Adelyn Baxter

Members of the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan gathered Tuesday at Savikko Park in Douglas for the raising of the Yanyeidì Gooch kootéeyaa, or Wolf totem pole.

The group of canoes have traveled from Ketchikan, Sitka, Kake, Angoon, Hoonah, Yakutat — even Canada. Clan leaders at Douglas Harbor gave permission to One People Canoe Society and its canoes to land. And then they welcomed those arriving by water at the boat ramp.

The 4,000-passenger Norwegian Bliss was specially designed for sailing in Alaska and will be making weekly stops in Juneau through the season.

Ahead of Celebration in 2016, Dennis Jack of Angoon organized a canoe group with seven veterans paddling. This year, the combat veteran says there’s 22.

Longtime Juneau Board of Education member Andi Story will run to represent the Mendenhall Valley in the Alaska State Legislature. She said Thursday she wants to push for a strong fiscal plan from the legislature and advocate for better education funding.

After 13 years with the Juneau School District, Director of Administrative Services David Means will retire at the end of June.

Graduation ceremonies over the weekend celebrated local high school graduates’ accomplishments and the bright futures ahead of them. At the ceremony for Juneau’s smallest high school, speakers celebrated the kids who almost didn’t make it.

The fire reportedly broke out shortly before 10:45 a.m. on the top floor of a three story house on the corner of 5th and Franklin streets. No injuries were reported.

The beloved playground burned down last year. Construction on the new and improved playground should wrap up in September.