Rosemarie Alexander

Juneau’s cross-town rivals take to the football field Saturday (Aug. 13). The first game of the season pits the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears and the Thunder Mountain Falcons against each other. The Falcons are just in their third year; the Bears’ football program is more than two decades old. Though they play in different conferences, they’re…

At least $10,000 worth of heating oil has been stolen from Juneau homes so far this year. Since January, Juneau police say there’s been nearly twice the number of thefts than were reported for all of 2010. The latest was for $200 in oil stolen from a tank at the back of a Lemon Creek…

The wreckage of a single-engine plane that crashed July 24th on Douglas Island rests in a Juneau hangar. A National Transportation Safety Board crew is piecing the aircraft together for the investigation into the accident that killed Charles Luck and his wife Liping Tang-Luck. The NTSB preliminary report indicates the plane crashed very shortly after…

Juneau’s Capital Office no longer sells office supplies. “We’re just moving our business in a different direction,” says owner Ted Quinn. He says the 65-year-old company will concentrate on interior design and furniture for professional offices statewide. The office supply on Commercial Boulevard near Costco has been quietly phased out. Capital Office opened in 1946,…

Services are planned this week for a young Juneau man who died recently in Arkansas from injuries suffered in a random assault. A Rosary will be said for Kevin Thornton on Monday, Aug 8th, at 7 p.m., at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in the Mendenhall Valley. A funeral Mass is Tuesday, Aug 9th, at 7…

Like most Juneau tourists, shopping, the Mendenhall Glacier, and whales were the highlights of a recent visit for 18 middle-school students from northern Japan. Amanda Compton tagged along for part of their 3-day trip.