The Juneau Empire won 11 Alaska Press Club awards at its annual banquet, which took place five days after the newspaper announced a cutback in print editions from five editions to two editions per week.
“My first bear encounter was when I was young. I walked out the front door of my house and found myself walking backward, back toward the house, because a bear was coming down the driveway toward me. My mom called a cab to take me to school that day. I was late for class.”