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Juneau Empire | Commissioner of H&SS diverts money from welfare and medical benefits programs to cover budget overruns in his own office. | 2/11/1993 | Agency shifts funding | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the Pride of Baltimore II a topsail schooner visiting Juneau, hosted by the Alaska Maritime Heritage Foundation, which hopes to build a tall ship for Alaska. | 6/28/1994 | A tall ship visits | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The city-borough assembly Monday night cast a vote of no confidence against city manager Mark Palesh, apparently ending his tenure as the city's top executive. | 4/4/1995 | Palesh on the way out: assembly votes `no confidence' in city manager | MacPherson, James | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Vic Kohring has asked public radio and television stations for equal time to present views of opponents of state subsidies to public broadcasters. | 4/9/1996 | Radio, TV lobbying criticized: Rep. Kohring offense takes on public radio defense | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau School Board member has suggested that the District reconsider its decision to turn Capital School over to the city at the end of this year. | 1/8/1997 | District may re-examine Capital School deal | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | As a result of an arbitrator's ruling about 2200 state workers' health - care benefits have been cut thus increasing their share of the cost and equating them with other state workers. | 1/26/1994 | Arbitrator sides with state on health costs | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | An arbitrator has upheld the firing of a state ferry engineer accused of claiming to be an Alaskan resident to collect higher wages. | 4/4/1995 | Fired ferry worker loses protest | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bradford, G.C. Curt | 9/15/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau assembly has recommended several revision to the city's comprehensive plan to encourage more housing, particularly downtown. | 4/9/1996 | Rezone could mean downtown housing: a mixed-use zone would permit apartments in commercial areas | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Less than two years after it opened, the downtown restaurant, Giorgio at the Pier, and its bar, the Galleon, are closing according to the owners. | 1/8/1997 | Owners of Giorgio say restaurant, bar to close | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Fishel, Donald R. | 1/26/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Boehl, Lyle Meloda | 4/4/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Southeast communities lost public TV will get it back. | 9/15/1995 | KTOO gets broadcast boost from federal grant | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The bid deadline for Riverbend School has been delayed until April 22, so city can provide bidders with copies of union contracts. | 4/9/1996 | Bid deadline for new school delayed again: city will provide contractors with union-hire specifications | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The QVC home-shopping network will likely be returning to Juneau in 1997 for another national broadcast featuring Alaskan products. | 1/8/1997 | QVC may bring Quest" back to Juneau" | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | State auditors have found that some monies from state educational programs were misspent on travel , etc. | 1/26/1994 | Audit questions Alaska 2000: Some education funds were spent improperly, auditors say | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Parents will be meeting with teachers this week to learn about their children's progress in school. | 4/4/1995 | Parent-teacher conferences all about students | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Candidate forums scheduled prior to elections. | 9/15/1995 | Forum lineup filling up quickly for candidates, issues | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Law enforcement officers seize marijuana plants from Prince of Wales Island couple. | 9/1/1995 | Cops nip pot growing operation in the bud | Price, Susan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Goldbelt, Inc. is planning to refurbish the Seadrome Building and build a 100-foot-long by 24-foot-wide dock on the property. | 4/9/1996 | Waterfront to get another dock: Goldbelt plans to improvve Seadrome building property. | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Some lawmakers say the benefits packages for new state workers should be trimmed as part of budget-cutting efforts, and state labor leaders are wary after the 1996 battles. | 1/8/1997 | Labor leaders eye Legislature | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Conservator of the Alaska State Museum offers Community Schools course on caring for valuable objects. | 2/11/1993 | If it's valuable, she'll help you preserve it | Raab, Diane | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | after 6 months of setting A up operating procrdures , educating themselves about human rights laws, and drafting procedures for handling discrimination complaints , the 9 member human rights commission for Juneau is ready to begin hearing complaints. | 1/26/1994 | City's human rights panel ready to hear complaints | Huber, Tim | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial says real baseball can be seen on Little League diamonds, at the softball parks and on the high school field not on Major League fields. | 4/4/1995 | Real baseball never left us: kids know how to enjoy game | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Man receives burns to body from car radiator fluid. | 9/15/1995 | Man burned during car repair attempt | Price, Susan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Workers investigating an odor that had made some state employees feel ill found decomposing fruit behind a desk. | 4/9/1996 | Rotten fruit may have caused smell in building | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A cruise ship head tax and a 2 percent statewide hotel bed tax are both proposed for legislative approval. | 1/8/1997 | Head tax, bed tax legislation introduced | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A state superior court judge says he will decide within a month whether to revoke a municipal permit for reopening the Kensington gold mine , 45 miles north of downtown Juneau. | 2/17/1994 | Kensington ruling due soon | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature describes the activities at the inflight kitchen at the Glacier Restaurant which prepares meals for Alaska Airlines flights. | 4/4/1995 | On a wing and a tray: kitchen always open to make airline meals | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Jensen's Home Furnishings is planning to build a theree-story building next to the Fred Meyer store. | 4/9/1996 | Jensen's to build 50,000 square-foot center | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A former planner for the state Department of Education has been sentenced in three charges that he improperly billed the state and other organizations for personal travel expenses. | 1/8/1997 | Former state employee sentenced in misconduct case | Holst, Svend | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | High school senior appointed to 15-member panel that advises state Dept. of Health & Social Services on juvenile justice programs in Alaska. | 2/11/1993 | Teen gets role on juvenile justice panel | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau sportfishing orginizations are supporting the states decision to lower the chinook catch to 1 fish per day starting April 15th. Downriggers will be allowed in Southeast. | 2/23/1994 | Limit is 1 king per day : But this time downriggers are allowed. | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | No Abstract Available | 2/23/1994 | Care options improve for homebound | Healy, Carole | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Jason Nobuo Judd was arrested for trespassing on the Ryndam cruise ship. | 9/22/1995 | Juneau man busted after reaching end of his rope | Price, Susan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article presents the reminiscences of several frequenters of Percy's and the former owner Harriet Reynolds. | 4/9/1996 | `Percy's Brats' glance back | Hutchison, Kristan | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sheakley, Richard B. | 2/23/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | More than 250 parents met at the high school commons Monday night to discuss specific problems and solutions regarding teenage violence. | 5/23/1995 | Parents hear story of violence at school | Price, Susan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | State task force proposal would lengthen the time it takes teachers to get tenure. | 9/22/1995 | Tenure compromise urged by task force | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Fair Exchange Program will make it easier for Juneau businesses to accept Canadian money from visitors. | 4/9/1996 | Program in place for Canadian money exchange: businesses can receive weekly faxes with currency exchange rates | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial, after listing recent mistakes in the Juneau Empire, resolves that the newsroom will try to be better and brighter in 1997. | 1/8/1997 | Resolutions we'll surely break in '97 | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The NTSB is reviewing flightseeing, helicoptor logging, aviation weather and runway facilities in Alaska after finding that Alaska air taxi operators had higher accident rates than the national average. | 5/23/1995 | It's a matter of air safety: National board reviews flightseeing in Alaska | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | UAS will close its child care center in December. | 9/22/1995 | Day care center to close doors: low enrollment, lack of money, cited by university | Currier, Erika | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial thanks all the people who responded with donations after Empire receptionist Dana Medford's home was burned. | 4/9/1996 | This community is truly great | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The decision by Echo Bay to drop the A-J mine project will affect many businesses throughout the community. | 1/15/1997 | Mine decision ripples widen | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | 20-year land use plan for State property within the city-borough was signed by DNR Commissioner Glenn Olds. Plan allows leases for Echo Bay Alaska Inc.'s two mine projects. | 2/11/1993 | State's land use plan allows big mine projects | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The city hopes to have the new 30,000-square-foot police station bult on Mendenhall Loop Road by 1977 but many hurdles still remain. | 5/23/1995 | Plans drawn for police facility | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Swayed by protests from residents, the Juneau Planning Commission has delayed approval of a plan by SECON, Inc. to build an asphalt plant and rock crusher in Lemon Creek. | 1/15/1997 | Noise debate puts rock crusher on hold | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaskan Cable Network replaced a shopping channel with The Learning Channel in its basic service lineup after complaints from the public, Rep. Bill Hudson and the Juneau city manager. | 2/11/1993 | Cable company alters basic" package" | Stange, Jay | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | An anonymous buyer purchased an 88-year-old Tlingit wooden screen originally from Juneau's Thunderbird House, for $233,500. | 5/23/1995 | Tlingit screen sold at New York auction | Thomas, Margaret | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Articorp could receive a $420,000 no-interest loan from the city to provide 42 apartments for legislative employees. | 4/23/1996 | City OKs legislative housing: dpwntown building remodel, affordable housing projects get assembly go-ahead | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Republican-led legislative majority is scrutinizing the proposed state budget in an effort to trim $60 million from it. | 1/15/1997 | Combing the budget | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Interview with recent exchange students. | 9/22/1995 | They were out of this world: Rotary exchange students return with stories to tell | Russ, Chris | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Carrithers, James B. | 2/18/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The goal of the city's mail-in survey is to find residents overlooked by the state to obtain additional state funding. | 9/19/1995 | City conducts own head count | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Dank Fink, a J-D High student who turned his life around after nearly dropping out of school, was recognized by Gov. Tony Knowles in his State of the State address. | 1/15/1997 | Stick with it, stay in school | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Johnson, Allen John - Pasquan, Bob | 9/22/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Advocates maintaining the 4% sales tax on the sale of pull-tab cards | 2/11/1993 | Don't end the tax on pull-tab games | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Three Alaska public TV stations will join together to save on Public Broadcasting Service fees and production costs. KTOO-FM will handle administrative chores for other public radio stations in southeast. | 5/23/1995 | KTOO adjusts to budget cut: little will change on the air | Persily, Larry | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Author comments on public funding of insurance for domestic partners. | 9/22/1995 | My Turn: Empire got it right on this one | Smiley, Richard | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A bill authorizing the death penalty and another calling for an advisory vote in November failed to pass out of the House Judiciary Comm. | 4/23/1996 | Death penalty bills meet their ends: House Judiciary won't move bills | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | As he promised to continue supporting Alaska's oil industry, Gov. Knowles proposed tax credits and incentives for job growth in his State of the State address. | 1/15/1997 | Knowles upbeat about economy | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Schnabel, George Anthony | 2/11/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | This feature describes the work of the trail maintenance and advocacy group Trail Mix. | 5/23/1995 | Trail Patrol: Trail Mix forges and trims trails | Healy, Carole | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Author comments on Juneau Empire coverage of Echo Bay and mining critics. | 9/22/1995 | My Turn: coverage of Alaskans for Juneau wrong again | Christianson, Susan S. | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Coogan Construction bid $8.375 million for construction of the Riverbend Elementary School about $1 million under the city's estimate. | 4/23/1996 | And the winner is...Coogan Construction: low bid on Riverbend may been too good to be true | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Business and political leaders speculate on the human and economic effects of the Greens Creek Mine closure | 2/18/1993 | It's a matter of fear: how hard will mine closure hit Juneau? | Stange, Jay | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The extreme cold weather caused an electrical failure in the Juneau airport runway lights. four flights had to be diverted one of which carried skier, Hillary Lindh. | 2/23/1994 | Cold zaps runway lights, four flights lindh's homecoming delayed. | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The $4.5 million approved by the 1995 legislature to build low-income apartments on Riverside Dr. is not enough and the project will be delayed a year. | 5/30/1995 | Valley housing project on hold | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A bill that would have pulled about $47 million from the North Slope Borough and given it to school districts around the state was sent back to Senate Rules Comm. | 4/23/1996 | School funding formula bill fails to progress: it would have meant more money for urban schools at expense of rural districts | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The National Guard is looking at 49 acres of Mental Health Trust land at 7 mile Glacier Highway as a site for building a new armory. | 1/15/1997 | National Guard looks at Mile 7 for new armory | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gillett, Edith - Kinney, Mark Andrew | 5/30/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hauger, Deborah K. - Tandy, C.D. Bob | 9/8/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the work and writings of mystery writer John Straley. | 4/23/1996 | A published private eye | Holst, Svend | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Haas, Christopher Neal - Peterson, C. Rae - Wallace, Charles R. | 7/5/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | State negotiators rejected a free fisheries enforcement vessel offered by Tyson Food Inc. as settlement for alleged commercial fisheries violations. | 2/18/1993 | State turns down fisheries boat | Huber, Tim | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The University of Alaska and Gov. Hickel have proposed legislation for the sale of government bonds to pay for about $75 million in repairsand renovation of dermitories and classrooms. | 2/23/1994 | University wants to raise repair money with bonds | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall will be in Juneau in mid-June after stops in Faibanks, Soldotna and Anchorage. | 5/30/1995 | `A real healing quality': replica of Vietnam Wall coming to town | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska officials appeal injunction banning commercial chinook salmon fishing in Southeast waters. | 9/8/1995 | Alaska appeals salmon injunction: judge rules against Alaska in treaty | Juneau Empire/AP | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A proposed hydroelectric plant at Lake Dorothy near Taku Inlet could provide 150 million killowat hours of electricity a year. | 4/23/1996 | Lake Dorothy power plant prediction may have been too low: new survey suggests more electricity available | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Isturis, Mary Ann | 1/15/1997 | No Headline Available | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Rejected nominees for ethics committee claim Republican majority is interested more in political balance than qualifications of potential members. | 2/18/1993 | Ethics nominees blast lawmakers | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | School board adopted 3 year calendar cutting back the number of parent-teacher conference days. | 2/18/1994 | Schools Get New Calendar | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A new Juneau company has applied for a permit to commercially harvest 13 species of plants from the Tongass National Forest to make into tea for retail sale. | 5/30/1995 | Company smells success in tea from Tongass | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Federal budget cuts would cause Alaska to lose nearly half of its BIA work force. | 9/8/1995 | BIA faces massive staff cuts | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A bill limiting how candidates can collect and spend campaign contributions has lost some key provisions. | 4/23/1996 | Campaign finance bill loses support: the question is now whether the bill can replace an initiative headed for November's ballot | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau man was sentenced to prison this week for felony assault for injuries suffered by passenger in the truck he was driving. | 1/15/1997 | Man sent to prison for car wreck | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Owners of cars, bars, landfills and pulp mills will begin paying fees for state permits they previously got for free from DEC | 2/18/1993 | New state fees go into effect Friday | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska's lawmakers are spending up to $210,000 to replace their sound system as well as buy new chairs for House and Senate chambers and new carpets for the Capitol's second and fourth floors. | 7/5/1994 | Legislators get new mikes, chairs, carpet | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A grand jury has indicted three men on charges stemming from a fight in which two men were attacked with a hammer and a third with a bottle. | 4/23/1996 | Three men indicted for `rival group' fight | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Jack C. Tullis of Juneau has been sentenced to 16 months in jail on drug charges. | 6/25/1996 | Rastafarian gets time for drug possession | Price, Susan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This Editor's corner column discusses advertising in newspapers. | 3/25/1997 | Editor's corner | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Over 50 citizens are slated to testify at final public hearing on A-J Mine permit. | 4/20/1993 | Pros, cons debated at hearing on A-J. | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | DEC revises air-quality regulations for businesses that emit air pollution. | 12/16/1994 | Sandor signed new air-quality rules on last day | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This special edition deals with the decision of Echo Bay to drop its project to reopen the A-J mine. | 1/14/1997 | Special edition | Thomson, Lori - Schoenfeld, Ed - Sabbatini, Mark - Rogoway, Mike - Hutchison, Kristan | 6-Jan | unknown |
Juneau Empire | School board voted to formally recommend that the city purchase land for a new Mendenhall Valley elementary school | 2/18/1993 | Board moves forward on land for new school | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Use of $15,000 donation for salmon litigation is a concern of Assembly. | 9/8/1995 | City sorts out cash given to troller group | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Mark Boyer, Commissioner of the Dept. of Administration elaborates on his agreement with 10 out-of-state ferry workers accused of wrongly collecting cost-of-living pay. | 4/23/1996 | My Turn: Ferry settlements end abuse, make rules clearer | Boyer, Mark | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | DOT could decide what to do with the ferry Malaspina after a meeting with the Marine Highway Advisory Committee. | 2/18/1997 | Ferry sale decision may come next week: fate of Malaspina could be decided after mayors' meeting | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The southeast community of Angoon and the operator of its water treatment plant have been indicted on charges that they falsified drinking water quality reports to the DEC between January 1990 and April 1993. | 7/5/1994 | Angoon, official indicted | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | New federal system of IFQ's for local fisheries will mean changes to Alaska fishing industry | 2/18/1993 | My Turn: New quotas will change halibut, black cod fisheries | Ulmer, Fran | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Finding a handgun in a middle school student's locker and the ensuing investigation have roused community concern. | 9/4/1994 | Guns, kids and a rising tide of violence | Christianson, Susan S. | A 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Fate of the fishery and value of further Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations is in question. | 9/8/1995 | Officials worry about fate of fishery, salmon treaty | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Bill Hudson introduced a resolution asking for legislative support to build a road from Juneau to Skagway. | 2/18/1997 | Hudson seeks road support: Juneau legislator introduces resolution for a road to Skagway | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to build a recreational cabin on the southeast end of Barlow Cove at the north end of Admiralty Island, about 16 air miles west of Juneau. | 7/5/1994 | Barlow Cove cabin proposed | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Mount Roberts trailhead will not be moved. | 5/24/1996 | Mount Roberts trail restorations promised | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Coast Guard search for Dan Wright who went overboard from the crab boat Bis, has been called off. | 2/18/1997 | Search for crab fisherman futile: efforts revealed no sign of 27-year-old Bellingham man | Holst, Svend | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Culbreath, Jean Kerttu - Brown, Mabel - Ritter, Samuel | 9/4/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | A 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Federal approval has been received to pay for at home Medicaid services. | 2/8/1993 | Getting help at home: at-home care to be allowed | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The writer warns that a real effort is needed to keep the capital in Juneau and gives reasons to get to work on the issue. | 9/4/1994 | Capital move complacency: Time's come to get to work. | Juneau Empire | C 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Discussion of logging and timber sales in the Tongass. | 5/24/1996 | My Turn: democracy and forestry | Schmiege, Don | 4 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Hooper, Harold Bud Erwin | 2/18/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hyer, Donald Rick" F. Jr." | 2/8/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Adams, Horace O. | 7/12/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Younger, Robert Arthur | 9/19/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Because the National Voter Registration Act does not permit voters' names to be removed from registration lists, Juneau has a record number of `registered' voters. | 9/19/1995 | Record number of `residents' registered | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Republican legislative majority wants mandatory competency tsts for Alaska teachers and high school graduates. | 2/18/1997 | GOP presents education proposals: funding, tests among changes called for | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Jonathan Griffin convicted of stealing drugs from at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School will go before school board. | 5/24/1996 | Convicted teacher wants job back | Price, Susan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Alascom and the University of Alaska's LiveNet program broadcast distance learning classes to military education sites. | 2/8/1993 | Earning college credit by satellite: University class is beamed to military sites around Alaska | Raab, Diane | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Federal safety officials have allowed Echo Bay to resume exploratory work at the Alaska-Juneau gold mine, following their investigation into a cave-in that killed mine worker Chris Haas on July 1. | 7/12/1994 | Miners return to work: company not at fault for cave-in | Healy, Carole | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Voters in other parts of Alaska think a capital move will cost nothing according to the writer and Juneau could lose the capital. | 9/4/1994 | Get it clear: Capital move is very real threat | Gorsuch, Norm | C 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A convicted felon was indicted on theft and fraud charges alleging he used credit card numbers obtained while working at a local seafood company. | 9/19/1995 | Felon faces charges in credit-card scheme | Price, Susan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Debate on a bill to ban partial-birth" abortion in Alaska began today before the State House Affairs Committee." | 2/18/1997 | Vigorous debate begins on abortion ban bill: legislation would make `partial-birth' abortions unlawful | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Murphy, Ethel J. - Zamora, Ramon | 5/24/1996 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Sarah Buffington and her three children have moved into a three bedroom apartment after living in a tent on Douglas Island since April. | 7/12/1994 | Family finds housing, leaves tent | Healy, Carole | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer propounds expectations of mastery in learning. Superficial learning or vague expectations fail the student. | 9/4/1994 | My Turn: Students learn by practice toward mastery. | Jensen, John | C 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Tony Knowles spoke out Monday against an effort by Sen. Ted Stevens to halt the Tongass Land Management Plan. | 9/19/1995 | Knowles speaks out against Stevens' Tongass plan | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Diesel oil leaking from a storage tank at the site of the proposed Windy Craggy copper and gold mine was reported by Geddes. The company has not removed buildings or equipment for the canceled project. | 9/11/1994 | Windy Craggy oil spill mount. cause unknown | Healy, Carole | A1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Proposed federal minimum wage hike won't help many Alaskans. | 5/24/1996 | Minimum wage boost - Alaska style | Juneau Empire/AP | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The House voted 26-12 to spend $1 million tofight a court ruling giving sovereign powers to two tribal groups. | 2/18/1997 | Lawmakers, activists gear up for sovereignty battle: House OKs $1 million for high court fight | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Summer correspondence studies have been eliminated for all but high school seniors who need courses to graduate. | 2/8/1993 | State cuts summer correspondence classes | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau School Board is considering a change in policy regarding teacher resignations and firings. | 2/18/1997 | District firing policy considered | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Profile of Jane Mulready, Juneau musician, teacher and auctioneer. | 2/18/1994 | A 'Lady' of Good Humor, Jane Mulready Finds Enjoyment in All That She Does | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editor feels that it is not right for Governor Hickel to wait until after the primary election to announce whether he will run | 7/12/1994 | Hickel should make decision: either join race or bow out now | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Safety concerns caused the removal of a bathing trough on forest service land. A mixture of ownerships and jurisdictions has hindered development of a public use plan for the springs. | 9/11/1994 | Forest Service pulls pug on popular hot springs tub | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State officials say people finishing the new Certified Public Manager program at UAS will have an advantage in getting promotions. | 9/19/1995 | University management program gets state stamp of approval | Currier, Erika | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that Alaska legislators whor are working on reducing a $400 million deficit should vote to return the per diem increase they recently received. | 4/17/1996 | Per diem increase sends a message. | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Police have arrested John Williams, Aaron Foley, Clinton Kearney, and Jason Martin-Wilson in connection with four church break-ins. | 2/18/1997 | Four arrested for pre-Christmas burglaries | Holst, Svend | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Depressed world mineral prices have claimed Juneau's largest private employer, the Greens Creek mine, which will shut down in mid-April, 1993. | 2/17/1993 | Skidding prices shut down mine: Greens Creek to close; 230 out of work | Stange, Jay | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author criticizes a report by Solutions for Progress Inc. which shows that Alaskans would realize great savings if a single-payer system is adopted. | 7/12/1994 | My Turn: Another view of the single-payer system | Urion, Rick | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The editor sees the need for firm handling of the gun-at-school incident and for the community to exempt itself from the new less strict concealed weapons standards so that a double standard is not created. | 9/11/1994 | Keeping guns out of schools: Adults need to set example, too | Juneau Empire | C2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | An appeal to a $20 million lawsuit by local tram developer Chuck Keen against the city-borough is being considered by Supreme Court justices. | 9/19/1995 | Arguments heard in Keen suit against city | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The director of the CBJ Dept. of Health and Social Services, Kathy Marshall, has resigned rather than undertake the restructuring recommended by mgt. consultant. | 4/17/1996 | Mental health agency director calls it quits. | Hutchison, Kristan -,,, | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Greens Creek miners will not be likely to find work in other mines in the Yukon territory or the U.S. | 2/17/1993 | Miners' options are few: Yukon mines also facing tough times | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the many gifts received by the governors of Alaska. | 7/12/1994 | Gifts can keep a governor all tied up: diplomacy, storage space high on a first family's list. | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer extrols the 25 year service of naturalists on ferries and tells about the six years of unmanned tourist information | 9/11/1994 | My turn: Forest Service naturalists have long history | Hakala, D. Robert | C 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial encourages mining companies to continue their new policy of involving the community in their plans. | 9/19/1995 | Mining companies talk with the critics: negotiation is always less costly than litagation | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gladys V. Kelley died on 4/13/96. | 4/17/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Williams, Russell J. - Hunter, Mary Uinta Teddy" - Leslie, Earlyne C." | 2/17/1993 | 9180 | Obituaries | unknown | |
Juneau Empire | Author discusses the economic implications of the closing of the Greens Creek mine. | 2/17/1993 | The loss of a good neighbor: Greens Creek mine will close its doors | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Bishop Michael Warfel is a man well qualified and carefully chosen for his new position in Southeast Alaska. | 12/18/1996 | A ministry of open arms/For most, a first glimpse of new bishop/Pro-nuncio: Warfel right person for the right place | Rogoway, Mike - Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 5 | 6-Jan |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Mark Hanley wants a study done of state workers' salaries and benefits to see if they are paid more than private sector workers. | 4/9/1996 | Hanley calls for state pay study: lawmaker wants to set aside raises and study pay rates first | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Proposals from Avondale Industries and Halter Marine Inc., for designing and build a ferry are being evaluated. | 9/15/1995 | Shipyards in the running to build new state ferry | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the Alaska Mathcounts competition and the preparation of the winning team from Juneau: Jason Hickey, Adam Lutchansky, Amelia Still and Mike Weaver. | 3/28/1995 | Top problem solvers: talent, hard work add up to victories | Joling, Dan | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Jim Duncan wants legislative and statewide candidates to debate health-care reform in Alaska. The comprehensive plan he proposes would save $202 million a year, he says. | 6/28/1994 | Talking about health-care reform: Duncan pushes new plan, urges more debate | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The author feels the proposal by Legislative Affairs to utilize the Capital School building should be an open, informed public decision. | 12/18/1996 | My Turn: Open Capital School fate to democratic debate | Ottoson, David | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The author believes that since private prisons can be operated for less they should be used and Alaska's economic welfare put above self interest. | 4/10/1996 | My Turn: Why we should consider privatizing prisons. | Prewitt, Frank | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author asks that Native Alaskans who missed being enrolled under ANSCA of 1971 through no fault of their own be enrolled now. | 3/28/1995 | My Turn: `Left-outs' deserve stock in corporations | Howard, Raymond A. Sr. | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Three towers holding up the hydroelectric transmission line at Port Snettisham will be moved several hundred feet this summer to avoid a landslide shute above the line, at a cost of $500,000. | 6/28/1994 | Crews to relocate Snettisham towers | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Echo Bay Alaska barred critics of A-J gold mine from touring a submarine tailings disposal site. | 9/15/1995 | Mine company bars critics from tour: Alaskans for Juneau representatives weren't allowed on tailings visit | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Metlakatla High School senior juggles motherhood and sports. | 2/4/1993 | Babies and basketball: All in a mom's day | Schmitz, Richard | 12 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial welcomes the new Catholic bishop and wishes him well in his work in Southeast. | 12/18/1996 | Southeast welcomes Bishop Michael Warfel | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Clayton Leslie Polley died on 04/09/96. | 4/10/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Herbert Reape of Anchorage, who arrived at the Juneau airport last April with heroin, cocaine, syringes, crack and a crack pipe, has been sentenced to six years in prison. | 3/28/1995 | Man gets six years in jail for possession of heroin, crack | Price, Susan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Plans for the state's prison industries program to team up with an Anchorage distributor to manufacture wooden caskets and other funeral and burial products has been approved by the Correctional Industries Commission. | 6/28/1994 | Building a better casket | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A Yakutat lodge owner has pled innocent to charges of murdering a man employed as a cook at the lodge. | 12/18/1996 | Lodge owner pleads innocent to murder charge | Holst, Svend | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | In addition to its rapid growth JAMI has had to deal with a philosophical split over whether families or professionals should control the agency. | 4/10/1996 | Spending, philosophy at core of JAMI debate: The organization has changed since its inception in 1983. | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | HB44 which would ban political parties from selling pull-tabs or operating bingo games is moving toward a vote in the House. | 3/28/1995 | Bill would end political fund-raising from Bingo | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Legislation requiring a study to determine the safety of existing Juneau Airport navigational aids has been approved by the senate and willnow go to a congressional conference committee. | 6/28/1994 | Are landing aids safe? FAA says so, but senator pushes for airport study | Huber, Tim | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Perseverance Theatre stages The Meeting a one-act play about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2/4/1993 | The Meeting": Civil rights leaders meet in mythical conversation" | Thomas, Margaret | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | City-Borough Planning Commission will hold 10 public hearings to develop a road map for guiding the growth and development of the city over the next several years. | 2/17/1994 | Here's Your Chance to Testify on Land-Use Plan | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alternative high school teachers previously employed by SERRC through a contract with the Juneau School District will be directly employed by the District next year. | 12/18/1996 | Alternative school teachers to be JEA members | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Airlines is finalizing an agreement to honor tickets from Delta Airlines, which is ending its summer-only service to Juneau. | 12/18/1996 | Delta ticket deal nears closure | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A supplemental budget bill headed to the state Senate floor has $1.2 million less than the administration said was needed to balance the budget for the current fiscal year. | 4/10/1996 | Trimmed-down book-balancing budget heads for Senate vote: Senate Finance cuts out noney for fines that court levide against the state. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Low prices for oil mean a deficit of $600 million which will halt hundreds of state-funded public works projects from state budget. | 2/17/1994 | Projects Threatened: Budget Woes May Kill Public Works Money | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This article discusses the experiences of independent travelers to Alaska. | 9/12/1995 | Alaska's independent tourists | Brown, Cathy | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Someone had used Don McDonald's Honda automobile overnight, driving it 181 miles and doing $2000 damage. | 3/28/1995 | Driver borrows man's Honda, without Accord | Price, Susan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The man who stole an undisclosed amount of money from the Breakwater Inn last month pled his sentence down to misdemeanor theft in a sentencing agreement. | 12/18/1996 | Breakwater thief guilty | Holst, Svend | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Part of the bank of the Mendenhall River upstream from the Brotherhood Bridge was washed out by high water on Monday. | 9/12/1995 | River's banks prove dangerous after rain | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | MarkAir will end service to Juneau almost two weeks earlier than April 15th as originally announced so planes can be put on more profitable routes. | 3/28/1995 | Airline departs Sunday: MarkAir leaving Juneau earliere than announced | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | 30 acres of land adjacent to Lena point has been donated tothe city, and Gastineau Rotary Club has submitted a plan the the city for Lena Park that includes doubling the length of the trail and erecting an historical display. | 2/17/1994 | Club Plans Improvements at Lena Point | Healy, Carole | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Southeast Alaska Catholic Church community ordained Michael Warfel as its new bishop Tuesday night in the first such service in Southeast.. | 12/18/1996 | Bishop receives office | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Since 1991 JAMI's annual budget has almost quadrupled to $3.8 million and the executive director's salary rose about 50%. | 4/10/1996 | Top salaries at JAMI grew dramatically over the years: Executive director's wages are 50 percent higher than 1991. | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A measure introduced by Eagle River RepublicanSen. Randy Phillips to move the legislature to Anchorage was defeated in the Senate. | 3/28/1995 | Senators reject move bill, 14-6 | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Two men in Juneau, David Hollinger and Anthony Gregory, and one man in Washington were arrested on drug charges as part of a Valentine's Day raid coordinated by narcotics agents in Alaska and Washington. | 2/17/1994 | Three Men Arrested in Drug Bust | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Native objections to building an $85 million fisheries research center at Auke Cape (Indian Point), which is considered a sacred site, could delay the project. | 12/18/1996 | Natives oppose NOAA site | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Some staff thinks that JAMI's financial problems are due to disorganized book-keeping, but officials contribute them to rapid growth and over expectations of Medicaid. | 4/10/1996 | Ailing agency's books in disarray: Juneau Alliance for the Mentally Ill has grown quickly, and so has its problems. | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | February 20-26 is National Engineers Week celebrated by the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers, and is to increase public awareness and appreciation of engineers. | 2/17/1994 | My Turn: Engineers are Much More Than Just Nerds | Gregovich, Lars | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Conference of Tlingit Tribes and Clans on May 5-8, 1993 will include Tlingits from Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. | 2/10/1993 | Tlingit Tribes and Clans conference history-bound | Hope, Andy | 14 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the activities of local investment clubs such as The Broad Assets, Capital City Capitalists, and Wall Street Women. | 2/11/1997 | Educated Investments | Rogoway, Mike | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels the CBJ Assembly should pass laws to deal with local hiring and buying in a clearly legal way without conflict of interest. | 4/3/1996 | City's labor agreement not the right solution. | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Parts of the valley were under flood warning Sundaay and Monday. | 9/12/1995 | River flood warnings called off in valley | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Stevens, Frank E. | 1/11/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | At least two dozen bill are before lawmakers which would affect dividends. The goal is to protect the dividend program for true alaskans. | 2/24/1994 | Lawmakers Check Out Dividend Changes | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Rick Beasley is spending the next 3 months carving a Yakutat-style canoe at the US Forest Service Information Center. | 2/10/1993 | The art of taking the tree to the sea: Turning wood to Tlingit history | Thomas, Margaret | 13 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Coeur Alaska wants to move the gold mine's wastewater discharge pipe to Sherman Creek. | 9/15/1995 | Mine's wastewater method changed | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The pilot that was at the helm when the Star Princess grounded on Poundstone Rock has permanently surrendered his license to pilot ships in Alaskan waters. | 4/3/1996 | Pilot at Star Princess helm turns in license: Capt. Robert Nerup agreed to never apply for a license to guide ships in Alaskan waters again. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | DEC will take over cleanup of Alaska Pulp Corp.'s Sitka mill site from EPA to speed cleanup DEC officials announced. | 9/12/1995 | State to take over cleanup of Sitka mill | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The animal-rights group, In Defense of Animals, encouraged its followers to write the wrong man as governor of Alaska,Jim Campbell, in protest of the wolf-kill program. | 1/11/1995 | Animal-rights group gets governor wrong | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau School district officials say a $3.9 million technology bond issue they hope voters will approve this fall will probably not be the last one. | 4/3/1996 | School technology bond won't be the end": School board will vote in two weeks on whether to ask voters for more computer money for classrooms." | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | State workers represented by Public Employees Local 71 will get cost-of-living raises of 1 1/2 percent a year if they ratify the new contract. | 9/12/1995 | Union, state reach tentative agreement: blue- and gray-collar state workers given cost-of-living raises | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A near mid-air collision at the Juneau airport last summer has promptedthe FAA to recommend more specific instructions by the Juneau air traffic controllers. | 1/11/1995 | A close call at airport: Near-hit on July 1 prompts FAA warning | Joling, Dan | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Representative Bill Williams wants to keep the nickel-a-barrel tax that is funneled into the state's oil and hazardous waste cleanup and spill prevention fund, and give oil companies credit for money paid once the fund reaches its cap of $50 million. | 2/24/1994 | Williams Tries New Deal on Spill Fund | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A bill easing restrictions on concealed handgun permits is on the Senate floor after controversial provisions were changed. | 4/3/1996 | Vote delayed on concealed handgun bill: A final vote on Senate Bill 177 is expected next week. | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | State and federal narcotics agents are completing a two-year investigation with indictments that could cut local cocaine trade in half. | 1/4/1995 | Drug agents break up Southeast cocaine ring | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The social services advisory board has been seeking to establish community-wide discussion on health and social services issues but has been unable to get Bartlett Memorial Hospital to participate in discussion of ways to reduce its overhead. | 2/24/1994 | My Turn: Hospital May Be Grabbing at Too Much | Williams, Elaine | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The House approved its proposed 1997 fiscal year budget keeping in place all of the $70 million in reductions sought by the Republican-led majority. | 4/3/1996 | Cuts kept as House passes budget: Long floor debate expected today on reconsideration. | Sabbatini, Mark -,,,, | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The school board's policy committee wants more information on the proposal to require teachers to have 24 credits in their subject area. | 2/11/1997 | More information sought on proposed changes for teachers: committee considers how teachers stack up against requirements | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Two year wage settlement reached between school district and secretaries, aides, custodians, and nurses. | 8/25/1995 | School district, support staff reach agreement on wages | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A book of Walter Hickel's thoughts and ideas, The Wit and Wisdom of Wally Hickel" has been released." | 1/4/1995 | Meet Wally Hickel, visionary: Experts from the book of Hickelisms | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Creed, Megan L. | 3/28/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The study of traffic on Basin Road will be taken up by the CBJ assembly t their September 25 meeting. | 9/12/1995 | Basin Road study done; assembly wants time | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Farr, Wilbur A. Bill - Maland, Margaret Irene | 9/12/1995 | 10117 | Obituaries | unknown | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial describes how the layout of the daily paper is planned. | 2/11/1997 | Editor's corner | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Author deplores practice of clear-cutting. | 2/10/1993 | My turn: It's time to change Tongass management | Kemp, Molly | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The law firm that advised Juneau's school district on how to fire former Superintendent Helen McIntyre is being sued by the school district and McIntyre for malpractice. | 9/12/1995 | Lawsuits filed over McIntyre firing | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | On a split vote based on the cost of membership, the Juneau school board has decidedto rejoin the Association of Alaska School Boards. | 1/4/1995 | Board stays with state association: Split vote reflects seriousness of school district's budget woes | Joling, Dan | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This 3-day economic summit is an opportunity for leaders of several Southeast Alaska native corporations to come together to discuss issues and share information and develop regional strategies for the region and village corporations in southeast. | 2/24/1994 | Native Corporations Talk on Economics | MacPherson, James | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Metz, William Benjamin - Sutton, Andrew Stanley Andy | 2/24/1994 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Senior citizen nutrition, transportation and support services may be in line for more than $200,000 in cuts over the next four years. | 2/10/1993 | Budget cuts target senior programs | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The city will negotiate to buy a 114-acre piece of land witch is owned by Joe Smith, within city parkland near Amalga Harbor. | 2/11/1997 | Assembly OKs negotiations for parkland | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's American Legion Hall could lose its liquor license due to $10,000 they owe in back city sales taxes. | 4/3/1996 | Legion's liquor license at stake: Veterans' group owes back taxes to city. | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | When police take over the territory currently covered by State Troopers, staffing levels must increase. | 2/10/1993 | Staffing for police must be adequate | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A threatening phone call to the State Office Building forced about 900 state workers out of the building. | 2/11/1997 | State offices emptied in another threat call | Holst, Svend | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | DEC, the Coast Guard and Alaska Tram Inc. are working to contain oil flowing from a tank on the company's property. | 2/10/1993 | Oil oozes from Thane Road tank | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Pulp Corporation should operate its Sitka pulp mill or it should lose its long term Forest Service contract. | 2/25/1994 | My Turn: I Say a Contract is a Contract | Lawson, John W. | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | City-borough assembly is considering cutting back bar and liquor store hours in order to save the police department money. | 2/10/1993 | Last call could be earlier: Bar hours may be cut | Huber, Tim | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Summer visitors to Pack Creek on Admiralty Island will pay the Forest Service and Fish & Game $36 to watch the bears. | 2/11/1997 | Pack Creek bear-watching fees hike announced: agencies say increase is to partially make up for recent funding cuts by the Legislature | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Legislation to get insurance companies to pay for cancer screening test is on its way to the Senate floor. | 4/3/1996 | Cancer screening bill wins support: Insurance companies would pay for prostate, pap tests. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A Cessna 185 airplane crashes on the Baird Glacier near Petersburg. | 9/15/1995 | Two die when airplane crashes on glacier | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Knowles announced the appointment of Joseph Perkins as the commissioner for the Department of Transportatiion and Public Facilities. | 1/4/1995 | Perkins picked for DOT: Engineer joins Knowles team | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Coeur Alaska, Inc. may revamp its plans for the Kensington gold mine, which could remove some environmental concerns. | 4/3/1996 | Mine plans change: Changes include abandoning dam and dry tailings storage. | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Features views of St. Ann's employee Sharon Beazley about western civilization's treatment of the elderly. | 2/25/1994 | Outraged About Age Bias: Sharon Beazley Wants People to Quit Ignoring the Elderly | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Heavy snowfall causes many government agencies and schools to declare a day off. Two feet of snow fell with another 8-10 inches expected. | 2/4/1993 | Leapin' blizzards! :Snow keeps piling up; rain's next | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Knowles has asked for $485,000 to fight a court ruling giving Native tribal councils broad control over 1.4 million acres of land. | 2/11/1997 | Senate to vote on emergency funds: Governor seeks money to fight `Indian country' case | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | There are veiled threats of lawsuit, but still no allocation plan for the coming Pacific N.W. commercial salmon season in the Us-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty negotiations. | 4/3/1996 | Still no plan for salmon: Fishery in limbo as Salmon treaty talks deteriorate. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Although several retail chains have opened or plan to open in Juneau, no obvious reason for the boom" has appeared. Some call it a "business herd" mentality." | 2/27/1994 | Big-Time Retailers Rush In | MacPherson, James | A-1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Proponents of SB 40 say it would keep Alaska's rivers rich in fish; others say it could shut down commercial fisheries. | 2/11/1997 | Fishermen watching SB 40: the proposed bill calls for managing instead of protecting `discreet stocks,' to keep individual stocks healthy in specific streams | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Joseph D. Riederer and Dixie Hood express views on recent salmon treaty talks. | 8/25/1995 | My turn: Alaska should opt out of salmon treaty talks | unknown | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Ticketless travel now available on some AK Airlines routes. | 8/25/1995 | Alaska Airlines trying out ticketless travel | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Chamber of Commerce surveys local businesses regarding three tax-related ballot measures. | 8/25/1995 | Chamber polls members' reaction to tax measures | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | State Fish and Wildlife troopers released 500 illegally taken crab after unseccessfully trying to sell them. | 12/28/1994 | Troopers return illegal crabs to sea | MacPherson, James | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Area State Parks Advisory Board must decide what work should be done on the Mount Roberts trail. | 5/17/1996 | Mount Roberts trail becoming worse for wear | Juneau Empire | 5 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Interview with emelie Cherry, who's selling flower business. | 8/25/1995 | How emelie's garden grows: customers say it grows with wisdom kindness, love | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Emel, Leona Lillian (Crouch) | 12/28/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The writer proposes a temporary suspension of the no-outsider-pay provision of the ethics code to enable the assembly to arrange adequate compensation for the mayor's time in the effort to defeat the capital move. | 2/27/1994 | Pay Mayor for Move Campaign: He'll be Busy in Keep-the-Capital Fight | Persily, Larry | D-2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State will respond in kind to lawsuit filed by aluminum companies. | 2/25/1994 | Lawsuit Would Halt Southeast Fishing | Huber, Tim | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | At the planning commission's Feb. 9 meeting about the Alaska-Juneau mine project, staff advice and public concerns were ignored and Echo Bay's weak substitute language was adopted. | 2/16/1993 | My Turn: Planning commission not doing its job | Behnke, Steven | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Taylor's bill would require legislative approval before sale of the ferry Malaspina. | 2/11/1997 | Privatizing state holdings: Taylor bill would require legislative OK | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Governor Knowles has appointed Juneau union leader, Tom Cashen as commissioner of Labor. | 12/28/1994 | Cashen to lead labor: Union lobbyist is latest Knowles appointment | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A consulting engineer urges homeowners to make sure they prevent damp, moist air from damaging attics and crawl spaces. Preventive maintenance is cost-effective. | 2/27/1994 | My Turn | Hansen, Ron | D-2 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | 60 educators, bureaucrats, politicians and other community leaders" will spend one day brainstorming as part of the make-schools-better-process being directed by the National Faculty an education think-tank." | 2/16/1993 | 9179 | Setting goals for Juneau's schools: Educators set sail to chart future of schools | unknown | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Two Juneau couples are planning to open Spruce Meadow RV park on Mendenhall Loop Road. | 2/11/1997 | Another RV park planned: the 64-space Spruce Meadow park will target visitors | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The CBJ planning commission approved a plan by Echo Bay to use water from Salmon Creek to replace water diverted from the Gold Creek Basin. | 12/21/1994 | City approves Echo Bay's alternative water plan | MacPherson, James | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gastineau Human Services has begun an acupuncture pilot program for people who are fighting alcohol, drug, or tobacco addictions and for some prisoners who have problems with substance abuse. | 2/27/1994 | Path to Recovery: Addiction Treatment Includes Acupuncture | Healy, Carole | A-1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Group of the Sierra Club and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council have asked for an expanded environmental impact review of the Apex-El Nido Mining Inc. site which is close to the West Chichagof Yokobi Wilderness. | 2/16/1993 | Chichagof mine plan draws questions | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Seven pro-choice groups went to court to block Governor Hickel's ban on state-funded abortions. | 2/10/1993 | Pro-choice advocates sue state | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Frank, Anecia Jean - Ribalof, Fredson | 2/11/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hoffman, Robert E. 'Tex' - Trivette, Herman Francis | 8/25/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Ragsdale, DeAnn Jean - Reid, Evelyn Morrison - Teseneer, Lolan Lee | 5/17/1996 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The city has awarded a contract to clean up the lead at the shooting range in Harborview school | 8/14/1995 | Shooting range update to be heard by school board | Joling, Dan | 8 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Anderson, Joseph M. II - Wakefield, Jeanne Lorraine (Jacques) | 2/28/1994 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Cancer patient Mike Miller stresses the importance of persons suffering with cancer or other traumatic illnesses to be with others who have had similar experiences. | 12/11/1996 | Coach says support groups play crucial role | Russ, Chris | 8 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Environmentalists file a lawsuit against the Ketchikan Pulp Co. for dumping toxic waste into Ward Cove. | 5/17/1996 | Lawsuit filed against pulp company | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly may consider action against the law firm that advised it in the case against Helen McIntyre | 8/14/1995 | City may seek compensation from law firm in McIntyre case | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. David Finkelstein announces he will not seek a fifth term in office. | 5/17/1996 | Finkelstein says four terms is enough | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | All but one city election will be competitive. | 8/25/1995 | Late filings almost fill the ballot | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Judson, Arthur B. _ Walpole, Raymond | 12/21/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Benjamin, Tony - Johansen, Tore Jon | 2/16/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial, in light of the lifting of sanctions against Iraq and ists effect on Alaskan oil revenues commends the legislature on its conservative management of Alaska's economy. | 12/11/1996 | Prudent policy protects against economic pitfalls | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Due to its tight housing market few of Juneau's houses for sale quality for the 5% home loan program of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. | 12/21/1994 | Few Juneau homes qualify for loan deals | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly lands committee has recommended awarding Housing First Inc., Alaska Housing Development Corp. Inc., and St. Vincent de Paul Society a tatal of $507,000 for low-income housing projects. | 2/16/1993 | City moves toward new housing grants | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The bank teller who allegedly took $20,000 from her drawer at 1st National Bank of Anchorage Valley brancch should be back in Juneau by Christmas. | 12/11/1996 | Teller to be brought back to Juneau | unknown | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Dennis Egan and Mark Farmer are running for mayor. Jim Powell, Randy Wanamaker, Al Clough, Cathy Munoz and John McKinnon are running for assembly seats. | 8/14/1995 | Egan to face Farmer: Perennial challenger seeks to unseat incumbent mayor | Sanachev, Igor | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Questions of ownership have kept the 700 year old fish trap retrieved from Montana Creek, in its storage cradle in the basement of the State Museum. | 12/21/1994 | Still out of sight: Questions keep fish trap locked away | Thomas, Margaret | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Echo Bay Mines Ltd. of Canada has reported earnings of $3.6 million in 1993. The company, parent company of Echo Bay Alaska, reported a loss in 1992. | 2/28/1994 | Echo Bay Rebounds, Posts Profits | MacPherson, James | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A low-flying airplane was reported by several Mendenhall Valley residents as flying low very close to their homes Tuesday night. | 12/11/1996 | Low-flying plane raised valley residents' ire | Hutchison, Kristan | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The new middle school under construction in Switzer Creet is due for completion by June 1, 1994. | 2/16/1993 | So far, new school's on schedule | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Differences remain between Governor's and legislators budget proposals. | 5/17/1996 | No-budge budgets differ at the core | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Tourism Aldersheim Lodge | 8/7/1995 | Adlersheim to enter tourism market: Lodge to serve cruise ship passengers, winter skiers. | Healy, Carole | 7 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Many agencies in Juneau are collecting money, food, and gifts to assist those in need with their Christmas. | 2/14/1994 | Groups, collecting holiday gifts, other contributions | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Thirty-one Juneau-area land parcels totaling 19,343 acres are on a list of property mental health groups want from the state under the court-ordered reconstituted trust to replace mental health lands sold or transferred. | 2/28/1994 | Making a list: lands deal would affect Juneau sites | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Negotiations on a 30 percent health insurance premium increase have reached an impasse. | 2/16/1993 | Labor talks fizzle: Cut in benefits still expected | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A sentencing agreement submitted to the judge could put a man accused of stealing legislative computer parts in jail for at least a year. | 12/11/1996 | Computer thief may spend a year in prison | Holst, Svend | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Commitment to open meetings by lawmakers was not part of the legislative majorities stated Commitment to Alaska. | 5/17/1996 | Open meeting laws dissolve | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Herring, Douglas F. | 8/4/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Disagreement about legal and equitable means of funding tourism marketing through taxation continues. | 2/28/1994 | No Agreement Yet Over State Tourism Funding | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | USS Juneau Memorial is visited by tourists. | 5/17/1996 | Lost brothers not forgotten | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Tongass National Forest | 8/7/1995 | My turn: Alaska should learn from neighbors' mistakes | Hodges, Jack | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that the new law requiring that non- taxable diesel fuel be dyed red or blue could be dangerous because it creates the potential for a mix-up with aviation fuel. | 1/19/1994 | Dyed - fuel rule is a big problem : Alaska should get exemption | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State reapportionment board came up with three plans for setting Alaska's 40 state House districts. | 1/25/1993 | Reapportionment board considers few changes in Juneau House seats | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau School District officials said this week they will spend $52,799 replacing playground equipment taken out this fall due to safety concerns. | 12/11/1996 | District will replace playground equipment | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes a new private ferry, the Silver Eagle, operating out of Haines. | 4/16/1996 | Another way over the water: new fery is testing the economic waters, but it's been a rough ride so far | Thomson, Lori | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | State Board of Education is proposing regulations to return the term dropout" and drop the euphemism "early leaver"." | 1/25/1993 | Dropout" drops back in as official term" | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Southeast mayors are presenting a proposal to their communities that calls for Gov. Knowles to budget funds for timber sales on state University of Alaska and Mental Health Trust lands. | 12/11/1996 | State my be asked to free up logging land | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Coeur Alaska officials and environmentalists say new plans for the Kensington gold mine could reduce environmental risks. | 4/16/1996 | Risks could be reduced, Coeur says | Thomson, Lori | 8 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | State game wardens are cracking down on non-residents who falsely claim Alaska residency to pay less for hunting and fishing licenses. | 1/25/1993 | State goes after non-resident liars | Huber, Tim | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Driving while impaired is not only dangerous and irresponsible, but also can be very expensive. | 2/14/1994 | Dull: Stupid, dangerous, very costly | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Southeast mayors are the latest group looking into creating a region-wide head tax on cruise ship passengers. | 12/11/1996 | Visitor head tax not dead | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer, Rep. Eldon Mulder, speaks in favor of the idea of private prisons. | 4/16/1996 | My Turn: Why a private prison makes sense for Alaska | Mulder, Eldon | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Gary Lee Stephens and Roger L. Hughes were killed in a plane crash near Atigun Pass along the Dalton Highway | 8/7/1995 | Plane crash claims 2: Local pastor dies during hunting trip | Price, Susan | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The owner of the Greens Creek mine will pay the U.S. Forest Service $1 million as a part of a deal to open up 7,500 acres of non-wilderness land near the Admirality Island mine. | 12/14/1994 | Deal gives Greens Creek new hope | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Crock, Melba - Barnes, William Aaron Sr. | 1/25/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A bill that would give teachers an incentive to retire early has passed the state House. | 4/16/1996 | Teacher retirement incentive bill passes House: measure now heads for the Senate | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Efforts are being made by government agencies to eliminate violations in above-ground fuel storage tanks in 44 villages that could result in shut-downs of essential utility operations | 8/7/1995 | Fuel storage tank threat examined: Energy agency inherited task | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | the author of this editorial points out that in the school district-teacher negotiations both sides should remember that the ultimate issue is the students and their education. | 2/8/1995 | Keep teacher talks focused: ultimately, the issue is kids | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Staff of the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office in Juneau have conducted extensive interviews with crew members of the Yorktown Clipper in a continuing effort to discover the cause of the collapse of the ship's gangplank ten days ago. | 6/21/1994 | Probe of accident continues | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Firefighters have ruled out the oil-fired furnace and propane appliances as causes of the fire that destroyed a Sprucewood Park trailer. | 4/16/1996 | Trailer fire investigators run out of leads: arson not ruled out, but investigators need more information | Price, Susan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly will consider financing an extension of the water lin to Tee Harbor at a cost of $1.2 million | 8/7/1995 | City may extend water service to Tee Harbor | Healy, Carole | 3 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The Lower Spruce Chutes run at Eaglecrest will be developed as a snowboarding area. | 2/14/1995 | Snowboarders get own space | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article tells about a wild edibles class presented by the Discovery Foundation in Juneau two weeks ago. | 6/21/1994 | Let the land provide your meal | Healy, Carole | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Marine Highway | 8/7/1995 | Cancellations jump as ferry strike nears: Vote results are expected tonight | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | More than 50 persons of varying interests testified at a public hearing on the Kensington Ventures U.S. Army Corps application for placement of fill, etc. in Lynn Canal. | 2/14/1994 | Feds get an earful: Miners, critics offer testimony on Kensington | MacPherson, James | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | This is another in a series of columns by Juneau Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks. This column discusses how small-claims cases are handled in Alaska courts. | 6/21/1994 | My Turn: Small-claims cases limited to $5,000 | Weeks, Larry | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | No seats available for free frequent flier tickets through the end of March. | 1/25/1993 | Airline freebies run out: Alaska Airlines free-ticket seats in short supply | Stange, Jay | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Shawn Calhoon is sentenced for stealing computer equipment. | 2/14/1997 | Teen who stole computers heads for prison | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Peregrine School may move from the Mendenhall Valley to a former North Douglas church if approval is given | 7/31/1995 | Peregrine School planning to move | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Negoatiations for a new teachers' contract are underway between representatives of the district and teachers, meeting four days a week to meet a self-imposed deadline of Feb. 28. | 2/8/1995 | Teachers, school district in closed-door contract talks | Joling, Dan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Groups advocating for economic development are optimistic for their agendas with this years Republican led majority. Environmentalists and child support groups are not as optimistic. | 1/25/1993 | Legislature's bent is pro-growth | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | James Plotts may serve four years in prison. | 2/14/1997 | Sex crime against child pleaded down to 'contact'. | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The Senate began debating its version of the state operating budget which helps the republican-led majority achieve its goal of cutting $70 million. | 4/16/1996 | Senate begins debating version of budget: still no funding for union state worker contracts | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bowers, Gabriel Scott | 2/8/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Robin Taylor of Wrangell has introduced a bill that would tie Forest Service payments to the amount of timber harvested within a municipality. | 4/16/1996 | Senators in a tiff over tiber resolution: Sen. Robin Taylor introduced a bill that would cut Juneau out of forest receipts | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A traffic light will not be placed at the intersection of Egan Drive and Sunny Drive as studies show it would probably cause more accidents than it would prevent | 8/16/1995 | Traffic light for intersection of Sunnu and Egan Drives unlikely | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The one open seat on the state Fisheries Board is the center of a dispute between Southeast Alaska, the Interior and even Kodiak groups. | 2/8/1995 | Slot on Fisheries Board spawns regional rivalries | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Eight women's groups are asking for a state investigation to determine whether sexual harassment allegations justify criminal charges against Senator Jacko. | 2/7/1993 | Statewide women's groups enter Jacko fray | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly sent the question of whether senior citizens will be exempted from paying sales tax back to a subcommittee. | 4/16/1996 | Senior tax status sent back to committee | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Representatives of several parent groups have proposed that salaries be frozen as one option in meeting the school districts budget shortfalls. | 2/8/1995 | Parents groups want school salaries frozen | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses a survey of Alaska Jews by Bernard Reisman. Local Jews quoted or mentioned include Joel and Abel Orelove, Mary Claire and Sarah Bernstein, Kayla Epstein. | 6/14/1994 | Alaska Jews have to work at being Jewish: statewide survey finds Alaska Jews are more committed | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Police chief Mike Gelston says JPD is seriously understaffed. Unless the department receives help services will be reduced. | 2/7/1993 | Too few cops: Police face officer shortage as troopers prepare to pull out | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Changes in Coeur Alaska's plans for the Kensington mine will more easily meet water-quality standards. | 4/16/1996 | Coeur begins overhaul of mine plans: Kensington mine won't use cyanide, will contain dry tailings | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Tlingit-Haida has asked the municipality for 20 acres of land in the Switzer Creek area for low-income housing. | 2/7/1993 | City should use land for housing | unknown | D2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Douglas Bannister is sentenced for breaking the conditions of his parole. | 2/14/1997 | Judge takes hard line against state worker who downloaded child porn | Holst, Svend | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Gail Phillips asks Newt Gingrich to help with battle over federal land manager restricting development in Alaska. | 2/14/1997 | Speaker to speaker | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Marine Highway | 8/9/1995 | Many travelers reschedule their canceled ferry trips | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The Republican led Senate majority has said no to the plan to air state-wide coverage of the Legislature through a proposal from KTOO-TV. | 2/8/1995 | Lights, action, inaction: Senate zaps proposal for gavel-to-gavel TB coverage | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author feels that Natives born after 1971 and those who missed enrollment should be included as shareholders in Native Corporations created by ANSCA. | 6/14/1994 | My Turn: Children and left-outs deserve shares | Gamble, Marge | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Feb 16 will be Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Ak to honor her contribution to the fight for equal rights for AK natives before the Territorial Legislature | 2/9/1993 | Juneau's own civil rights hero | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The author of this editorial encourages voters to be informed on the issues placed on the October ballot | 8/16/1995 | Assembly lets the electorate decide: Informed voters will make the best decisions | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer pleads the cause of MarkAir's request for State support of a loan guarantee by naming other airlines that have received assistance for AIDEA. He credits MarkAir with bringing lower air fares to Alaskans. | 2/13/1995 | My turn: MarkAir wants a fair hearing | Bergt, Neil | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | It is this editor's opinion that Gov. Hickel should veto the legislation granting legislators a $6,000 increase in per diem allowance. | 6/14/1994 | Put them out of their misery: Hickel should kill legislative raise | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Economic Development Council has recommended that J-D Glass & Door and Alaska Seafood Co. be the first recipients of the new Small Business Manufacturing Loan Program which will be funded with state money. | 2/9/1993 | Loan money could create new jobs | Stange, Jay | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska State Parks is seeking federal funds to develop an RV park and make other improvements in the Eagle River Basin. | 4/16/1996 | RV parking planned for Eagle Beach: grant sought to develop 1,300 acre park near beach | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The author of this article feels the forest service is playing a game of musical chairs with the timber sales in Southeast Alaska | 8/16/1995 | My turn: Timber industry becoming musical chairs game | Skillings, Cliff | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer objects to a planned location of a parking lot on River Road, suggests alternative sites and requests reconsideration of pedestrian safety as well as updating of the plan for the area. | 2/13/1995 | My turn: City needs to rething River Road parking lot | Gillespie, Ray | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Hickel administration has won a Superior Court ruling allowing it to keep confidential many of its budget memos and agency requests for new legislation. The ruling will be appealed by Gregg Erickson of Capital Information Group, who brought the suit. | 6/14/1994 | Budget memos stay confidential | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Popejoy, Ruth Lillian (McVay) | 2/9/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Chances of mining company selling the A-J project may become less likely. | 2/7/1997 | Gold prices slump | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the problems in Juneau school libraries caused by most libraries being staffed only half time. | 4/2/1996 | So many books, so little time: librarians in the Juneau school district say that the elementary libraries are suffering due to under-staffing | Brown, Cathy | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that the court should send the issue of commercial salmon quotas back to the Pacific Salmon Commission to be settled. | 9/10/1995 | Salmon suit should return to treaty table: Dispute subject to international agreement, not federal court | unknown | C2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The director of the Salmon Marketing Information Service reports that the 1994 market was better than anticipated with chums selling well, sockeye inventories are moving, coho sales look promising and canned pinks are also moving. | 2/13/1995 | Stronger salmon sales ease market pressure | MacPherson, James | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Goldbelt Inc. will selectively log its property. | 2/14/1997 | Echo Cove logging planned for this spring | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Harju, George Arthur | 8/16/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Food bank must raise $100,000 to stay in business. | 2/14/1997 | Food bank orphaned | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Oil spilled last week in Lynn Canal near False Point Retreat has been traced to Princess Cruises' Golden Princess. The ship had to post a $100,000 financial guarantee before the Coast Guard would let it leave Ketchikan. | 6/14/1994 | Cruise ship may face big fine for Admiralty spill | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer suggests a reexamination of the golf course project before continuing. | 4/2/1996 | My Turn: Golf course project should be reexamined with change in builders | Post, Ken | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A police officer need to actually see the teens drinking, in possession of alcohol or showing signs of being intoxicated to arrest them | 9/10/1995 | Here's what happens when the police suspect a teen is drinking | Price, Susan | A6 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Spaces are available in the Youth Corps Challenge Program, a military-style education camp operated by the Alaska Army National Guard near Anchorage with federal funds. The five and one-half month course bolsters study skills or helps students prepare f | 2/12/1995 | Boot camp is a kick: openings exist for Juneau teens | Healy, Carole | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly's sales tax sub-committee is considering an exemption for pull-tab operators who say they can't afford the taxes. | 2/9/1993 | Assembly asked to yank sales tax on pull-tabs | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial urges legislators to pass HB226 which would allow employers to provide greater benefits to employees who are married or who have dependent children. | 4/2/1996 | For the family's sake, pass House Bill 226 | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Even though the Craig city counsel has decided to boycott the annual Southeast Conference meeting in Whitehorse because of Canada's dispute with Alaska about fishing issues, the Juneau assembly rejected a similar action. | 9/10/1995 | Juneau won't join in boycott of Canada | Sabbatini, Mark | A3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The state board of education has given Commissioner Jerry Covey a contract through July 1996, saying it wants to provide continuity for statewide education reform initiatives, including Alaska 2000. | 6/14/1994 | Commissioner's contract extended | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A bill designed to ban same-sex marriages in Alaska passed the House today. | 4/16/1996 | Same-sex marriage ban passes house | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The U.S. Air Force C-5B Galaxy airplane lands. | 2/14/1997 | Fat Albert drops in | Gerbi, Mary Lou - Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Osborne, Paul - Hotrum, Lanny R. - Kelly, Elizabeth Y. | 2/7/1997 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Kahklen, Daniel D. Sr. | 2/13/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A hot stove pipe ignited attic insulation in a home on Turn Ave. in the Mendenhall Valley, causing $2000 in damage. | 4/2/1996 | Fire caused by insulation near stack | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The recent decisions of District Court judges to dismiss drinking and driving charges as double jeopardy has been appealed to the Alaska Court of Appeals | 9/10/1995 | New law may end double jeopardy issue | Price, Susan | A1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau computer company has been battling the State and the Legislature over the right to publish Alaska laws and regulations on CD-Rom. | 2/13/1995 | Company, state argue over public records | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | H.W. Lochner Inc. has recommended the east side of Lynn Canal as the best option for a road route out of Juneau, to include 58 miles of paved two-lane highway and shuttle ferries to Haines and Skagway. | 6/14/1994 | Study touts road route: cost is $213.5 million for road up Lynn Canal | Huber, Tim | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Authorities will restore the Auke Bay Yax Te totem pole damaged in the Sept fire. | 2/9/1993 | Totem to get repairs | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Christopher Nguyen is sentenced to seven years in prison. | 2/7/1997 | Juneau man sentenced for sex abuse | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Nordale, Katherine D. | 6/14/1994 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | U. S. Bureau of Land Mgt. is prepared to transfer 316 acres of land near Hoonah to Sealaska Corp. | 4/2/1996 | Sealaska to get more land: Hoonah group considers fighting the transfer of 316 acres to Native corporation | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Judge Peter Froehlich is starting an after-school court on Friday afternoons for teenagers caught smoking or drinking. He hopes to do more to repeat offenders than just fine them, such as ordering them to complete their educations or counseling p | 9/10/1995 | Judge goes after teen drinkers, smokers with 'after-school court | Price, Susan | A1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A nine year old girl was rescued from a 25 foot fall into a crevasse by trained firefighter-medios, Dick Rice and Peter Hettinger, as well as Steve Lewis of Juneau Mountain Rescue. Taken by helicopter to hospital, the girl was treated and released. | 2/13/1995 | Rescuers save girl on glacier | Price, Susan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | House Bill 356 would require state Department of Health and Social Services to develop standardized designs for forms of identification of persons having a do-not-resuscilate order. | 1/19/1994 | Do-not-resuscitate' bill debated | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Republican majority in the Alaska House is refusing to give up any of the $70 million in cuts to the state operating budget. | 4/2/1996 | House Republicans stick to game plan: Democrats back off after amendment attempts go nowhere | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Skagway Air pilot, Karen Culligane, was recognized Saturday by the FAA for her proficiency and courage when her plane lost a prop on Aug. 26. She landed the plane safely and no one was injured. | 9/10/1995 | Pilot receives reward | unknown | A1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's mayor of four months cited the scrutiny and speculation regarding his ability to be both mayor and executive director of the Permanent Fund Corporation as reasons to resign and resolve the question. | 2/13/1995 | Mallott decides to quit as mayor | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Legislation would protect cities from lawsuits for accidents at skateboard parks. | 2/7/1997 | Law would clear the way for skateboard park | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | History of the local Youth Hostel plus description of current daily life. | 1/27/1993 | A feel of home: Hostel offers sense of family for the traveler | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Legislation would have the tourism industry funding related expenses and not the state. | 2/7/1997 | Statewide tourist tax a bluff? | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | House Bill 344 & Senate Bill 221 would overturn recent court rulings that make it harder to charge people under 21 with illegal drinking. | 1/19/1994 | Making arrest: Bills target teen drinking. | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Bartlett Hospital operates a medical waste incinerator. Services extended to Juneau medical community. Unfair competetion claim originally brought by Channel Sanitation. | 1/27/1993 | Hospital fires up new incinerator: Facility handles medical waste. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 8 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Population projections by graduate students show a five-fold increase by the year 2046. | 1/31/1997 | Graduate students study planning and Juneau's future | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Legislators held a hearing today about a military research project outside Gakona, northeast of Glenallen. | 4/2/1996 | Military research questions raised: inquiring legislators want to know what HAARP is all about | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The state Department of Transportation is accepting proposals for hand-cutting brush from roadsides in Southeast Alaska. | 2/8/1995 | Wanted: brush clearers | Juneau Empire | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Legislature and governor are expected to appeal Indiian Country case to Supreme Court. | 2/14/1997 | 'Indian Country' appeal moves forward | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Dunfey, Rev. Roland Kenneth | 4/16/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | CBJ Parks and Recreation | 8/16/1995 | Panel turns down request to rename Marine Park | Healy, Carole | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Leslie Kalwara of Juneau and Leslie Turner of New Zealand have a lot in common - running marathons on their wedding day, environmentalists, vegetarians, etc. After corresponding, Leslie Turner and her husband visited the Kalwara family for a week. | 9/10/1995 | They're two of a kind | Joling, Dan | A1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer disagrees with the governor's decidison to drop the State vs. Babbitt lawsuit and propounds the right of the state to manage all fish and game resources in Alaska. | 2/6/1995 | My turn: Knowles wrong to drop subsistence lawsuit | Arno, Rod | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | About 800 people chanted slogans as lawmakers debated a Hose budget that fails to fund pay raises for state workers. | 4/2/1996 | Hundreds rally at Capitol: union state workers chant for pay raises | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Goldbelt, Inc. has invested in a firm that will provide wireless television service to Anchorage and Fairbanks. The new company will be called Alaska Choice Television Company. | 9/10/1995 | Goldbelt to offer wireless cable service | Brown, Cathy | A1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Proposed changes in rules for child-care subsidies have been challenged as detrimental to quality maintenance by providers of care. The proposed rules are being reviewed by the Dept. of Community and Regional Affairs. | 2/6/1995 | Child-care changes could cut into benefits | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The renovated Federal Building in Juneau will have a time capsule developed by a local committee installed in it. | 1/19/1994 | Federal Building to house time capsule | Healy, Carole | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | For $1000, Juneau residents can invest in Riverbend Elementary School general obligation bonds. | 4/2/1996 | School bonds sold locally: it will be Juneau's first over-the-counter city bond sale | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Small oil spills, less than 20 gallons, are now tickted for a violation. Fines of $50 to $1,000 are assigned depending on the circumstances. the ticket has received favorable reports during a six month trial and saves times for involved parties. | 2/6/1995 | Boaters who spill oil fcae ticket, fine | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author suggests that every child should have a central place where medical care is given and that records of all care by any provider should be kept at the central place. | 6/7/1994 | My Turn: Primary care provider important to children | Moss, Kenneth | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | City extends filing deadline for membership on the new human rights commission. | 1/27/1993 | City extends deadline for human rights panel | Huber, Tim | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Ferry engineers vote in favor of striking if contract negotiations don't go well. | 1/31/1997 | Strike authorized by ferry workers | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This feature articles describes how election campaigns effect local businesses, especially media organizations and print shops. | 9/5/1995 | Political fortune: local businesses say election time always means extra money in their tills. How much depends on how `hot' the race or issue | Sabbatini, Mark | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Glehaar, Margaret Ellen | 2/6/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Hickel has appointed former Juneau mayor , Bruce Bothelo to replace Charlie Cole as the state's attorney general. | 1/12/1994 | Bothelo is state's new AG: Hickel promotes former Juneau mayor to cabinet post | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Illegal cutting of firewood on public and private lands is an ongoing problem. | 1/27/1993 | Illegal firewood cutting continues as a problem | Raab, Diane | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Arthur Gifford pleads guilty to the criminally negligent homicide of Susan Armstrong. | 1/31/1997 | Manslaughter pleaded down | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | McGraw Custom Construction is trying to force the assembly to remove a project labor agreement from contract requirements for Riverbend School. | 4/2/1996 | Union-hire rule must pass court test: school construction labor agreement may be stopped by lawsuit | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | City-borough risk management officer Joe Stover will leave his job today after Juneau official decided not to make his one-year contract permanent. | 9/5/1995 | Risk management official steps down | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Health Sea, Inc., maker of salmon ham, is producing a salmon sausage that will sell through the Williams-Sonoma catalog. Kakak Tribal Corporation recently acqired controlling interest in the local producer and a processing plant is planned for Kake. | 2/6/1995 | Salmon sausage to make trendy debut; Juneau-based company will sell latest creation in pricey catalog. | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article gives information about ferrets and the joys of living with the, according to local ferret owners Lee Wachmann, Bonnie Toth and Joylynn Lake. | 6/7/1994 | Fun-loving ferrets a misunderstood pet: devoted owners say animals openly affectionate to people | Healy, Carole | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Byron Mallott has been appointed practioner in residency" at the University of Alaska Southeast School of Business and Public Administration." | 1/27/1993 | Mallott goes back to school: Former Sealaska executive signs on at UAS | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | House Rules Committee is expected to make recommendations regarding ethics sanctions against Rep. Jerry Sanders. | 1/31/1997 | Ethics chairwoman defends actions | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Transport of explosives and other hazardous materials is topic of Planning Commission permit deliberations. | 1/27/1993 | City reviews mine's explosives plan | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the life and work of Juneau's four Roman Catholic sisters. | 2/4/1997 | Sisters: dedicating their lives to Southeast's Catholic communities | Hutchison, Kristan | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer describes her experiences with a group of African American retired officials volunteering their expertise and services. | 3/26/1996 | My Turn: Volunteer experiences whirlwind of political dialogue, urban challenges | Walker, Rosalee | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | CBJ police department has hooked up with an international hot line so the dispatchers have access to interpreters who speak 140 languages. | 9/5/1995 | 911 meets emergencies in almost any language: interpreters are on call to police dispatchers | Price, Susan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Conflicting reports from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Trade Commission, have fueled controversy between two pilot organizations, Alaska Coastwise Pilots and Southeastern Alaska Pilots Association, also known as SEPA, con | 2/6/1995 | Marine pilots in battle over turf | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial discusses the new open-meetings law signed into law last week by the governor and the local rules adopted by the assembly in 1987. | 6/7/1994 | Don't mess with meetings rules: Juneau's guidelines are just fine | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State Officer's Compensation Commission recommends that legislators not receive compensation for legislative work between sessions. No bill has been introduced in Legislature. | 1/27/1993 | There's little hope for pay-cut proposal | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A break in telephone service, which followed a break in the main fiber optic cable to Alaska, has been temporarily fixed by switching service to satellite connections. | 2/6/1995 | Phone foul-up fixed | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Workers at DIPAC are using a water temperature process to mark each fish to help distinguish hatchery pink and chum salmon from wild stocks. | 9/5/1995 | Hatchery fish are labeled for life | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial commends the Juneau Women's Network for their sponsorship of the statewide Alaska Women's Conference this weekend in Juneau. | 3/26/1996 | Women's Conference is a landmark event | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Children working with the Juneau Tobacco Prevention Network were able to purchase tobacco or snuff 17 times out of 42 attempts in Juneau area stores. | 9/5/1995 | Up in smoke: children prove they can easily buy tobacco here | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | State troopers are investigating a man and 2 women from Anchorage on charges that they flew intoJ Juneau for the pruposes of drug peddling andprostitution. | 2/15/1995 | Invesigators find evidence of drup dealing, prostitution | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A development company has proposed building a tramway to carry passengers from the downtown waterfront to a visitors center at the 1,800-foot level of Mt. Roberts, drawing a harsh response from Mt. Juneau tram developerChuck Keen. | 6/7/1994 | New developer has plans for tramway | Huber, Tim | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Operators of hotels and bed and breakfasts have asked the city to subsidize some rooms for legislators. | 2/4/1997 | City asked to foot some of legislative hotel bills | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | There is room on the legislative agenda for economic growth and strong social services. | 1/27/1993 | The Legislature's newest priorities | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Application to fill wetlands for new police station has been withdrawn. | 1/31/1997 | Police station development falters over permits | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Locher, David William `Dave' - Middleton, Frances Mary - Morgan, Mary A. | 9/5/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the activities getting the Juneau Lyric Opera's production of Music Man ready for presentation. | 3/26/1996 | The making of a musical | Holst, Svend | 11 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Eric Arasmith who suffered head and neck injuries in a rock climbing fall is recovering at Harborview Medical Center. | 3/26/1996 | Injured rock climber still improving | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The state is offering 40 parcels of land in Southeast as part of 9200 acres up for auction or homesteading statewide | 8/16/1995 | State plans first big land offering in years | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | State troopers are continuing the investigation into the charges of fraud in last year's Sealaska Corporation board election brought by a defeated candidate. | 2/15/1995 | Troopers probe alleged fraud in Sealaska voting | Miller, Dirk | 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The state DEC is delaying plans to require that industrial polluters reduce or eliminate the use of waste-water mixing-zones for cancer-causing pollutants, pending EPA's guidelines. Oil and timber companies have asked for the delay. | 6/7/1994 | State delays mixing-zone plan, will await EPA rules | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Peck, LeRoy E. | 6/7/1994 | Obituaries | Empire staff | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Airlines changed Juneau-Anchorage flight schedule to accommodate state business travel. | 1/27/1993 | Airline shuffles flight schedule | Stange, Jay | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's three legislators received between $50,000 and $65,000 each in salaries, living costs and other expenses in 1996. | 2/4/1997 | Report out on what legislators spent: as usual, Juneau legislators cost less and high-profile politicians cost more | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A bill allowing public schools to require students towear uniforjms was approved by the House. | 3/26/1996 | School dress codes, uniforms for students would be allowed by law | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Frank Murkowski was met at the Juneau airport by sign-carrying protesters demanding hearing locally on the Tongass Timber Reform Act. | 8/16/1995 | Protesters greet senator: Murkowski hears Juneau wants Tongass hearing | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Firefighters took about 2,000 feet of hose and a pumper truck to the top of Sixth Street to douse a small fire that has been burning in the wooded area on the knoll above Starr Hill for perhaps two weeks. | 6/7/1994 | Crews tackle small fire burning above Starr Hill | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Balance needed in reporting about issues that appear to pit environmental concerns against those favoring responsible development. | 2/4/1993 | My Turn: A society that does not produce cannot survive | Fuhs, Paul | 4 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Trail Mix has organized repair of Spaulding Meadows Trail in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. | 3/26/1996 | Trail group puts out a call for Spaulding crew: volunteers are needed for one of Juneau's most popular hiking trails | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A Mapco official announced that two fast food restaurants will open in it's empty retail space | 8/16/1995 | Mapco plans to add fast food outlets: Plans include Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | There is a bill in the Legislature that would allow voters to fax absentee ballots to election officials. | 2/15/1995 | Bill would allow voting by fax: Is loss of privacy OK if Alaskans find it easier to cast ballots? | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Four JDHS students won awards in the Alaska All-State High School Art Competition. | 2/4/1997 | Art projects get top awards | Woodford, Riley | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sande, James | 2/4/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Sharp, Estella "Stella" May | 2/15/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A century-old clan wolf crest hat is expected to be returned to the Yanyeidi clan by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. It will be the first Tlingit artifact returned under the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. | 5/31/1994 | Museum returns Tlingit heritage; federal law helps bring wolf hat home | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Michael Kaelke, president of Sheldon Jackson College, resigned at the request of the school's board of trustees. | 2/4/1993 | Sheldon Jackson College president steps down | unknown | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Taylor disagrees with ABA's call for moratorium on executions while review of procedures is done. | 2/4/1997 | Senator supports review of death penalty procedures | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hamlin, Burnett - Byrd, Victor L. | 3/26/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau school board heard reports on the clean-up of the lead dust from the Harborview Rifle Range and the only commercial bid received | 8/16/1995 | Board hears clean-up plan for rifle range | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | At a school board work session the district administration presented a list of $1.3 million in proposed savings for the school district. | 2/15/1995 | School budget combed: Officials hope to avoid major cuts | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bartlett Memorial Hospital has a budget of $349,000-$130,000 more than expected | 1/19/1994 | Hospital deficit mounts , but it may be temporary | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Police say David Barry of Hoonah will be charged with manslaughter after the truck he was driving flipped, killing Wade Vaughan of Oklahoma. Both had been drinking and neither was wearing a seat belt. | 5/31/1994 | Teen dies in Hoonah accident; police arrest 21-year-old driver on drunken driving | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Channel Construction will ask the planning commission for a permit to develop a rock quarry on their property on N. Douglas. | 3/26/1996 | Rock quarry, road planned for N. Douglas: later plans include a neighborhood just north of the bridge | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Attorney's on both sides of the class-action lawsuit over the Alaska Pulp Corproation's Sitka mill and the pollution of Silver Bay have billed more than $5.5 million in legal fees and costs. | 2/15/1995 | Fees hit $5.5 million in mill lawsuit | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | ADF&G has allowed water to flow back into Twin Lakes' north lake which was dammed over the winter in an effort to kill off weeds and algae on the lake bottom. Young chinook salmon from Snettisham hatchery will be released into the lake this week. | 5/31/1994 | Ripples are back at lake's twin | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State lawmakers want assurances a proposed agreement to develop the 130-million-barrel Northstar field is legal before they debate it. | 3/26/1996 | Lawmakers stall on oil field deal: they aren't sure the administraion's agreement with BP exploration is legal | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer, a retired Forest Service enginner who conducted noise tests for helicopers flying routes overs residential areas, details his record of the tests in contrast to an earlier writer on the subject. | 3/13/1995 | My turn: Resident unfair to Forest Service | unknown | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Airlines will restore its evening flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and add a twice-weekly midday flight between the two cities. | 2/4/1993 | Alaska Airlines restoring some flights | Stange, Jay | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial discusses how editors decide which stories get into the newspaper. | 2/4/1997 | News competes for available space | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial urges residents to contribute used eyeglasses to the Lions Club drive. | 3/26/1996 | Give the gift of sight | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Boddy, Thelma M. - Revels-Garlock, Chance and Luke - Belarde, Susan B. | 2/4/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Human Rights Commission university | 8/27/1995 | My Turn: Commitment, not marital status, is what counts | Logenbauch, Leslie | C2 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | North, Robert Walter | 5/31/1994 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Nine children from Harborview School visited and interviewed Marth Frost who is 99 years old and lives at St. Ann's Care Center. | 2/4/1997 | Around the world in 99 years: Martha Frost tells students about the long ago and far away | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | SB193 which passed the Senate today requires insurance companies to pay for hospital care for up to 48 hours for a regular birth. | 3/26/1996 | Senate passes bill to protect new families: House will weight question of post-birth hospital insurance | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Although many see this program as a way to save on insurance premiums, it may also save the lifes of students, many who do not even know their driving skills have deteriorated. | 8/27/1995 | Motoring toward old age | Sabbatini, Mark | A3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Alexander Iliev, an experienced skier, died from massive injuries received during an avalanche and fall near Mt. Troy. skiers need more education about avalanche dangers and should carry transceivers according to Bill Glade, an avalanche safety worker. | 3/13/1995 | Backcountry siker died of injuries in fall | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The city has installed pay-parking boxes at the Marine Park Garage and at the municipal lot at Main Street and Egan Drive. | 2/4/1993 | Parking lot fees have started | unknown | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This week more than 1,000 dancers from Southeast Alaska, Seattle, and other Pacific Northwest communities and Canada are expected to converge on Juneau for the three-day bienniel celebration of Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures. | 5/31/1994 | Celebration '94 likely to draw 1,000 dancers | Thomas, Margaret | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | School district cites problems with quality and quantity of school lunches in letter to contractor. | 2/4/1993 | School lunch program isn't getting rave reviews | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Some state employees question why supervisors with no explosives training were sent back into the SOB to search for suspicious items. | 2/4/1997 | Excedrin headache No. 1: bomb scare leaves parents, kids stranded without vehicles | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | On reconsideration in the Senate a bill requiring a girl under 16 to have a parent's or judge's consent to have an abortion, failed on a 10-10 tie vote. | 3/26/1996 | Abortion consent bill fails in Senatae: Sen Lyman Hofman pulls his support from bill that had narrow approval | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Two 16-year olds charged with robbing a Subway Sandwiches shop will be charged as juveniles under a plea agreement, if approved bu Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks. | 3/13/1995 | Teens avoid cort on robbery charge | Price, Susan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Goldbelt, Inc. president Joe Beedle says they are close to an agreement with the IRS, freeing up millions of dollars held in trust from the sale of tax losses, part or all of which will be distributed to shareholders. | 5/31/1994 | Settlement anticipated: Goldbelt shareholders may net $16,000 each | MacPherson, James | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Alaskan Cable Network reports only 11 cancellations since rate increase and restructuring of channel selections. | 2/4/1993 | Cable TV changes reviewed; cancellations few | Stange, Jay | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Public hearings held on proposal to move lawmakers and support staff to Anchorage by 1995. | 2/4/1993 | Move bill gets some support | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The telemedicine project allows doctors and patients at Bartlett to consult with Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle using audio and video equipment. Tests are planned between now and October to see whether Bartlett might want to purchase the equipment an | 8/27/1995 | Bartlett participates in 'telemedicine' project | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Air Fair Committee is sponsoring a reappearance of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds in April in conjunction with displays, model aircraft, seminars, and competitions. | 3/13/1995 | Snowbirds to soar over town again | unknown | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The impending impositions of the Brady Bill has created an increase in gun sales according to local firearms dealers. | 1/12/1994 | Brady recoil: Gun sales boom as new law nears | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Teams from Sealaska, Goldbelt and an independent squad, the Tlinget Warriors, competed yesterday at Twin Lakes. This canoe race will probably become an annual event. | 9/27/1995 | Tlingit Warriors make their point with canoe race win | Thomson, Lori | A1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The phase-out plan approved by the legislature in 1993 is showing savings a year sooner than anticipated. The current plan is being challenged in a class action lawsuit. | 3/13/1995 | Bonus program costs slightly less | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Local consulting firm has found that the planned changes in the mine will not protect the environment. | 2/2/1993 | My Turn: The 'new' A-J isn't much better than the old | Vandersande, Elaine | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses sightings in the Juneau area of Alexander Archipilago wolves. | 1/28/1997 | In search of the elusive wolves: reports indicate a pack of about 16 wolves in Juneau area | Woodford, Riley | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Lawmakers hope to increase the interest rate on funds in the Constitutional Budget Reserve Fund by turning over management to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. | 3/19/1996 | State looks to better the rate of return: a percent here, a percent there; and maybe they can close the budget gap | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The U.S. Forest service is committed to managing the Tongass National Forest for multiple uses, but in a paper released Friday the Forest Service commits to working to supply timber for the agency's long-term contract with the Ketchikan Pulp Co. and for | 8/27/1995 | Forest plan leaves out Wrangell mill: Ketchikan mill gets commitment | Miller, Dirk | A1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Assessment notices are alerting property owners that the tight housing market is raising market value/assessments. New buisness additions to the tax roll have contributed to the 11.5 percent increase for a total of $1.67 million for taxable property in | 3/13/1995 | Property values up; condos hot | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A Fairbanks man who wants to open a second collection service in Juneau owes back taxes and is being sued for falling behind on a business mortage. | 1/12/1994 | Developer in financial trouble | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The Kensington coalition which represents Native, environmental, fishing and citizen groups, wants the CBJ assembly to revoke the Kensington mine permit because they claim the planning commission failed to provide enough protection for public health, saf | 2/2/1993 | Schedule set for appeal on Kensington | Huber, Tim | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau judge has fined people for failure to show up for jury duty | 8/16/1995 | Juneau judge fines jury dodgers | Price, Susan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A woman reported a man she knew threatened her with a kniife and then raped her Sunday night. | 2/4/1997 | Woman reports rape; acquaintance arrested | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Forest Service is beginning major research on alternatives to clearcutting, including partial cutting. | 2/4/1997 | Door opens to partial logging | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the permitting process for the reopening of the A-J mine and public involvement. | 3/19/1996 | Another lode of public scrutiny | Thomson, Lori | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial introduces a new column: Editor's Corner, and invites readers to attend daily planning meetings. | 1/28/1997 | Editor's corner | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Glacier Valley Rotary Club is again sponsoring a series of speakers in its Pillars of America Freedom series. | 3/19/1996 | `Pillars' speakers include Norman Vaughn: lineup chosen for Rotary's popular heroes series of lectures | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the recent shootings at trailers in Switzer Village, and residents reactions. | 1/21/1997 | Switzer Roulette | Holst, Svend | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Fifty to sixty percent of home sites and homesteads offered end up back in th state's hands creating heartache to those who hoped to claim their piece of the wilderness and also to state officials stuck with lots that have half built homes and sometimes | 8/27/1995 | Trouble in paradise: Abandoned home sites, homesteads leave state with high price tag | Thomson, Lori | A1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau police investigate sexual harassment allegations against state Senator George Jacko. | 2/4/1993 | Police probe Jacko | Huber, Tim | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the Alexander Archipelago wolves, found in Southeast Alaska. | 1/28/1997 | Getting to know the wolves of SE | Woodford, Riley | 9 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Ivan discusses HB465 which deals with teacher tenure and teacher evaluation. | 3/19/1996 | My Turn: House Bill 465 would bring tenure into the 21st Century | Ivan, Ivan M. | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Due to frozen pipes and water damage the AK Dept. of Enviromental Conservation's enviromental analysis laboratory had to close on a temporaary basis. | 1/12/1994 | Frozen pipes shut sdown DEC lab | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Assembly has given Steve Soenksen more time to show he has control of the Behrend's building and financing to develop legislative housing. | 1/28/1997 | More time allowed for legislative housing project | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Residents expressed environmental concerns about allowing development of a golf course on city land around Peterson Creek on Douglas Is. | 3/19/1996 | North Douglas golf course advanced: city will negotiate with Totem Creek Inc. to develop $5 million, 18-hole course | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Mr. Heard feels that with quotas unliklely to increase and without major changes in the status quo, traditional non-guided anglers will continue to be disenfranchised for access to chinook salmon by commercial intrests. | 1/5/1994 | My turn: Guided sport fishery is a commercial enterprise | Heard,Bill | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's regional Native housing authority is asking the municipality to give it 20 acres in Switzer Creek to build $5 million of low- and moderate-income housing. The land request received tentative approval. | 2/2/1993 | Groups wants to build 50 homes, duplexes | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The three new members of the Juneau School Board were sworn in at the October 18th Board meeting. The Board then heard testimony from parents about violence at the high school. | 10/19/1994 | Board told of school violence | Joling, Dan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial is glad that the powers that be" have accepted the fact that many young people are sexually active and are now gearing their ad campaigns along this line of thinking." | 1/5/1994 | Telling the truth about sexuality: New ads take frank approach | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau school board will decide whether to reopen the rifle range at Harborview school. It has been closed because of lead dust. | 3/19/1996 | Gun enthusiasts want firing range reopened: school board will begin hearing public comments on future of Harborview gun range | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Nance, Will `Bud' | 1/12/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Whistler, Leo James | 10/19/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Ellanna, Linda Justine | 1/28/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Robison, Janet Greenewald | 3/19/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This article discusses the Juneau Corvette Club's plans for a Corvette Show Sept. 9-10. | 8/29/1995 | Corvette crazy: Stingray | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Drivers Association helped settle a work stoppage by some of the city-borough's cabbies. | 2/2/1993 | Taxi strike was short lived | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial applauds Gov. Knowles' call for a panel of independent scientists to review programs aimed at building West Coast chinook salmon stocks. | 8/29/1995 | Governor Knowles seeks independent panel: plan should move salmon squabble out of courtroom | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The inmates of the Alaska prison system are building coffins in Seward, but the expansion of the laundry project in Juneau is behind schedule. | 10/19/1994 | Jail laundry on slow cycle | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Two Juneau juveniles, convicted of burning a picnic shelter at Eagle Beach, have been ordered to pay $10,600 restitution to the U.S. Forest Service. | 1/5/1994 | Arsonist ordered to pay: Rebuilt Eagle Beach shelter will cost $22,000 | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Applicants seek permits to lead tourists on hikes, rent Hydro Bikes, launch kayaks and camp on city property. | 3/19/1996 | Trails, parks and permits: five apply to city for rights to use recreation spots commercially | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial calls on the assembly to help fight the lawsuit that has halted chinook salmon fishing in Alaska. | 8/29/1995 | Juneau should join suit against ban: city should provide leadership for Southeast communities | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer objects the the My Turn by John Andrews, which supported civilian ownership of assault rifles. The writer describes the scale of seaponry extant and stresses that the country is ruled by law, not vigilantes. | 11/14/1994 | My Turn: Right to bear arms doesn't include everything | Wolf, Steve | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | NMFS may offer 50 acres and $1 million to rebuild Auke Village in exchange for an agreement to allow construction of a research center at Indian Point. | 1/28/1997 | Money, land may be offered to Natives: National Marine Fisheries Service continues to try for research building | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Forest Assn. and United Fishermen of Alaska are joining together to fight legislative plans to eliminate funding for monitoring logging on state land. | 3/19/1996 | Forestry division funding championed by an `odd couple': timber and fishing interests band together to save state agency | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Enrollment is down at some local childcare centers. Many parents use non-licensed providers who care for children in their homes. | 8/29/1995 | Child care centers losing enrollment: some put blame legally exempt child care providers | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's school construction and maintenance funding requests have been ranked on the Department of Education list, with 32 the highest priority received. Districts will have a chance to appeal rankings of their projects before the list goes to the Stat | 11/14/1994 | Juneau low on state priority list for school construction, repairs | Joling, Dan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Charlie Cole became the ninth commissioner to resign during the Hickel administration when he resigned as Attorney General citing personal differences. | 1/5/1994 | AG quits, cites differences: Cole is ninth commissioner to leave Hickle administration | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Planning commission revise hearing schedule. | 1/22/1993 | Planners revise schedule for hearings on A-J mine proposal | Stange, Jay | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Students in the Alaska Close Up program visited legislators and attended hearings. | 1/28/1997 | Up close and personal: students come to Juneau to visit and lobby lawmakers | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Goldbelt, Inc., a native corporation has made an 18 percent return on an investment loan made for the purchase of a las Vegas hotel. | 3/27/1996 | Leaving Las Vegas: Goldbelt reaps 18 percent return from hotel sale in gambling capital. | Holst, Svend | 7 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Paine, Edward Quinby | 10/19/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hilary Lindh injured in Austrian ski race | 1/22/1993 | Knee injury has Lindh's season on hold | unknown | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | An updated draft management plan for the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area would ban firearm use and ban or limit other activities in the interest of public safety and maintaining the resource. Public comments are sought. | 11/14/1994 | Plan limits glacier-area use; Forest Service proposes ban on off-road vehicles, firearms | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The 1993 Revenue Reconciliation Act now requires recreational boaters to pay a tax of 24.4 cents a gallon for deisel fuel. It also raises the tax for other users from 20.1 to 24.4 cents per gallon. | 1/5/1994 | Diesel that hits boaters: It's 24 cents per gallon | MacPherson, James | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Assembly members voted not to give pull tab operators the sales tax break they have been demanding for years. | 1/28/1997 | No tax break for pull tab operators | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that Alaska definitely needs and enforcible parental consent law pertaining to abortion. | 3/27/1996 | State's children need parental consent law. | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Alaska Committee recommends privatizing building plan reviews and streamlining the permitting process as two keys to getting more affordable housing on the Juneau market. | 8/29/1995 | Affordable housing a top priority for Alaska Committee | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Developers of the Kensington gold mine are being held to a higher standard by EPA in order to avoid later problems in the project. THe EPA report was prepared for the US Army Corps of Engineers which may issue a permit for the mine. | 11/14/1994 | Mine faces extra-tough scrutiny | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | As legislatures move into Juneau for the 1994 session, most housing; and many service agencies are trying to symply and expedite utility book-ups. | 1/5/1994 | Doing the legislative shuffle: As lawmakers and aides arrive, most already have housing | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau grand jury has indicted John Arthur Mitchell on two felony assault charges for a knife attack on Dean Wagner, who had given him a ride. | 8/29/1995 | Hitchhiker indicted on assault charges | Price, Susan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A fire in the Wrangell landfill believed to have started when still-smoldering ashes from the Wrangell General Hospital's incinerator were dumped there. | 1/31/1993 | Fire burns steadily in landfill, soaks up 9,000 gallons of water | unknown | C3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juvenile offenders may have their names released in future. | 1/31/1997 | Game rules may change for young felons | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Hansen, Harold Z. | 1/5/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Convenience store and restaurant open in Douglas. | 1/22/1993 | Douglas gives itself the business | Stange, Jay | 7 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Devinney, Dorothy Florence | 8/29/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A third driving-while-intoxicated conviction within five years is a felony. | 1/28/1997 | Third time's a felony | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The prosecution completed its case against murder suspect Richard Bingham, and the defense presented its first witnesses. | 6/13/1997 | Bingham defense takes the stand | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Speaker Ramona Barnes was denied a clear majority by fellow GOP members in organization of the Legislature for 1995. Three republicans moved to a minority stance while three democrats joined the GOP to form a coalition. | 11/14/1994 | House booted Barnes; some in GOP thing she's too heavy-handed | Juneau Empire - Associated Press | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau school board wants to offer $10,000 retirement -regerstration incentivee to it's teachers & adminastrators and a $5,000 cash incentive for support staff workers who retire or resign, in order to save the school district money. | 1/6/1994 | Teachers may get early out option | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Knowles administration and the legislature are pushing bills to fight crime by improving victims' rights and making neighborhoods safer. | 1/28/1997 | Crime time at the Capitol: Knowles, legislative leaders talk tough on crime, victims' rights, safe neighborhoods | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Commissioner of Corrections feels Republican lawmakers are contradicting themselves as they ask for less expensive alternatives to prisons and at the same time eliminate funds for two such projects. | 3/27/1996 | Budget writers whittle away here, add back there: Corrections cuts include eliminating work service offered at Lemon Creek. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A draft report by the Child Welfare League lists Alaska with the nation's highest rate of reported child sexual abuse, child physical abuse and neglect. | 8/29/1995 | State's child abuse, neglect rate up: part of increase due to better reporting | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The newly elected and carry-over members of the Legislature are working out organization of the House and Senate. A potential split in the majority party is encouraging those who would benefit from a coalition. | 11/14/1994 | Demos hope for GOP split | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Police and the better buisness bureau are BBB looking for customers who owed money or equipment by Juneau's Alltech sytems which has disappeared, leaving a trail of unpaid debts. | 1/6/1994 | Store owners bail out | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | As budget writers are working on the budget some funding has been restored to the arts and public broadcasting while attempting to cut state-funded abortions for low-income women. | 3/27/1996 | Budget writers whittle away here, add back there: They add back some money to arts council, public broadcasting. | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer supports specific steps for participation in unifying Juneau into a friendly and compassionate community which can help unify Juneau with the rest of Alaska. | 11/7/1994 | My Turn: Getting to know you" good for Juneau" | Dawson, June | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | DEC will reconsider how much dioxin and arsenic to allow into Alaska waterways under new water quality standards. | 2/3/1993 | State delays action on some water-quality standards | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau police are re-establishing neighborhood watch programs and starting a business watch and other programs which will strengthen community policing"." | 3/27/1996 | Police place emphasis on community: They're beginning neighborhood and business programs. | Price, Susan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The legislature will consider a bill that would change the school funding formula. | 2/4/1997 | Change would take from the rich schools, give to the poor | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's public schools welcomed back an estimated 5,382 students today. | 8/29/1995 | School opens with hush: students quietly face another year | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | More groups want to join the state in fighting a legal attempt by Washington, Oregon and Canada to restrict the Southeast chinook fishery. | 8/29/1995 | Fish feud heats up: Tlingit-Haida, others join fray; Juneau considers joining Wednesday | Miller, Dirk | 1 4 | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Rankings of the voting records in the 18th Legislature in general show scores of 0-20% or 80-100% in favor of the environment. Few legislators fell in the middle. | 11/7/1994 | No middle ground environment; groups have very different views of legislature's voting record. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Eaglecrest ski area which had been closed since Dec.28 due to lack of snow, finally reopened today. So far Eaglecrest has missed 15 days of budgeted operations. | 1/6/1994 | Eaglecrest reopens, skiers hit the slopes | Huber, Tim | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Some members of the Juneau-Douglas School Site council say the school is not enforcing its own attendance policy. | 3/27/1996 | Parents say attendance policy not being enforced: Some members of the high school site council question school's leniency. | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes wedding ceremonies performed by marriage commissioner Russ Hansen on Herbert Glacier. | 8/22/1995 | Love on a glacier: chilly weddings are hot item with tourists | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's two House districts are defined here, and are the result of the 1992 reapportionment board. Although Juneau is divided, rather than voting at large, candidates and supporters consider Juneau one community. | 11/7/1994 | One Juneau, two voting districts | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A shortage of sponsors to cover the $100,000 cost has killed plans for live telelivision coverage of the entire legislative session by executive producer Deanna Ward. | 1/6/1994 | Plans for legislative t.v. shows hit snag | Huber, Tim | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Weather officials have surveyed over 1500 residents to find out where improvements can be made in forecasting. | 1/21/1997 | Weather Service hopes to take confusion out of forecasts: agency has been surveying residents during the past several weeks to determine where improvements can be made | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author, a member of the school board, gives his reasons for opposing the new teachers' contract. | 8/22/1995 | My Turn: Teachers' contract ignores students' needs | Schorr, Alan | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A state elections official lost his job after using Division of Elections fax machine to transmit a campaign flier for House candidate, George Davidson. | 11/7/1994 | Election official caught; worker loses job after faxing flier for candidate | Juneau Empire - Associated Press | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Long term contracts offer the Japanese millions of board feet without competition from Alaskan operators and generate more jobs in Asia th an in Alaska | 1/6/1994 | My Turn: long term timber contracts bad for Alaska | Warner, Susan | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | One federal agency gives city permit to decide when and howto fill 300 acres of wetlands. Another agency and legal firm continue to oppose permit. | 2/3/1993 | City still fighting for control of local wetlands | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial speaks out against the new requirement that drivers turn on their headlights on all roads with speeds of 45mph or higher. | 8/22/1995 | Let's turn off the headlight rule: new DOT rule should not be applied to Egan Drive | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Petersburg physician and Mayor D. A. Coon has lost a court round in an attempt to restore hospital privileges. | 1/31/1993 | Coon loses in court: no relief for Petersburg doctor | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Safety of tourists on S. Franklin St. is considered in plan to be discussed by DOT and public tonight. | 1/21/1997 | Pedestrians featured in transportation improvement plan | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | House Bell 226 which allows employers to offer fewer benefits to single workers or those without children is moving quickly to the Senate floor. | 3/27/1996 | Insurance bill sets quick pace: HB 226 defines more clearly who employers could exclude from benefit packages. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Chuck Keen is accusing the city-borough of conspiracy" in the conflict over a permit for his gift stand. He is threatening to bring a second lawsuit against the city." | 8/11/1993 | Keen cries conspiracy" in fight over gift stand" | MacPherson, James | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The legislature wants to give the state commercial fisheries entry commission authority to place of moratorium on new participants in overtaxed regional fisheries. | 1/13/1994 | No new charterboats boats? Lawmakers want limits | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The government of British Columbia has agreed to compensate Geddes Resources for stopping development of Windy Craggy gold and copper mine. | 8/22/1995 | Geddes gets $114 million for halting Windy Craggy mining | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Legislators would take a 10-day break in the middle of the legislative session to hold hearings around the state. | 1/21/1997 | Juneau legislators seek session break: lawmakers say break would allow legislative hearings around the state | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Senate Bill 308 which would outlaw same-sex marriages is moving quickly through the state senate. | 3/27/1996 | Same-sex marriage ban heads for senate debate: SB308 makes quick progress through committees; floor debate is Thursday. | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Planning Commission has tabled a municipal proposal to rezone most of the Douglas harbor area from industrial to waterfront commercial. | 8/11/1993 | Planners delay rezoning of Douglas Harbor | MacPherson, James | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Reduction in helath insurance benefits for ASEA union member state employees has been blocked by the Alaska Labor Relations Department. | 1/31/1993 | Health benifits spared | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer recommends candidates for each of the two major parties where there is a choice and explains omission of others | 8/21/1994 | Our choices in the primary: endorsements for Tuesday | Juneau Empire | C 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The State of Alaska is contracting for a study of the pioneers' homes that also will consider other changes in care for elder Alaskans. | 12/22/1993 | What's next for state pioneers' homes | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | There are six candidates running for the two assembly seats open for District 1 | 9/21/1995 | Six seek District 1 seas: Two will be elected in assembly free-for-all | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | As the liquor industry has lifted its 50-year-old voluntary ban on TV and radio ads, Governor Knowles and other administration officials are asking the Federal government to continue the ban. | 11/20/1996 | Knowles asks FCC for booze ad ban | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Rift already started over idea of an official state language. | 2/28/1996 | Should Alaska have an official language:? Supporters, opponents weigh in on whether it would unify or divide the state's diverse people. | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The EPA has tentatively approved Echo Bay Alaska, Inc.'s plan to pump water from the A-J mine to an outfall below the Last Chance Basin well field. | 1/25/1995 | Water release planned: Echo Bays wants to pump out A-J gold mine | MacPherson, James | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The writer asserts the financing of campaigns is an issue for all Alaskans to consider. Campaigns are big business for the media but campaign finance reform is needed. | 8/21/1994 | Money is the mother's milk of campaign win | Reinwand, Jerry | C3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The state is financing Governor's Student Health Conferences in three Alaska communities for helping students develop projects to solve teen-age problems. Grants will be available for these projects. | 12/22/1993 | Teens can get health grants | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Thirty firefighters responding to a fire in winds up to 50 mph at a Douglas home kept it contained, and prevented a possible disaster. | 11/20/1996 | Thirty firefighters respond to Douglas blaze | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Game board starts over on wolf control plan. Board will meet in June to consider recommendations. | 1/31/1993 | Don,t repeat same mistake on wolves | unknown | D2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rakestraw, Claribel Bonney - Dalton, Jessie K. - Gruening, Huntington Sanders | 1/21/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Malone, Janet Christine | 3/27/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | School bus accident a result of heavy snow and slippery roads. | 1/22/1993 | Kids get lumps and bumps" when truck hits bus" | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Author traces historical roots of the movement to relocate the Alaska state capital. | 2/3/1993 | Moving the capital an argument often revisited | Simpson, Sherry | 10 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The EPA has put GSA on notice for being in significant non-compliance: in not cleaning up PCB-contaminated oil in the patio of the Federal Building." | 8/11/1993 | EPA: Get PCBs out of Federal Building | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Byron McGilvray and accompanist-coach Janis Capelle will teach 3 vocal workshops at UAS which are part of the Midwinter Vocal Festival, sponsored by Juneau Lyric Opera. | 1/6/1994 | Vocal Festival brings up a coach: annual event will end with group recitalf | Thomas, Margaret | 8 | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Ethics George Jacko | 1/31/1993 | Legislative ethics: a matter that concerns us all | Sasseville, Jolie | D3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Jessie Dalton, Tlingit elder who died Saturday at 93, was a skilled orator of the Tlingit language. | 1/21/1997 | Death of Hoonah elder marks end of an era | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Police officials believe that the use of LSD by teenagers is coming back into style. | 2/3/1993 | Officials warn LSD making a comeback | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The cost to the state of investigating and ruling on Sen. George Jacko totals almost $70,000. | 1/13/1994 | Jacko case carries price tag | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | House bill 465 which would subject tenured teachers to annual evaluations and make it easier for school boards to lay them off passed the state House of representatives. | 3/27/1996 | Tenure bill survives House revote. | Brown, Cathy\ | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Richard Gummow, a police captain from San Jose, California, has been selected Juneau's new police chief. He will arrive in mid-September. | 8/11/1993 | New chief: Ready for small-town policing | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | DOT is sending a draft proposal examining both a road and ferry service from Juneau up Lynn Canal, to the Federal Highway Admin. | 1/21/1997 | Getting out of town: state sends draft proposals for a `road' out of Juneau; ferry service option included | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The Auk Nu, a Goldbelt-owned ferry which will run regular tours to Tracy Arm and Gustavus, has arrived in Juneau. | 3/27/1996 | Goldbelt ferry arrives: It's almost ready to begin its runs to Tracy Arms and Gustavus. | Holst, Svend | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The city-borough assembly voted unanimously Monday night to exempt lobbying services from going through a competitive bid process. | 8/22/1995 | Assembly exempts lobbyist services from bid process | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Arnie Dalton, who was selected by the U.S. Forest Service to restore the Auke Bay Yax Te totem pole which was damaged by fire in September, 1992, has begun the work. | 8/11/1993 | Restoration under way on totem damaged by arson | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Some shareholders believe a special dividend announced by Goldbelt Inc. is an attempt to muzzle dissidents angry over the recent firirng of Joseph G. Wilson, the corporation's president and chief executive officer.iring of Joseph G. Wilson | 1/13/1994 | Some sharehoders questions goldbelt payout | MacPherson, James | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | School site committee selects land, now must negotiate price and consider site compatibility with city master plan. | 2/3/1993 | School site is studied: Valley land under review | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | A bypass which would leave the Glacier Hwy at Otter Way and go along the hillside above the Auke Rec Area and reunite with it at So. Lena Loop could open up 150 acres to housing. | 3/27/1996 | New road pushes Lena, Auke Bay housing plans: The bypass around Auke Village ends at South Lena Loop. | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Political leaders from throughout Southeast Alaska support keeping the capital in Juneau in spite of political differences. They feel tax monies could be better spent on other issues. | 8/11/1993 | Juneau has its friends: Southeast won't back capital move | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A man calling himself Jack Murdock has been calling Buisnesses saying he's with Visa Service Center& requesting customer credi card t card numbers. Visa does not know this man or do buisnesses in htis manner.thi | 1/13/1994 | Credit card scam sparks warning | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | City officials and business leaders are disappointed Echo Bay Mines Ltd. is writing off the Alaska-Juneau gold mine project. | 1/14/1997 | City officials express disappointment | Hutchison, Kristan - Woodford, Riley - Holst, Svend | 5 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Opponents of the A-J mine claimed cautious victory at the news that Echo Bay would write off its investment in the mine. | 1/14/1997 | Critics react to pullout | Holst, Svend | 6 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juliano, Bernardo | 8/22/1995 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Lena Loop residents will not find their petitioned design among the three presented by the city for development of 185 acres of city land on Lena Point. | 3/27/1996 | Lena residents petition city to keep area rural: New development plans presented at public meeting. | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Only school board president Dale Staley has filed for re-election. Sally Rue said she will probably file Wednesday. | 8/22/1995 | School board ballot not filled as filing deadline nears | Joling, Dan | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The author writes that, contrary to popular belief, there is already a high speed, if narrow, road to Juneau. Through the university's computer network, Juneau has access to Internet, the core of the information superhighway. | 11/16/1994 | My Turn: Juneau already has a highway to the world | Goes, Jim | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The celebration of Martin Luther King Day in our community is sponsored by NAACP and the Juneau Chapter of Blacks in Government. | 1/13/1994 | Try Turn: let freedom ring in honor of king | Walker, Rosalee | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Author discusses methods to improve the quality of the Alaskan educational system. | 1/26/1993 | My turn: New approaches needed in education | Dolitsky, Alexander B. | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Reaction on Juneau streets about the Alaska-Juneau mine was widely mixed. | 1/14/1997 | Residents react to news of gold mine | Rogoway, Mike | 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the troubles and activities of the local chapter of the Red Cross. | 3/12/1996 | There when disaster strikes: Juneau's chapter of the American Red Cross is overcoming its troubled past | Holst, Svend | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation held a public hearing Monday night to discuss standards for water flowing out of an A-J tunnel into Gold Creek. | 8/22/1995 | Hearing airs water quality proposal | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Rural Alaska Television Network supported by Alaska's four public television stations has started fund-raising efforts. | 11/16/1994 | Rural TV network asks viewers to pledge support | Miller, Dirk | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Mary Albanese's novel `Starmother' will be among 56 title listed in a Georgia publisher's first catolog of books available on computer disk. | 1/13/1994 | Flop down with a good disk: Science Fiction story published on computer disk` | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The first closure of the A-J mine, in 1944, ended an operation that was the economic backbone of Juneau. | 1/14/1997 | History of Juneau is found in origins of the A-J mine | Schoenfeld, Ed - Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Author maintains that the media did not invent the stories, it reported on events that occurred. | 1/26/1993 | Please don't blame the media | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Douglas Volunteer Fire Dept. is looking for a house to burn as a training drill, since it cannot use Cedar Park. | 3/12/1996 | My Turn: Fire departments seek replacement for a lost opportunity | McMullen, Mike | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The legislature authorized about $530,000 less for the marine highway system, causing cuts in service. | 8/22/1995 | State ferry system plans reduced service for winter | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Federal energy regulatory commission has ruled that Echo Bay Alaska Inc.'s proposed hydroelectric project at the Sheepo Creek tailing dam should not be exempt from federal oversightFO. | 1/20/1994 | Feds to review a-j dam: mine developer may use plan B | MacPherson, James | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Teachers are considering changing the JDHS schedule in hopes of improving student performance. | 1/21/1997 | Trimester schedule for high school considered | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Tours of the 720-foot long Ryndam, Holland America-Westours' newest ship, are scheduled Wednesday. | 8/22/1995 | Cruise ship tour offered for locals | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Grant, Marlene Jean | 1/13/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Hilary Lindh is out for the rest of the ski season with broken leg and torn ligament. | 1/26/1993 | Lindh finished for ski season | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 9 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Date of death was 11/14/94 | 11/16/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | As items come up in state surplus sales, museum working to put together a bureaucrat's office from the territorial days. | 1/26/1993 | Not everything is ancient at the state museum | Raab, Diane | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The vice president of Coeur Alaska, the company developing the Kensington Mine doubts other companies will want to take over the Alaska-Juneau mine. | 1/14/1997 | Coeur not interested in picking up A-J project | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Downtown video and Valley video, now located side by side in mendenhall Men Mall, are locked in a heated battle over store space, morals and money. | 1/20/1994 | Now playing in Juneau: video - store wars | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A mining company has asked for a permit to build a dock facility near its Chichagof Island claims and hopes to reactivate gold, silver, tungsten mine. | 1/26/1993 | Old Chichagof mine draws interest: company wants to proceed with exploration work | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Echo Bay Mines Ltd. today announced it is writing off its investment in the Alaska-Juneau gold mine. | 1/14/1997 | Echo Bay drops A-J | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | HB 179 would eliminate specific term limits for commissioners of the Depts. of Fish and Game and Education. | 3/12/1996 | Five-year commissioner rule may be retired | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Les Nash apologizes to his family and friends and the employees of the National Bank of Alaska and looks forward to erasing his debts and leading a simple life | 9/3/1995 | Letters: Former bank employee, Les Nash, offers apology | Nash, Les A. | C3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | State officials say they expect to collect nearly $1 million in back wages from 30 ferry workers who earned resident pay while living out of state. | 11/16/1994 | Ferry workers to pay up | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Reyholds, J. R. "Bob" | 1/20/1990 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A proposal to raise building height limits along the downtown waterfront is not likely to emerge from the Planning Commission soon. | 1/26/1993 | Height ordinance? It's all but buried | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Interview with Zach Gordon Youth Center leader, Lori Ellefsen. | 1/24/1997 | Been there, done that | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The U.S. Forest Service recognizes the Douglas Indian Assn. as an independent government entity, as does the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | 3/12/1996 | Douglas Indian Assciation gets Forest Service OK: Forest Service officially recognizes it as an independent government entity | Holst, Svend | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Mr. Elton feels that Canada, Washington and Oregon cannot recreate the miracle of the loaves and fishes" so they go after Alaska's bread and butter" | 9/3/1995 | My turn: Solomon's wisdom needed to divvy up salmon | Elton, Kim | C2 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Pioneer Alaska aviator Sheldon B Shel" Simmons renowned for daring rescues and contributions to commercial aviation died today. | 11/16/1994 | Pioneer aviator dies at 86 | Joling, Dan | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Trivette, Herman Francis | 8/27/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | A2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Hickel's office is moving to Court Plaza Building leaving space in Domino Courthouse for Attorney General Bruce Botelho. | 1/20/1994 | Office shuttel gives AG Hew Digs | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Teachers will vote on a proposed one-year contract Wednesday. JEA President Bob Deitrick predicted approval. | 8/22/1995 | Teachers to vote on new contract | Joling, Dan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial applauds Judge Froelich's sentencing of Niles Cesar on a drunken driving related charge. | 3/12/1996 | Officials aren't above drunken-driving laws | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Date of death was 11/6/94 | 11/16/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | John Cytanovich went on trail Monday for attempted murder and two felony assault charges in the October 19th shooting of John Shakespeare. | 3/12/1996 | Attempted murder trial starts for Cytanovich | Price, Susan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial praises Juneau's support of youth football and writes about the NFL film crews in town to film their games and practices | 9/3/1995 | Juneau football is documentary topic: Community's vigorous support is a major part of that story | unknown | C2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | With a small number of absentee ballots added to the count, Tony Knowles' lead over Jim Campbell in the governor's election shrank today. | 11/16/1994 | Knowles' lead shrinks a bit: Campbell trims margin to 473,counting continues tonight | Schoenfeld, Ed | 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Brady Bill appears to restrict the rightsof the law abiding citizens at the expense of appearing to do something about crime of the law abiding citizens at the expense of appearing to do something about crime. | 1/20/1990 | My Turn: excessive gun control the wrong answer | Youtg, Greg | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Using the Behrend's Building for legislative housing may nbot happen. | 1/24/1997 | Housing effort stalls out | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Public Works Director Ernie Mueller will ask the assembly for $600,000 to replace cement-asbestos water pipes. Some have been frozen since December. | 3/12/1996 | City may replace cement water pipes: Aspen Avenue and Pinewood Drive homes still without water | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | State Fish and Wildlife Protection Troopers are trying to track down who killed a young doe at a gravel pit off the road to the Eaglecrest Sli Area last weekend and left the carcass to rot | 9/3/1995 | Authorities look for doe slayer | Juneau Empire | A3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A slight increase in property taxes and a cut of six jobs are part of the plan to balance the proposed $123 million city-borough operating budget. | 4/6/1994 | Layoffs in city budget: Small tax hike also proposed. | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Brett Dillingham animated three musical children's stories with a combination of narration, acting and mime for Linda Rosenthal to perform at the Kennedy Center, and at the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival. | 1/20/1994 | Music and mime combine: violinist goes electric with storyteller | Juneau Empire | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Expansion of apartment complex needs federal approval to fill wetlands. | 1/28/1993 | Gruening Park group plans expansion | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Shaun McMahon is sentenced to two years in prison. | 1/24/1997 | Bungling burlar sentenced to two years | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Changes made to HB368 by the House State Affairs Committee could increase the campaign finance reform bill's chances in the legislature. | 3/12/1996 | Campaign finance reform softened: House committee makes several changes before moving bill along | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A nonprofit housing group is asking the city to donate land near Switzer Creek for expansion of the Gruening Park Apartments | 9/3/1995 | Housing group asks city to donate land for apartments | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | With a potential $400,000 budget deficit, Bartlett Memorial Hospital is considering cutting staff and raising rates. | 4/8/1994 | Hospital may hike rates, trim jobs. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Hansen, Russ - Hansen, Linda | 1/28/1993 | Dancing turns into full-time fun: couple steps into role of Western dance teachers | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 12 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Committee studies Forest Practices Act and how it is working. | 1/24/1997 | Forest science shows protection gaps | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Empire calls for George Jacko to resign Senate seat calling his actions sexual harassment. | 1/28/1993 | Time has come for Jacko to resign | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Supportfor new restriction on cutthroat and steelhead trout fishing was narrowly recommended by the Gastineau Channel Fishand Game AdvisoryCommittee. The panel also recommended against changing the allocation of chinook salmon between commercial Trollers | 12/27/1993 | Group backs trout harvest limits | Huber, Tim | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A Johns Hopkins study shows that Alaska children died of injuries at a rate of 45.7 per 100,000 during 1986-1992. | 3/12/1996 | Dangerous state for children: kids die of injuries more frequently than in any other state, university shows | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The city staff has drawn up a proposed ordinance to take the headaches out of gettin a building variance, which allows for deviation from city codes | 9/3/1995 | Hearing for proposed ordinance set for Tuesday: Rule would shorten time needed for variance approval | Thomson, Lori | A1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Point Bridget State Park and others would be closed under Senate Bill 280 which would create a 45,000 acre state park on Afognak Island. | 4/1/1994 | Parks on GOP cut lists: Point Bridget on closure list. | Mader, Ian | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | A fire destroyed a house and the priceless 30-year collection of Tlingit artwork, books and music. | 1/28/1993 | Fire destroys N. Douglas home | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Vogel, Rex Eugene | 1/24/1997 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Top officials of the state Dept. of Health and Social Services met with the House Finance Committee to hammer out the department's budget for the next fiscal year. | 3/12/1996 | Budget cuts: A trim here, a slice there: making millions of dollars in cuts is all in a day's work for officials during this season | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A marketer for Carrs Quality Centers is campaigning to support the little guy trying to make it in business against the big corporate tyrants arrive in their towns. Some see this as a case of the pot calling the kettle black | 9/3/1995 | Marketer opens fire in store war | Sabbatini, Mark | A1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau teacher, Lynn Williams, honored by the National Science Foundation is the recipient of a $7,500 grant and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. | 4/1/1994 | Math teacher counts her forks: Award winner gets royal treatment at Washington dinners. | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau has applied to the Corps for a wetlands-use W permit to supplement the dike that protecs the floatplane pond from tidal action and also provides part of a Trail through the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge. | 1/10/1994 | City wants permit for floatplane dike | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Davis, Robert Murphy - Pascua, Martha Hopkins | 1/22/1993 | 9154 | Obituaries | unknown | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the improved conditions of two children with cancer. | 2/27/1996 | Coming back from the edge: two children have won their cancer battles - so far | Hutchison, Kristan | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Southeast Alaska commercial trollers will have to wait until Wednesday to find out if they'll have any more chances to catch chinook salmon this season | 9/3/1995 | Southeast trollers wait: Judge may rule on fish ban Wednesday | Associated Press | A1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Paul Fuhs, Commissioner of commerce announced Mary Pignallberi had been promoted to Division of Tourism Director. She replaces Conn Murray | 1/10/1994 | State hires new tourism director: Pignalberi moves from film office | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that while teachers are the most important influence on children next to their parents that they need to teach - not strike. He feels when the SAT and ACT scores of the children improve then they would have the right t | 8/20/1995 | Teachers should accept agreement: Children need teachers in classroom, not on picket line | unknown | C2 | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Juneau gun dealers reported above normal sales of guns and ammunition locally with the advent of the Brady Bill and the ban on assault weapons. | 5/9/1994 | Vote to ban assault weapons triggers jump in sales. | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A faulty chimney at 9343 Betty Court in Mendenhall valley is the suspected cause of the fire that gutted the two-story home of Lynn Wunsch. | 1/17/1994 | Fire destroys valley home; no injuries | Huber, Tim | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Proposed legislation would make it easier to leave the state and still collect dividends and logevity bonuses. | 1/24/1997 | Exceptions to residency bills proposed | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | First hearing of bill to move Legislature to Anchorage produces little show of support. | 1/28/1993 | Move bill gets no support -- so far | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Patty Ann Polley is new director of the Chamber of Commerce. | 1/24/1997 | Chamber has new director | Rogoway, Mike | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Jacony, Stephen "Steve" Chester | 1/10/1994 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer speaks in support of HB154 which he filed in an effort at major government regulatory reform. | 2/27/1996 | My Turn: On excessive regulation: enough is enough | Kohring, Vic | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | After the Princess gouged Poundstone Rock and the engine room fire aboard the Regent Star, the Coast Guard has created a national cruise ship safety review committee to see whether stricter safety standards are needed | 9/3/1995 | Is Juneau prepared for ship disaster? Coast Guard, city work together to be always ready | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A relocation has been suggested which would place the Four Story pole at the city museum and the Harnessing the Atom pole at Sixth and Seward. | 5/9/1994 | Totem pole switch may solve problem. | Huber, Tim | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The fiscally Responsible Alaskans Needing Knowledge committee submitted 37,220 signatures to the Division of Elections. Verification of sgnatures of 26,142 registered voters will asure certification for the November ballot. | 1/10/1994 | What's next? Planning for FRANK vote to begin soon | Huber, Tim | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau musher trains sled dogs. | 1/22/1993 | Try as she might, musher can't seem to quit the sport | Raab, Diane | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Jerry Cropley is found guilty of felony sexual abuse of a minor. | 1/17/1997 | Jury finds man guilty in sex abuse case | Holst, Svend | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this article does not feel that the logging industry harms the environment and quotes forest sciences graduate student, Bob Zybach, who believes clearcutting, burning and reforestation can approximate natural processes by which old growth s | 8/20/1995 | My turn: Those who vilify loggers shouldn't use wood | Tonsgard, W. R., Jr. | C3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Revision of the tax on the oil industry for the oil-spill prevention and response fund may not have met everyone's wishes but is likely to be signed. | 5/9/1994 | House okays spill-bill compromise. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Alaska Board of Fisheries cut the chinook salmon allocation for commercial Trollers one percent a year for three years. | 1/17/1994 | Fisheries Board cuts trollers share | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | A grand jury indicted Duwaine Price on six counts of felony assualt in the February 17 rollover near the Fred Meyer store. | 2/27/1996 | Rollover ends in indictment: children in van didn't have seats when accident occurred. | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Joe Geldhof was sentenced for a domestic violence charge from May of 1995 and an assault with a hockey stick on an 8-year-old girl in November. | 2/27/1996 | Attorney sentenced for two assault charges: Joe Geldhof gets 15 years probation, community service and a fine | Holst, Svend | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A useful list of annuals and perennials that do well in Juneau is suggested along with sources for plants and further information. | 5/8/1994 | Garden checklist for May. | Schoenfeld, Ed | B1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Nonprofit groups refused property tax exemptions by the city assessor can still turn to the assembly for a second opinion. | 2/27/1996 | Non profit groups can appeal property tax: assembly still has final say on which groups will pay | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer stresses the need for training in firearm use and for knowledge of Alaska law distinguishing between self-defense and criminal assault. | 5/8/1994 | My turn: Responsibility goes with a concealed weapon. | Campbell, Bruce W. | C3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This feature describes the Alaska Studies class at JDHS, which puts students in contact with the cultures of Alaska Natives. | 5/24/1994 | Alaska studies: tradition abandoned and traditions learned | Healy, Carole | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Land use report appears to say that northwestern British Columbia can't have both Windy Craggy mine and wilderness. | 1/24/1993 | Report questions future of copper mine | Stange, Jay | A 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Low-income Alaskans are facing the elimination of a program to keep them from losing benefits when they get their PFDs. | 2/27/1996 | Senate bill targets welfare recipients: Finance committee has `hold harmless' program on the cutting block again | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A bear caught raiding food supplies in the Mendenhall Campgound was moved south of town by boat today by Fish and Game biologists. | 8/15/1995 | Feasting bear finally caught: Mendenhall campers plagued by food raids | Price, Susan | 8 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The writer, a board member of Alaskans for Drug Free Youth, urges support for the Sensible Advertising and Family Education Act through messages to Senator Stevens. The act would support seven rotating health and safety messages on all alcohol advertisi | 5/8/1995 | My turn: New law would help prevent alcohol problems. | Iwinski, Joyce Johnson | C3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author speaks out against HB218 passed by the House. The bill removes any limit on the size of seiners. | 5/24/1994 | My Turn: There's no reason to allow bigger seiners | Helmar, Paul | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Marshall Lind, chancellor of UAS, describes the current effort of the university system to shape its programs and needs to adjust to budget restrictions in the long term. | 5/8/1994 | My turn: University looks to its strengths. | Lind, Marshall | C3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Senate special committee decided to hire an investigator to look into Sen. George Jacko's conduct. | 1/24/1993 | Senate panel wants to hire an investigator: Complaints filed against Jacko | Mader, Ian | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A bill increasing the size of student loans Alaskans can receive passed the House today. | 2/27/1996 | Student loan bill ready for signature: larger loans would be made available to students, but fewer schools would qualify | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Tim Kelly introduced bill which would limit liability for ski areas. | 1/22/1993 | Bill would limit liability for ski areas | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The Paper goes out of business. | 1/17/1997 | The Paper publishes final edition | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This feature describes Waterside Inn, a unit at the Juneau Pioneers' Home for the care of people with dimentia. | 8/15/1995 | Mindful of home | Healy, Carole | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Voluntary plan would let surface miners work 12 hours without earning overtime. | 1/17/1997 | Proposal would change rules for overtime | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Legislative cuts to DEC's budget were lower this year than last, totalling just over 4 percent. Agency funding for next fiscal year is $18.4 million, about $800,000 less than this year. | 5/24/1994 | DEC cuts less than expected | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the career of former Juneau resident Danny Consenstein, now a top aide to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. | 1/7/1997 | Plucking strings to pulling strings: former Juneau resident uses his Alaska experience to shape Clinton's policy | Mills, Betty, | 7 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Public schools will need to continue offering kindergarten classes, even if state funding is cut. | 2/27/1996 | Mandating Kindergarten: House bill under reconsideration would require school districts to fund educational building blocks | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Cathy Munoz has filed a candidate petition for the District 1 assembly seat she was appointed to in March. | 8/15/1995 | Munoz files for re-election, no opponents yet for seat | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer maintains it is time for a prayer of thanks that the time of a session is limited to 121 days and that day 119 has arrived. | 5/8/1994 | One more prayer for the legislature. | Persily, Larry | C2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | George Davidson, a former city-borough assembly member is seeking the Republican nomination for the Mendenhall Valley House seat being vacated by Rep. Bill Hudson. | 5/24/1994 | Davidson files for valley House seat | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Members of the Juneau Mental Health Professionals union who work for JAMI will be taking a 12 percent pay cut. | 2/27/1996 | Workers take 12 percent pay cuts: Mental Health union makes an offer to save 10 workers' jobs | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A leader of the Kwakiutl Territorial Fisheries Commission was in Juneau this week to meet with Southeast Alaska Native groups. | 8/15/1995 | Tribal leader wants more salmon talk | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The witer considers that the legislature erred in endorsing a constitutional amendment to make it easier for Alaskans to own guns when the right to bear arms is already in the constitution. | 5/8/1994 | Out of touch on gun rights: Legislature has it all wrong. | Persily, Larry | C2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | AFN and the Native Culture Club put on a potlatch at Lemon Creek Correctional Center Saturday. Similar events, with the theme of sobriety, were held at 11 other correctional centers in Alaska. | 5/24/1994 | Jail potlatch preaches sobriety: `If there was no such thing as alcohol, I'd have about 15 prisoners' | Healy, Carole | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Gastineau Channel Advisory Committee recommends sticking with present king salmon allocations between sport and commercial fishermen. | 1/7/1997 | Panel advises status quo for king salmon | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | CBJ Assembly passed a resolution requiring the contractor on the Riverbend school project to sign a labor agreement. | 2/27/1996 | Union workers win in city labor pact: assembly chambers were packed with applauding union members Monday | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Construction of the $14 million Mount Roberts tramway began today amid mixed reviews from tour operators concerned about access to tourists. | 8/15/1995 | Tramway construction begins with few snags | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Governor proposal education incentive program using tobacco tax increase. | 1/17/1997 | Knowles budget speech draws attacks from GOP | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau Assembly wants keeping capital in Juneau as it top priority. | 1/17/1997 | Capital is top priority | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Francis Allen Oleson of Juneau who escaped while his probabion officer was arresting him was found Monday in Angoon. | 8/15/1995 | Escapee found in Angoon | Price, Susan | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Legislators expressed concern for bills that might not pass in the press of the final days of the session. | 5/8/1994 | The end is here for bills so near. | Miller, Dirk | A1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | ABC-TV's top-rated Good Morning America" brought Alaska to millions of viewers last week and tourism officials are hopeful that many of those viewers will head to Alaska with their pocketbooks. | 5/24/1994 | Alaska appeal: tourism officials hope for surge after TV show | MacPherson, James | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bob Stegner, local educational entrepreneur, gets proved results using individualized instruction in small private school setting. | 1/20/1993 | Teaching kids to fly above the average: Peregrine School finds success in individualized approach | Christianson, Susan S. | 11 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau Assembly agreed to accept letters of interest from all groups that want to use Capital School building. | 1/7/1997 | City seeks ideas for use of Capital School: action comes after protests by Downtown Neighborhood Association and others | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Ballot measures to fund a $9 million police building and continue a temporary 3 percent sales tax were approved for the October 3 election. | 8/15/1995 | Assembly OKs ballot measures | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer says that pressuring teachers to rework their contract and accept a pay cut because of budget needs upsets the collective bargaining agreement and ignores policy in favor of budget. | 3/20/1994 | When budget drives policy, trouble is ahead | Reinwand, Jerry | D3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Arts organizations, experiencing decreases in state funding through the state Council on the Arts and the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council, are looking to large corporate sponsors and trying new fundraising approaches. | 5/17/1994 | Perseverance goes for gold in funding: funding shortfalls have local art groups scrambling for sources of income. | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the legacy of Catholic Bishop Michael Kenny, who died a year ago. | 2/20/1996 | His spirit lives on: a year after Bishop Michael Kenny died, his beliefs and vision continue to inspire | Hutchison, Kristan, | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial speaks in favor of pay raises for Alaska judges and court system employees. | 2/27/1996 | Judges and judicial workers deserve raise | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Coast Guard and the Forest Service are working together on a plan to turn lighthouses into vacation destinations. | 8/8/1995 | Beacons beckon anew: lighthouses may flash `welcome' in addition to `warning' if they are converted into wilderness cabins | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A House Finance Subcommittee is proposing cuts of about half this year's budget for next year's appropriation for the alcohol and drug abuse treatment division. | 3/21/1994 | Cuts target drug funds: House would slash treatment funds | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author discusses clinical depression, pointing out that 80 to 90 percent of those who suffer from despression can be effectively treated. | 5/17/1994 | My Turn: `Message of Hope' for mental illness | Dyles, C. Lyn | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Floyd Peterson, a Sealaska shareholder, has been notified he may not drive his ATV on corporation land near Hoonah. | 1/7/1997 | Logging critic claims ban on his ATV is retribution | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer says the legislature should let voters decide on the campaign finance reform initiative. | 2/20/1996 | My Turn: The campaign reform process, rethought | Waldman, Ken | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial praises the girls of the JDHS Drill Team. | 8/8/1995 | Juneau girls return as world-class champs! Plagued by tragedy, controversy, drill team has the right stuff | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Proposed legislation mandationg a 40-hour workweek would increase personnel costs or bring a challenge in court by the state employees union. | 3/21/1994 | Workweek plan draws criticism | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This editor writes in favor of the city-borough continuing to put 1 cent of Juneau's 4 percent sales tax into a savings account. | 5/17/1994 | Preparing for the rainy day: city's right to save money now | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Hiring of Janna Lelchuck as high school teacher of Russian has been okayed by U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. | 1/20/1993 | Russian teacher hired by school district | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | More ferry service, more money and more support for the timber industry are on a wish list for Southeast Alaska's small towns. | 1/7/1997 | Panhandle towns oppose major state spending cuts | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The bow of the Crown Princess caught the fishing vessel New Freedom's net in an incident blamed on poor communication between the cruise ship and the fishing fleet. | 8/8/1995 | Communication key to maritime safety, U.S. Coast Guard says | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Federal charges of bank and mail fraud have been filed in Anchorage against William Edmondson, owner of the now defunct united Auto Exchange in regard to fraudulent auto sales and other business transactions. | 3/23/1994 | Feds charge auto broker: Man accused of bilking car buyers in Alaska | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The EPA has lifted a cease-and-desist order against Alaska-Juneau gold mine developer Echo Bay Alaska, Inc. giving the company permission to resume full exploration work at the mine. | 5/17/1994 | A-J to resume exploratory drilling | MacPherson, James | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | School support team" not in place in time to assist with next year's school budget. Bob Locke board president will appoint a budget task force. | 1/20/1993 | School budgeting begins, minus team | Christianson, Susan S. | unknown | 1 |
Juneau Empire | An overview of the provisions of the new federal Telecommunications Act was presented at a Capitol forum today.\ | 2/20/1996 | Alaskans tune to lower cable rates, better access; telephone, cable companies will compete with each other for customers | Sabbatini, Mark, | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's school board will meet to discuss contract talks with teachers and support staff unions and what to do if settlements are not reached. | 8/8/1995 | School board set for contract talks: teacher, support staff to discuss points of disagreement | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The U.S. Forest Service has approved the exchang of 1,151 acres of land owned by Goldbelt, Inc. for 2600 acres of federal land at Hobart Bay. | 3/23/1994 | Land swap protects Echo Cove property | MacPherson, James | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Jack Cadigan, a state correspondence school teacher and gift-shop owner, is seeking the Republican nomination for the downtown House seat being vacated by Rep. Fran Ulmer. | 5/17/1994 | Cadigan announces bid for House seat | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial finds it astounding that the Legislature would suggest cutting funding for alcohol and drug abuse programs when these are two of the major problems in the state. | 3/23/1994 | Cutting alcohol program is silly: Don't ignor Alaska's No. 1 problem | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State and federal efforts are underway to remove oil from a leaking oil tank which sits on former Alaska-Juneau gold mine property, now owned by tramway developer Chuck Keen. | 5/17/1994 | Finally, oil cleanup begins: old mine fuel to be removed from tank, burned | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article describes the experiences of Alaska residents and visitors trying to travel by air during the holidays. | 12/31/1996 | The great Alaskan traveler: trials, tales and tribulationss of those venturing to and from the last frontier | Sabbatini, Mark | 7 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Other air carriers have stepped in after Glacier Bay Air closed down without notice, but bills and salaries remain unpaid. | 2/20/1996 | Glacier Bay Air could return to unfriendly skies: passengers left in the lurch as airline reorganizes | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bruce Gilbert, owner of Silver Eagle Transport, Inc. launched the 65-foot private car and passenger ferry Silver Eagle for its first commercial run today. | 8/8/1995 | Private ferry service links Haines, Juneau | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Mr. Thornton points out that in the Tlingit culture, emphasis is placed on geographic features or landmarks in naming things as opposed to personal names. | 3/23/1994 | My turn: Different cultures emphasize different names | Thornton, Thomas F. | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | This article discusses the joys and hazards of diving for relics of Southeast Alaska's busy steamship era in local waters. | 5/10/1994 | Divers revel in bringing up the past | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A bill requiring the court to determine the indigence of a defendant before a public defender is appointed has passed the House. | 2/20/1996 | Legislators may crack down on free legal service freeloaders: if you can afford an attorney, you'd not get a public defender | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | A last-minute deal between state labor negotiators and a ferry workers' union have cancelled the threat of a marine highway system strike. | 8/8/1995 | Union, state avert strike: ferry workers tentatively accept contract | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A $5,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the damaging roof fire at the main shelter at Auke Village Recreation Area. | 3/27/1994 | Reward offered for leads on Auke Rec shelter fire | Juneau Empire | A3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | School board eliminates prior review policy on high school publications. | 1/22/1993 | Prior review shelved: Students get freer voice | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Eagle, Albert Louis - White, John Larry | 1/7/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Sitka Community Hospital will no longer allow elective abortions on its premises. | 1/7/1997 | Sitka Community Hospital bans elective abortions at facility | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial expresses hopes for the new year 1997. | 12/31/1996 | Rose-colored hopes for a New Year | Juneau Empire | 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Controversy continues over telephone call to CBJ police and Alaska State Troopers by Senator George Jacko. | 1/20/1993 | Tape contradicts Jacko: Senator cited state business in motel call to police. | Huber, Tim - Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The city's sales tax rate goes up to 5 percent January 1st, the first change in 14 years. | 12/31/1996 | Sales tax hike is imminent: city, merchants prepare for tax increase that takes effect on Wednesday | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The new owners of the Viking Lounge and Alaskan Galley are cleaning and renovating with the original bulueprints from Percy's in mind, but not to recreate it. | 3/20/1996 | Galley restaruant owners make changes with customer in mind: Regulars are apparently accepting the gradual innovations. | Hutchison, Kristan | 5 | unknown |
Juneau Empire | THe city-borough assembly hopes to avoid a lawsuit over property taxes by giving a non-profit senior housing organization up to $100,000. | 8/1/1995 | Fireweed pressures city for more money: city staff to draft agreement for $100,000 award | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | An interim regulation reaffirming a federal ban on hunting in Glacier Bay National Park is in effect. The ban applies to navigable waters as well as to park lands. | 4/3/1994 | Hunting ban reaffirmed | Lund, Annabel | A1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Females for New Frontiers, based in Newport Beach, California wants to find 200 women from the Lower 48 who will pay $800 each to fly to Anchorage over the Labor Day weekend to meet men. | 5/10/1994 | Heading to Alaska to meet Mr. Right: California women look north | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This feature discusses the differences between girls and boys in the use of computers in schools. | 1/14/1997 | Gender gap: despite a slow evening-out process, there are still more boys gravitating toward technology | Brown, Cathy | 7 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that in this day of cynicism, the Glacier Valley Rotary Club does a great service by sponsoring contemporary heroes as speaker in its Pillars of Freedom series. | 3/20/1996 | Heroes to inspire us in the age of cynicism. | unknown | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Eight JDHS Drill Team members who admitted to drinking were punished according to school district policy, principal Ron Gleason says. | 8/1/1995 | Students punished according to policy: principal says trip was matter of timing, not leniency | Healy, Carole | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Corrections commissioner, Frank Prewitt, stated the Department would be in contempt of judicial oversight provisions in the prison-conditions lawsuit called the Cleary case if lack of funding forces additional over crowding. | 4/3/1994 | Cuts to prisons would shut down jails, officials say | Schoenfeld, Ed | A 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Records unsealed by Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks show that Alaska Pulp's Sitka mill lost $31 million dollars in the year before it was shut down last fall. | 5/10/1994 | Sitka mill lost millions | Associated Press - Persily, Larry | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Author believes that state's wildlife management is not protecting fishing, hunting and trapping in Alaska. | 1/17/1993 | My turn: More is at stake than just wolf control | Conrad, Richard A. | D 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Marx, Daniel F. | 12/31/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The state DOT is planning to go ahead with a $100,000 study of a road and tunnel across Baranof Island. | 8/1/1995 | State plans study of Baranof Island road | Juneau Empire | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Greens Creek Mining Co. | 5/10/1994 | Assembly OKs small tax breaks: Greens Creek mine, brewery, senior housing project benefit | Huber, Tim | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Disaster relief for the AWARE shelter and Wire Street, damaged in a severe rain storm last September was announced by Gov. Knowles. | 1/14/1997 | AWARE shelter, Wire Street included in disaster funds | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The National Park Service published new regulations which would allow 32 more cruise ships into Glacier Bay. | 3/20/1996 | Park Service clears way for ships: New regulations mean Glacier Bay ship traffic to increase. | Mills, Betty | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Rick Oglesby, the school district's director of human resources resigned as of July 28th. | 8/1/1995 | School's chief negotiator resigns: contract for teachers not yet signed | Joling, Dan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The writer feels Gov. Hickel is right in calling a special session to have the Legislature deal with his back oil-tax bill before they leave town. | 5/11/1994 | Hickel is right to keep 'em here: Oil-tax bill must be passed | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This is another in a series of columns about the Alaska Court System by Juneau Superior Court Judge Larry Weeks. This column deals with the handling of criminal cases. | 5/3/1994 | My Turn: How criminal cases work in Alaska | Weeks, Larry | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Author believes it's time for Alaska to consider a state income txo or sales tax to increase state's financial stability. | 1/17/1993 | My turn: It's time to think about taxes | Gulyas, Paul | D 2 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Politically active school employees may have some new rules to follow by the time of the next election. | 1/14/1997 | School board may change policy on political activism | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Williams, Inc. of Ketchikan has a tentative agreement to purchase Juneau's locally owned Foodland Supermarket. | 8/1/1995 | Grocery store near sale: Foodland sought by Ketchikan firm | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Ulmer spent the final day of the Session brokering with Democratic minority members, the administration and the Senate to tie up loose ends. | 5/11/1994 | Ulmer led Democrats into unusual union with Hickel. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | In this editor's opinion House Speaker Barnes is costing Alaskans a fortune in potential oil-tax settlements by sitting on a bill that would clarify the way back oil taxes are assessed and collected. | 5/3/1994 | Let House vote of oil-tax bill: bullheaded Barnes costs all of us | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Hickel's proposed public works budget includes Juneau road improvement projects and governor's office remodeling. | 1/17/1993 | Hickel budget has money for new ferry, roads | Schoenfeld, Ed | A 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | An application for a permit to operate Hydro Biikes on Auke Lake has raised the need for a regulationi and management plan for the lake. | 3/20/1996 | Auke Lake tourist attraction scrutinized. | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Beginning Monday signs ordering motorists to drive with headlight on at all times on road with speed limits of 45 mph or more will be put up. Some motorist are not happy about it. | 8/20/1995 | Signs for headlight law must be up by next month | Sabbatini, Mark | A3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Senator Duncan talked with everyone from lobbyist to the Governor to promote his key interest legislation in the final day of the Session. | 5/11/1994 | Duncan used new clout as Senate raced to finish line. | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska winter king salmon instead of farmed fish was served to President Bill Clinton at his post inaugural lunch. | 1/20/1993 | Clinton gets taste of fish politics | Thomas, Margaret | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Warnock, Cora Irene - Cooper, Clarence Edwin | 1/17/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | The Juneau School Board approved a $36 million budget. | 3/20/1996 | School budget approved with $400,000 in cuts. | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Blood and hair samples taken from a Longview, Washington man have been sent to the state crime lab in Anchorage for comparison to evidence found at the scene of the murder of Cindy Elrod in Juneau in August, 1983. | 5/3/1994 | Murder may be solved: troopers await tests in 1983 Elrod killing | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State Sen. George Jacko appealed to police for help in gaining access to the hotel room of a female legislative aide at 4:30 a.m. | 1/17/1993 | Legislator calls police for help | Huber, Tim | A 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | State assessor says Greens Creek's proposal for taxing mining property is to the mine's advantage. | 1/14/1997 | Greens Creek tax proposal draws fire | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Guy Wesley Self died on 03/11/96. | 3/20/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Six Alaska high school students traveled to Vladivostok for two weeks of environmental education and cultural exchange | 8/20/1995 | Students travel to Russia for lesson on environment | Healy, Carole | A3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Bill Hudson saw his bill quaranteeing workers compensation for firefighters and other emergencies pass in the final hours of the session while he saw others fail. | 5/11/1994 | How they spent the final hours: By night's end, Hudson had had enough | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Walter J. Hickel announced today that he will either call a special session or extend the current one to deal with a bill aimed at making it easier for the state to collect disputed oil taxes. | 5/3/1994 | Governor sets date for special session: it's May 25, if oil-tax bill doesn't pass | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Heck, Bruce Allen | 1/17/1997 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Threatened with the resignation of 11 of 14 nurses, Petersburg General Hospital has eliminated all hospital priveleges for doctor and mayor D.A. Coon. | 1/17/1993 | Nurses threaten a group walkout over Petersburg doctor | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska's seafood industry is hoping to open other markets for their salmon nuggets. Restaurant chains, health-care facilities and retirement homes are their new targets. | 8/20/1995 | Salmon nuggets open new market for seafood: Alaska fisheries hope to expand beyond schools | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels the Governor should give the Legislature a two week break and then call them back into a special session. | 5/18/1994 | Give them two weeks at home: Then bring them back | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Under a reappropriations bill heading for legislative approval, $500,000 for state ferry repairs would come from a project to build new Marine Highway headquarters and free up space for a school playing field. The bill also includes money for Snettisham | 5/3/1994 | Ferry repairs in budget, sports field out | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Nick Barrie has been sentenced to 1 year in prison for drunk driving following an accident that killed Donald Kelly last September. | 1/14/1996 | Drinking and driving case leads to 1-year sentence: judge says he was trying to send a message | Holst, Svend | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | A Juneau man was found guilty of assault instead of attempted murder in the October shooting of a friend. | 3/20/1996 | Shooter convicted of assault: Jury finds John Jay Cytanovich guilty, but not for attempted murder of friend. | Price, Susan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Parents and educators have mixed response to governor's plan to lengthen the school year. | 1/24/1993 | Hickel's plan draws mixed grades | Schoenfeld, Ed | A 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president | 1/20/1993 | Clinton's call is one of optimism | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Dunlap, James "Jim" Melvin Jr. | 1/14/1997 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Environmentalists and the timber industry have different views of what the pulp and sawmill closings in Sitka and Wrangell have don to Southeast Alaska's economy. Both sides are toting studies to back up their claims. | 8/20/1995 | Tale of two studies: Environmentalists, timber industry use different 'facts' to make cases | Miller, Dirk | A1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau police are trying to find the owner of a 5 foot totemic design whale found downtown in mid-April. | 5/18/1994 | Found: 1 carved whale | unknown | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The house is to vote today on the Senate resolution to put on the ballot a stronger constitutional right to keep and bear arms. An attempt to modify the measure to allow more leeway for laws restricting some weapons failed in the House. | 5/3/1994 | Legislators zeroing in: gun-rights measure likely to go to voters | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Michael Barton, the Forest Service's regional forester for Alaska since 1984, has announced he will retire effective Thursday. | 4/26/1994 | Barton resigns forest job | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rates will rise 5% Feb. 1 to pay for a fiber-optic cable system to improve picture quality. | 1/14/1993 | Cable rates rising | Stange, Jay | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The state plans to allow vehciles registration and license renewals by phone or Internet after DMV moves to the Dept. of Administration. | 1/14/1996 | Changes planned to shorten lines at DMV: phone and Internet registration are just two of the differences expected | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Term limits for state legislators and judges could be on the November ballot as a proposal approved by the House moves through the Senate. | 3/20/1996 | Senate moves on term limits. | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Neighbors of SECON's rock crusher's new home at Lemon Creek are objecting. | 1/14/1996 | New rock crusher site opposed | Rogoway, Mike | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Munipalities are asking the Legislature to make it easier for city councils and assemblies to meet in secret. | 1/14/1993 | Efforts under way to allow more secret meetings | Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Alan Mcpherson and his fellow climbers were within sight of the summit of K2, near the border of Pakistan and near China and India, when they were pinned down by storms and monsoons | 8/20/1995 | American team, Juneau climber stymied by K2 | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | A1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Administrators in the Juneau School Districts want to be in its $10,000 retirement-resignation incentative, | 5/18/1994 | Administrators want early-out incentive | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Photographs donated by Gil Eide, depicting three decades ofof high school activities, will become a permanent collection at the Alaska State Library. | 12/24/1996 | Capturing history: teacher, neighbor and friend, Gil Eide donated 3000 photographs and memories to the Alaska State Library this month. | Rogoway, Mike | 15 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Rep. Vic Kohring of Wasilla has proposed a $560,000 cut to the Dept. of Education's 1997 budget which would cut the AK State Council on the Arts. | 3/20/1996 | Arts funding goes under the knife: Surgical cuts to Education Dept. budget target State Council on the Arts. | Holst, Svend | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | At a recent convention Alaska State Empoyees Association members voted to reduce their negotiating team from 26 to 5. | 5/18/1994 | Negotiating team shrinks: Five, not 26, will argue for ASEA | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Four Tickle Me Elmo dolls were raffled by the Juneau Fred Meyer store in a benefit for the Southeast Alaska Red Cross. | 12/24/1996 | And unto you, an Elmo doll is borne | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The Ak Dept. of Environmental Conservation says hazardous materials have been removed from the Douglas Cold Storage which burned earlier this summer | 8/9/1995 | Plant owners remove hazardous materials | Miller, Dirk | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | In May 1995 shareholders of the Sealaska Corp. will vote on whether or not to admit children of natives born since enrollment closed in 1971 and others who were left out. | 5/18/1994 | On the outside looking in: Young and left-out Natives may become shareholders | Healy, Carole | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn article cites the many and varied ways that Libraries Change Lives the theme for this year's National Library Week, April 17-23. | 4/26/1994 | My Turn: Libraries are much more than just books | Thibodeau, Linda - Symons, Ann | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Joksimovic family will celebrate Christmas together for the first time thanks to the help of the Juneau Friends Meeting. | 12/24/1996 | An unforbidden Christmas together: Croation-Serbian family is reunited in Whitehorse | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer feels that an education endowment should be written into the state's long range fiscal plan. | 3/5/1996 | My Turn: Fiscal plan must provide a safety net for kids | Rose, Carl | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | About 400 people celebrated the return of the JDHS drill team and their three world championships | 8/9/1995 | The champs return: Enthusiastic crowd greets drill team at airport | Sica, Mike | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | JDHS students found in home during lunch with drug paraphernalia. | 1/17/1997 | Police raid home, find teens, pot, paraphernalia | Holst, Svend | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Williams, Zentih Sr. | 5/9/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau resident writes of life and her teaching experience in Vladivostok. | 1/20/1993 | Survival on base essentials a Russian's daily life | Hannan, Sara | 12 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial applauds the Alaska Committee and the community for offering legislative rentals in good condition. | 1/7/1997 | Applause for better rental conditions | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | If the A-J mine is reopened, water will be diverted from the Last Chance Basin aquifer to support the operation. Echo Bay Alaska Inc. has no concrete proposals for resupplying this water to Juneau's primary water source. | 1/20/1993 | Questions about A-J focus on city water supply | Stange, Jay | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Bills to limit abortions were filed by Republican majority lawmakers in advance of the session. | 1/7/1997 | Legislators prepare measures on abortion: proposals would ban late-term abortions and minors would need parental permission or court consent | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial describes the work of Helping Hands and urges residents to donate food. | 2/20/1996 | Lend a helping hand with food donations | Juneau Empire | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer criticizes KINY radio personality Warren Uncle Fatz" Wiley for his remarks about Sen. Robin Taylor." | 2/20/1996 | My Turn: Robin Taylor defended | Otness, D. J. | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | McClish, Rodney Willard | 2/20/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | UAS broke ground for a new 42-room residence call, funding uncertain | 8/8/1995 | Ground is broken for UA housing | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn article explains CRA's funding, through a federal Community Service Block Grant program, of the Aurora Alaska Native Arts Catalog. | 5/10/1994 | My Turn: Native arts catalog is good government | Blatchford, Edgar | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Hermle, Helen L. | 1/20/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's newest weekly, The Paper, is looking for investors to keep its doors open, said Larry Persily, editor and part owner. | 12/31/1996 | The Paper in financial difficulty, considers closing | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Proposed revisions to the school district's dress code would ban 10 types of material. | 2/20/1996 | Student dress codes revisited: district wants to clarify what is acceptable clothing on school campuses | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article discusses the summer RALLY program for elementary school children. | 8/1/1995 | A program to RALLY around: kids offered fun, learning, glimpse of the future | Thomson, Lori | 9 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | This editor agrees with the school board's decision to let librarians choose books for school libraries and to allow parents an avenue to appeal the librarians' choices. | 5/10/1994 | Book policy makes sense: let the librarians do their johs | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Alaska abortion rights groups and civil liberties groups will work to overturn regulations banning state-funded abortions. | 1/20/1993 | Opponents pledge fight against state abortion rules | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sen Judy Salo's bill requires insurance companies to cover costs of medical care for at least 48 hours after a normal birth if recommended by doctor. | 2/20/1996 | Lawmakers labor over post-birth care: senate bill would require insurance companies to pay for longer stays | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This author discusses the recent grounding of a cruise ship on a charted, lighted rock, and the NTSB's investigation of the accident. | 8/1/1995 | My Turn: Ship pilots should rely more on their own eyes | Creasey, Capt. Edward | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer who is the Southeast regional director for the department of transportation and public facilities maintains that Rodeo, an herbicide, is safe for use to control brush along Southeast roadsides. | 4/3/1994 | My Turn: Rodeo herbicide is well researched and safe | Scribner, Jonathan W. | D 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Bob Ellis, pioneer Southeast Alaska aviator and founder of Ellis Airlines, a forerunner of Alaska Airlines, died Sunday at his Ketchikan home. | 5/10/1994 | Pioneer aviator Bob Ellis dead at 91 | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Donald Richmond, charged with murdering Ricke Watson, was denied release on bail after he was indicted for attempting to murder Vincent Johnson. | 12/31/1996 | Judge reverses Richmond release: decision comes after defendant, already charged with murder, also indicted for attempted murder | Holst, Svend | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Harvey Van Patten of Gustavus has shared his skill in making twig furniture from alder and willow through workshops which have spread the craft to about 20 others in Gustavus. | 4/3/1994 | Simply furniture: Craftsman takes minimalist approach in fashioning chairs with character | Healy, Carole | C 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The rape of a Juneau woman has increased awareness of security and self-defense in the local area. | 3/20/1996 | Rape heightens concern about security. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Converse, Wilbur B. `Bill' - Howard, Raymond Albert Jr. | 4/26/1994 | Obituaries | Empire staff | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Marks, Horace - Demmert, Ella Mae (Gidding) - White, William Carl Bill | 5/18/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Editorial calls for full investigation by Senate ethics panel of George Jacko's conduct. | 1/21/1993 | Jacko incident must be probed | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The Alaska Dept. of Public Safety has received a grant of $750,000 from the U.S. Dept. of Justice to respond to domestic violence. | 12/24/1996 | Grant given for domestic violence work | Holst, Svend | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The House Finance committee has approved a $808,500 reduction in funds to public broadcasting along with a proposal to phase out funding completely after 1999. | 3/20/1996 | Public stations face more state cuts. | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature article tells of the Satko family's journey to Alaska from Virginia during 1938-40 in their home-built Ark. | 4/26/1994 | The Ark of the North: a tale of a dream born of the Depression | Thomas, Margaret | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Hickel administration to introduce legislation to drop 15 year residency requirement to 1 or 2 years for admission to a pioneers home. | 1/21/1993 | Pioneers' home rules may change: proposal would end current 15 -year residency requirement | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Judge Carpeneti denied a request to release Donald Richmond, accused of the murder of Riche Watson in Yakutat, from jail unless conditions are met. | 12/24/1996 | Yakutat murder suspect not released | Holst, Svend | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Congress has cleared a bill implementing an Admiralty Is. land exchange which was vital to the reopening of the Greens Creek Mine. | 3/20/1996 | Admiralty mine passes hurdle: Congress clears a bill allowing a land exchange vital to summer opening mine. | Mills, Betty | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The CBJ planning commission approved a conditional use permit for a private school to use an unoccupied church on North Douglas | 8/9/1995 | Private school expansion OK'd | Joling, Dan | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The writer of this editorial feels that IBU members and the Legislature shoould approve the new contract. | 8/9/1995 | It's time for state, union to move on | unknown | ]4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Black bears have been seen in the local area and people are again cautioned to be aware of them and secure garbage. | 5/18/1994 | Bears are making a comeback | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Advocacy groups complain as Planning Commission hearing schedule on A-J mine falls behind. | 1/21/1993 | Groups criticize pace of hearings on A-J mine | Stange, Jay | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | After spending $340,000 on planning and design, the city has decided not to continue with the Mt. Roberts Marina project, but hopes to keep the $2.8 million state funding for other projects. | 5/18/1994 | Marina plan sinking fast: After $340,000, city ready to drop dump project | Huber, Tim | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The body thought to be Walter Shaw, a tourist who disappeared from his cruise ship in Juneau in July 1992, was found far from any trail in the Heintzleman Ridge-Thunder Mt. area. There is no evidence a crime was committed. | 4/26/1994 | Doctor says body found far off the trail | Lund, Annabel | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A tribal court hearing is considering ownership of Whale House artifacts. | 1/19/1993 | Arguments begin over fate of Klukwan artifacts | Morphet, Tom | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Agencies collecting food, clothes and other items said collection efforts were highly successful. | 12/24/1996 | Donation count up at local charities: enough was given to meet the demand, volunteers say | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn writer says it is time for more parents to become involved in the debate about the education of Juneau's children. | 3/5/1996 | My Turn: Parents need to ensure schools provide an effective education | Spalding, Carolyn | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Felons, previously convicted of a felony stalking, sexual assault or child-sexual abuses would be jailed immediately if a bill authoued by Judy Salo passes. | 4/18/1994 | Bill would deny bail to repeat offenders | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Three flight attendants on an Alaska Airlines jet were injured when the plane hit heavy turbulence near Yakutat on Sunday. | 12/24/1996 | Flight attendants injured: Alaska Airlines jet hit turbulence on the way to Anchorage | Holst, Svend | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This editorial urges donations to the drive to send food and other needed items to the residents of Pelican, following the closure of Pelican Seafoods. | 3/5/1996 | Let's join effort to help neighbors in Pelican | Juneau Empire | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A Prospector Hotel cook who was fired has been charged with attempted arson for allegedly leaving a propane gas valve open as he left the kitchen | 8/2/1995 | Former hotel employee held for attempted arson | Price, Susan | 3 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Senators attempt to determine their role in investigation of Sen. George Jacko's conduct. | 1/19/1993 | Eye of the storm: Jacko flap has lawmakers talking politics | Huber, Tim - Miller, Dirk | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Nursing mothers who receive supplemental nutrition packages from WIC may now choose Alaska canned pink salmon instead of tuna. | 12/24/1996 | Salmon added to nutrition program | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The granting of a leave of absence to Sylvia Reynolds, JDHS vice principal, while she takes a principal's position at Soldotna H.S. may prompt reexamination of the districts leave policy | 8/2/1995 | Vice principal takes Soldotna post: Reynolds gets one year leave of absence approved | Joling, Dan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The writer, a Superior Court Judge, defines domestic violence as a plague that cannot be resolved by the legislature and the courts. His status report makes clear what is being done but he states that social attitudes, too, must change. | 3/6/1995 | My turn: Domestic violence a major problem in Alaska | Weeks, Larry | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Privatization | 8/2/1995 | My turn: Privitization of services includes hidden costs | Valesko, Don | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | CBJ senior housing | 7/31/1995 | Fireweed organizers to seek more money: Senior Citizens Support Services, Inc. will discuss funding options | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Winsor, Paul L. - Martin, Nellie May (Christiansen) | 1/24/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | A 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Contract negotiators for the state and ASEA say they're far apart on wages, health benefits and working conditions. | 1/14/1993 | State, union 'miles apart' in talks | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Tests conducted on Gold Creek water, Alaska-Juneau mine sediment and dead Dolly Varden collected after the early March die-off have not proved what killed several hundred fish in Gold Creek. | 4/26/1994 | Water tests don't explain fish kill | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's lone commercial television station has been taken over by Arizona-based Greyhound Financial Corp. | 1/19/1993 | Alaska TV network taken over by new managers | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Three arrested on felony drug charges: Donald Walker, Almarene Conner and Rita Robinson. | 1/10/1997 | Bust nets $250,000 pot cache | Holst, Svend | 3 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Expanding state prisons by nearly 1200 beds at a cost of $148 million has been proposed by Gov. Knowles. | 3/5/1996 | Prison expansion includes Lemon Creek: Knowles proposal would mean 64 more beds at correctional center here | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Aggressive exploration efforts and higher operating costs led to net losses of almost $13 million for Echo Bay Mines, Ltd. for the second quarter this year | 8/2/1995 | Echo Bay loses nearly $13 million in 2nd quarter | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Present punishments for infractions of the chemical-use policy are being reviewed in view of criticism. Other disciplinary offenses are also being reviewed. | 3/6/1995 | School reviewing drup punishments | Joling, Dan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | FAA receives approximately 1500 reports of bird strikes each year; the military services report over 3000. | 4/19/1994 | Collisions between birds and planes as old as aviation itself | Lund, Annabel | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This feature articles describes SAGA's program of introducting non-violent games to Juneau's school children. | 3/5/1996 | A less violent way to play | Brown, Cathy | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. George Jacko apologized for calling police for help in entering a legislative aide's motel room. | 1/21/1993 | Senator apologizes, leaves town | Miller, Dirk - Huber, Tim | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club and Wildlife Society are filed suit alleging excessive harvest of timber in the Kelp Bay timber sale on Baranof Island. | 1/19/1993 | Critics sue over logging: Groups say harvest plan isn't legal | Stange, Jay | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Two tours around the Arctic are scheduled this year involving seven Arctic nations in ten days. | 3/6/1995 | Hickels headline circumpolar trip: company offering Arctic vacations | MacPherson, James | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This article discusses the difficulties of keeping birds, bears, moose and other wildlife away from airport runways and methods used by Alaskan airports. | 4/19/1994 | Runways and wildlife a fatal attraction: keeping Alaska's airports safe and wildlife alive a constant challenge. | Lund, Annabel | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Thorne River on Prince of Wales Island has been placed on the environmental group American Rivers' list of the 10 Most Endangered Rivers onthe continent. The Forest Service has plans to protect the river. | 4/19/1994 | Southeast Alaska river on new `endangered' list | Sonner, Scott - Miller, Dirk | 8 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The legislature took a look today at contracts the administration negotiated with state employee unions, covering about 11,400 employees. | 3/5/1996 | Lawmakers scrutinize state union contracts | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Strode, Linda Lee | 1/19/1993 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Stone, Oscar E. | 4/18/1994 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The CBJ assembly has approved a Tlingit name for the Mendenhall River Greenbelt trail. | 3/5/1996 | New trail name easier done than said | Hutchison, Kristan | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Peterson, Raymond Luke, Jr. - Akagi, Joseph, Sr. - Butler, Henry Fred" - Dick, Raymond | 1/10/1997 | 10603 | Obituaries | unknown | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Pelican residents raise funds to sent concerned citizens to testify against Tongass timber bill. | 8/18/1995 | Pelican raising funds to pay for testimony | Healy, Carole | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Sen. Murkowski is proposing a bill to give village corporation status to Wrangell, Haines, Petersburg, Tanakee, and Ketchikan. The five towns were not included in the 1971 Act. Questions of equity and potential conflict in land selection exist. Hearin | 3/6/1995 | Left out, landless: proposal would give more Natives corporate status and new lands | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Jacko, George | 1/20/1993 | Tape contradicts Jacko: Senator cited state business in motel call to police | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Lindoff, Agnes Jennie | 1/10/1997 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | The CBJ assembly has asked city staff to begin negotiating with Chip Parr to develop a golf course on North Douglas. | 3/5/1996 | Chip Parr given a chance to make golf course work | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Smoke linger over the city. | 8/18/1995 | Canadian fires keep Juneau skies hazy | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Ketchikan Pulp Co. has agreed to pay fines fo $4.25 million to settle clean-water violations at Ward Cove. The plea agreement was filed in U.S. District Court, March 6. A public comment period will be held on the agreement which is subject to court app | 3/5/1995 | Ketchikan Pulp fined $4.25 million | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | In response to Laurie Ferguson Craig's April 12th My Turn article, this writer's opinion of EPA's involvement in the Gold Creek fish kill is that it was a knee-jerk response to Alaskans for Juneau crying wolf where only a sheep existed. | 4/19/1994 | My Turn: Alaskans for Juneau simply anti-mining | Riggleman, Dave | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | This years derby has great weather but few fish | 8/20/1995 | Sun shines on the Derby: But fish coming in slow trickle | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gustavus group disputes new boundaries for community. | 1/10/1997 | Group wants land back into plans | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 2 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gray, Mae Margaret | 3/5/1996 | Obituaries | Juneau Empire | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Food prices at three major stores drops 4 percent. | 8/18/1995 | Competition pushes down local food costs | Sabbatini, Mark | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The Gold Medal (basketball) Tournament had an economic impact on Juneau businesses. | 3/5/1996 | Tourney was a win for economy: more than $1 million pumped into Juneau during Gold Medal | Russ, Chris | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The president of the Senate, Drue Pearce, considers editorial reaction to the Senate's lack of interest in KTOO's proposal to provide TV coverage of part of the session. She predicts a satisfactory arrangement will be reached. | 2/27/1995 | My turn: Senate is not anti-TV coverage | Pearce, Drue | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The editor writes against voting for Jack Coghill to be the state's next governor, citing his platform of not raising taxes and allowing unlimited resource development. | 4/19/1994 | Old ideas and tired cliches: Coghill doesn't offer much | Empire staff | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | A recent survey of high school and middle school students measured behaviors that put students at risk for current and future health problems. | 3/5/1996 | Smarter about sex, seat belts, fitness, fights: but Juneau high school students still say drugs and booze still play a part of their lives | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | New and old ideas are covered in proposed legislation. | 1/10/1997 | Lawmakers' bills run gamut of issues | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Interview with retiring trooper Robin Lown. | 8/18/1995 | Closing a career on the 'first line' | Healy, Carole | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated. | 1/15/1993 | King day celebrants: Equality for all is still a goal | Christianson, Susan S. | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | The average catch rate for coho is twice recent annual events. | 8/18/1995 | Day one of derby off to calm start | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Juneau Empire | Lowell, Anne Aase | 2/27/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | The assembly has adopted an addition to the litter law that allows the city to fine up to $300 owners of illegally dumped trash based on anything found in the garbage that identifies the owner. | 4/19/1994 | Litter ordinance gets tougher | MacPherson, James | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Two sisters run the Sportsman, the oldest barbershop in Juneau. | 1/15/1993 | They can fix your 'bad hair day' | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Alaska Housing Finance Corp joins suit over Riverbend School site cleanup. | 1/10/1997 | City hopes to recover costs of cleanup | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Bill requiring insurance companies to pay for prostate and cervical cancer tests passes Senate. | 4/12/1996 | Cancer screening bill passes Senate | Brown, Cathy | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | John MacKinnon files for third term on assembly. | 8/18/1995 | MacKinnon seeks third term on Juneau assembly | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The legislature was alerted by Standard and Poor that further drains on AHFC reserves would lead to a lower rating for bond sales with resulting higher interest rates. | 2/27/1995 | Wall Street is watching: if legislature taps into housing agency funds, bond rating will dip | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | In cutting $163 million from this year's state budget, the House has decided to spend less on child-care assistance, alcohol and drug abuse programs, Medicaid and tourism promotion efforts. In cutting $163 million from this year's state budget, the Re | 4/19/1994 | House budget writers slice into many programs | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Senator Dave Donley switches parties. | 1/10/1997 | Democrat Donley switches parties after 14 years | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Citations are being issued to violators of the CBJ wood smoke ordinance. | 1/15/1993 | Ban on burning is real: Where there's smoke, there are $100 fines. | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | The first Open Door" meeting with constituents is held by the Governor." | 1/10/1997 | Citizens pour through open door | Brown, Cathy | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | A group of health educators and parents is targeting adults who privide tobacco to underage Alaskans. The Tobacco Control Group feels messages against smoking are not detering young Alaskans. | 2/27/1995 | Group targets tobacco: too many kids are smoking, parents say | Joling, Dan | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Federal officials are hoping a new Tongass Land Management Plan is released soon enough to help determine whether the goshawk and wolf should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. | 1/6/1997 | Clock running out on goshawk, wolf protection | Juneau Empire | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The author of this editorial says thank you to those that voted against the capital move bill and says it is time to move on to more important business. | 3/29/1995 | Thank you for rejecting move: Fourteen senators voted 'No' | unknown | 4 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | APEA members have ratified a one-year contract with the state. Wages, health insurance benefits and paid holidays remain unchanged. | 4/19/1994 | Union settles for no raise | Schoenfeld, Ed | 1 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | An 18-year old Juneau-Douglas High School student, Aaron Clemons, arrested for selling marijuana was sentenced to prison. | 1/6/1997 | High school drug pusher gets prison | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The city-borough assembly voted to pay $6,500 for building a 30' high 900 sq. ft. stage at the Mendenhall Glacier for ABC Television's `Good Morning America' which will be taped May 15th. | 4/19/1994 | Stage set for `Good Morning' | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | A proposed ordinance imposing fines on businesses with too many false alarms may cut down on number of false alarms. | 1/12/1993 | False alrms no joke: officials may mandate fines | Lund, Annabel | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Police discovered two cans of white gas surrounded by partially burnt papers behind Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School. This appears to have been the starting point for a planned arson. | 1/6/1997 | Arson attempt discovered at middle school | Holst, Svend | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | After years of battling FDIC, Lance Youngquist is allowed to sell Blueberry Hill lots. | 4/12/1996 | Protracted legal battle over contested lots ends | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Stephens, Gary Lee | 8/7/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Fennessy, Astrid Loken | 3/29/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau's Dzantik Heeni Middle School and the high school's Phoenix Project have been picked by the new American Schools Development Corporation to join the Co-NECT schools next year. | 4/12/1994 | National reform program coming to Juneau schools | Christianson, Susan S. | 10 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Author distressed over debates on human rights commission. She believes major stumbling block is bugaboo" of sexual orientation." | 1/12/1993 | My turn: Juneau should not ignore risk to human rights | Henry, Anne | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Anderson, Christopher Kelly | 4/19/1994 | Obituaries | Empire staff | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | Coeur Alaska is asking for relief from state water quality standards for its Kensington gold mine, saying it will still protect aquatic life. | 11/25/1996 | Coeur asks for regulatory relief | Thomson, Lori | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | This article describes several innovative programs in use or planned Juneau's schools. | 4/12/1994 | ABCs of school reform: The road to reform: in many cases, Juneau's schools are on the right track | Christianson, Susan S. | 9 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Matanuska's improved steering system passes Coast Guard tests last week but will not begin to carry passengers until February 3. | 1/18/1993 | Matanuska ready to return to service | Schoenfeld, Ed | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Juneau gun dealers have noticed a decline in handgun sales since the background ckeck provision of the Brady law started up. | 11/25/1996 | Gun sales decline: Brady law's background check may be the cause | Holst, Svend | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | About 9000 passsengers booked on the Star Princess before it's encounter with Poundstone Rock have lost their reservations and local tours and hotels have unexpected vacancies to fill | 7/17/1995 | Cruise ship grounding means cut-rate hotels, trips: Tour operators in Southcentral Alaska and the Interior make deals to fill vacancies | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | At least 3 regional Native corporations, including Sealaska, are supporting a House bill dealing with shareholder challenges. | 3/29/1995 | Recalls are targeted by House bill: Sealaska, other Native corporations in support | Miller, Dirk | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | National Transportation Safety Board says July plane crash that killed six was caused by pilot error. | 4/12/1996 | Haines crash caused by pilot error | Thomson, Lori | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | The body of Alexander M. Arleth is found on beach in Lynn Canal. | 8/18/1995 | Body of 3-year-old from missing boat is found | Price, Susan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Anchorage Democratic Rep. Kay Brown decides not to run for a sixth term. | 4/12/1996 | Rep. Kay Brown says she won't run again | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Chuck Keen received another conditional-use permit for his tramway project. | 3/29/1995 | Keen gets permit to build Mt. Juneau tram | MacPherson, James | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Gov. Walter J. Hickel presented his State of the Budget speech to the Legislature. | 1/15/1993 | Hickel talks tough about budget | Akre, Brian S. | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Korhonen, Weikko Mike | 4/12/1996 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Bernardo S. Juliano dies in head-on collision. | 8/18/1995 | Flowers for Bernardo: Baranof's banquet captain dies in crash | Price, Susan | 1 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | Arleth, Daniel - Arleth, Alexander - Albrecht, Rita June | 7/31/1995 | Obituaries | unknown | 2 | 4 |
Juneau Empire | This My Turn author feels that the EPA order to Echo Bay to halt all on-site activities at the A-J mine was a harsh indictment of the state and city for failing to perform their basic duty of assuring safe drinking water. | 4/12/1994 | My Turn: City has failed to protect Juneau's water supply | Craig, Laurie Ferguson | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Point system is developed by Senate majority as method to divide up computers and office equipment among offices. | 1/18/1993 | Lawmakers mad about microchips | Miller, Dirk | 3 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | While the investigation is continuing, officials say they've established no link between the blaze that destroyed Channel Marina and ther recent fires in Juneau. | 11/25/1996 | No known link between fires | Sabbatini, Mark | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Investigators say fire at Dana Medford home was not ignited mechanically or electrically. | 4/5/1996 | Arson or accident not ruled out in trailer fire | Price, Susan | 3 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | CBJ's ordinance limiting campers to 4 days in any location on public land works a hardship on homeless residents according to Ed Cox. City officials say the policy seems to be working | 7/17/1995 | 'No Camping' rule working - or is it? People with nowhere to live say ordinance isn't fair | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The Alaskan Brewing Co. is adding a six-pack of stainless steel fermenting tanks at its Lemon Creek brewery. | 3/29/1995 | Brewery gets tanked up | MacPherson, James | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Beginning Saturday, Juneau police will be handing out tickets to motorists who drive on studded tires. Police Chief Gummow said studded tires wear down pavement and damage roadbeds. | 4/12/1994 | Police will `rigorously' enforce studded tire ban | Juneau Empire | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Applications for 125 housing units have been submitted. | 4/12/1996 | Building permit applications up | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | Tongass Timber Reform Act | 7/17/1995 | My turn: Timber industry says compromise not followed | Skillings, Cliff | 4 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Gross-Alaska Inc. is expanding the Glacier Cinema to a 5 auditorium theater. | 3/29/1995 | Movie theater to grow | unknown | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Fire investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire that destroyed the J.D. Glass and Door building on Airport Blvd. Owner Ray Caldwell says glass work will continue and he will rebuild as soon as possible. | 4/12/1994 | Investigators still looking for cause of fire: damage pegged at $750,000 | Juneau Empire | 3 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | The National Transportation Safety Board investigators completed work on the LAB plane that crashed near Haines on a sight-seeing flight. An official report will be issued in 4 to 6 months. | 7/10/1995 | Crash inquiry continues | Juneau Empire | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | A-J mine developers Echo Bay says it has stopped its funding of Morning Edition" on Juneau's public radio station KTOO-FM because it believes a reporter has covered mining issues unfairly. | 4/12/1994 | Echo Bay pulls public radio funds | MacPherson, James | unknown | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Canadian fishing boats blocked the state ferry, Taku, from docking in Prince Rupert. They were protesting Alaska's salmon fishing policies. Docking was delayed about three hours. | 7/10/1995 | Fishing boats block state ferry: Canadians upset over salmon treaty negotiations | Associated Press - Juneau Empire | 1 | 2 |
Juneau Empire | Knowles endorses most of welfare reform bill. | 4/12/1996 | Welfare reform makes headway | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |
Juneau Empire | Labrador retriever finds bag of cocaine in woods during walk. | 1/18/1993 | Dog takes walk, finds bag of coke | unknown | 1 | 6 |
Juneau Empire | Agnes Bellinger teaches traditional Tlingit ideas to expectant mothers | 1/18/1993 | Mothers-to-be told of old ways | Christianson, Susan S. | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This article discusses business ventures of Southeast Alaska's regional, urban, and village Native corporations. | 12/17/1996 | The timber business is forcing changes: Native corporations study future strategies | Holst, Svend | 11 | 1 |
Juneau Empire | McGraw's Custom Construction trys to force city to drop a union hiring requirement for Riverbend Elementary School. | 4/5/1996 | Company plans to protest city's union-labor agreement | Hutchison, Kristan | 1 | 3 |
Juneau Empire | This year's record breaking number of tourists is expected to increase again next summer. | 11/16/1994 | Juneau is a big draw: This summer's 480,000 visitors broke a record | Pohl Smith, Jeanine | 1 | 5 |