy is diversifying with more private-sector jobs in the city.

A circle of second graders holding sticks count time as they do African dance to an Australian aboriginal beat.

The Juneau Economic Development Council on Wednesday published its 64-page annual report of Southeast Alaska economic indicators that shows the region's downward population trend may be reversing course.