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Photo: Grass fire

U.S. Forest Service employees mop up a small grass fire along Glacier Highway in Auke Nu Cove on Friday. The fire was sparked by hot metal parts, apparently from a large truck's breaking system. Metal parts were scattered along the highway and had melted into the pavement.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-13/photo-grass-fire
Local
Laws, Boer top Saturday's Empire Cup race

...the Lena Beach picnic area. Starting with a left the course follows Lena Loop Road to a right on Glacier Highway, along the pavement to another right back on the Point Lena Loop Road, and on to the finish. Race contact is Dan Robinson at 364-2521 or robidanc...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-07/laws-boer-top-saturdays-empire-cup-rac
Sports
Highway Hostess

...because the boatman's union didn't have a classification for my position. It was a hot, arduous day of pounding city pavement long distances to get a passport photo, take it to Coast Guard headquarters only to find it was the wrong size, have it retaken...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/highway-hostess
Neighbors
Extreme weather tough on transportation system

...Virginia last summer caused train tracks to bend and highway pavement to buckle. A US Airways jet was delayed at Washington's...100 degree-plus high temperatures. "That puts stress on pavements that previously we didn't see," Horsley said.States...

http://juneauempire.com/joan-lowy/2012-11-23/extreme-weather-tough-transportatio
Good weather after 2012 heat at Boston Marathon

...Athletic Association encouraged any inexperienced or ill runners to stay home. For those that decided to brave sweltering pavement that reached triple digits, extra water and doctors were available.Winner Wesley Korir cramped up in the final mile but...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-04-15/good-weather-after-2012-heat-boston-ma
Sports
UPDATE: Juneau runners safe; Bomb blasts kill three at Boston Marathon, injure 144

...dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories."They just started bringing people in with no...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-15/blasts-kill-two-boston-marathon
Local
Windshield repair business is Kenai man's life

...horizon, and a cold wind started to blow from Petco across the Fred Meyer parking lot. People in thick jackets filed over the pavement, compelled by Christmas errands."Yankee!" Dave Waldal yelled for his dog. "Get your (butt) over here!"He was bent...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-26/windshield-repair-business-kenai-mans-l
State
Changes coming to Egan Drive

...the work from Whittier Street to Main Street is paid for by cruise ship tax money. The entire project is expected to extend pavement life, fix potholes and ruts and increase bike and pedestrian capabilities along Egan Drive.DOT will also shore-up and...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-04/changes-coming-egan-drive
Local
In northern New England, this season's name is mud

...expansion and contractions of the frost can cause pavement to heave, which in turn cracks the pavement, leading to potholes, Rogers said.In...looking for a place to park his car near pavement during."Walking several miles a day would...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-04-08/northern-new-england-seasons-name-mud
Not For Web
Part I: Big plans ahead for Juneau's most neglected district

...across Gold Creek, and a route to and from the stairs serving the Fosbee Apartments area. It has sparse lighting, rough pavement, no paved sidewalks and is named either Capital or Capitol, depending on which street sign is read.Pedestrians heading...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-24
Local

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