The Kensington Gold Mine is back in business. That was the message Tuesday as Coeur CEO Dennis Wheeler addressed more than 100 mine supporters and workers during a breakfast held at the Juneau Moose Lodge.

The Coast Guard is continuing its search Tuesday for Samuel Butler, 24, after his partially submerged canoe was found in Clarence Strait at 10:15 a.m. Monday.

The Juneau-based Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation got $1 million in stimulus money from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to clean up marine debris in Alaska.

Skylar Hickok, 5, concentrates intently as she races down St. Ann’s Avenue in Douglas during the 2006 Soapbox Challenge.

The Juneau and Douglas Grand Marshalls are important figures from the statehood period.

In all the excitement of the 4th of July, the importance of the 30th of June in Alaska’s state history is often overlooked.

The winner of the Statehood Quilt raffle will be announced at the flag-raising ceremony at the Juneau-Douglas Museum on July 4.

As the new 49-star flag was raised in ceremonies on Juneau’s Capital Hill, at 3p.m. on Independence Day, Gov. William A. Egan said:

At 9 a.m. on July 4th, the people of Juneau are invited to gather on the grounds of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for the raising of the nation’s 49-star flag.

Today, June 30