A student walks across the University of Alaska Southeast campus on Friday, Feb. 29, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Tough road ahead for University, Johnsen says, but future is bright

Johnsen spoke in Anchorage.

Governor recall campaign kicks off signature gathering across state

Campaign still in the courts.

Capital City Weekly

Your weekend guide: Motown music, mountaineering women, stand-up comedy and more

Here’s what’s happening the week of Feb. 27, 2020.

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Tlingit and Haida want to send weekly shipments to Southeast villages

Food and sundries.

Ferry reshaping group has first meeting

First meeting was brief.

The Dimond Park Field House on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Police investigate break-in at Dimond Park Field House

Burglars broke into the office and the safe, police say.

Photos by Peter Segall | Juneau Empire Juneau Police Department and Capital City Fire/Rescue at the site of a car crash at the intersection of Egan Drive and Glacier Highway on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.

Two injured in crash near Nugget Mall

Two were injured, but not severely, JPD spokeperson said.

Nicky the bear sleeps near Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. The famous bear with a nicked ear was the subject Friday of a public lecture at the center. (Courtesy photo | Laurie Craig)

Lecture series looks in on famous Mendenhall Glacier area resident

An animal “with the power to change everything.”

John Clough (Jim Croce) and Summer Koester (Ingrid Croce) will star as the folk-singing couple at the center of an upcoming original production. (Courtesy Photo | John Clough)
Capital City Weekly

Strummer Lovin’: New show inspired by real-life folk singers

It’s an original story with well-loved music.

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Capital City Weekly

Your weekend guide: Motown music, mountaineering women, stand-up comedy and more

Here’s what’s happening the week of Feb. 27, 2020.

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The Norwegian Bliss pulls out of Juneau’s downtown harbor on June 12, 2018. Juneau Empire file photo

Cruise ships dumped over 3 million pounds of trash in Juneau

Cruise ship companies dumped millions of pounds of trash at a private landfill in Alaska’s capital during the 2019 tourism… Continue reading

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Sports

Basketball: Senior night schedule shuffled

Thunder Mountain games will be earlier.

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Swimmers from the Glacier Swimming Club ran roughshod over the competition at the Alaska Age Group Championships on Feb. 14-15, setting a record for the most points scored by a single team and winning the meet handily. (Courtesy photo | For Glacier Swimming Club)

Glacier Swim Club shatters records at meet in Ketchikan

It went swimmingly.

 

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Neighbors

Thank you letters for Feb. 23, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke.

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Larry and Laura Rorem. (Courtesy photo)

Living & Growing: The blessings of meaningful communication

All people need food, shelter, love, relationship and understanding.

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Capital City Weekly

Your weekend guide: Motown music, mountaineering women, stand-up comedy and more

Here’s what’s happening the week of Feb. 27, 2020.

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Author talks salmon, education conference approaches and more

News briefs for the week of Feb. 27, 2020.

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Alaska Outdoors
Chris Beck with Alaska Trails, Thor Stacey with Alaska Professional Guides Association, Dan Blanchard with UnCruise Adventure, Lee Hart with Alaska Outdoor Alliance, E.J. Reiser with The North Face and Cailin O’Brien-Feeney then with the Outdoor Industry Association. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Outdoor Alliance)

A week of outdoor-focused events comes to Juneau

Capital Outdoor Week, held March 2-6 in Juneau, will focus on Alaska’s… Continue reading

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‘River Piracy’ strikes the Yukon

Locals and scientists say it’s losing water.

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Events
The bear known as Nicky will be the subject of a free Fireside Lecture at the Mendenhall Valley Glacier Visitor Center Friday. (Coretesy Photo | Nick Jans)
Capital City Weekly

Your weekend guide: Famous bears, movie screenings and a bunch of music

Here’s what’s happening this week.

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Capital City Weekly

Your guide to First Friday: Salmon photos, hands-on weaving, a suffrage celebration and more

February First Friday fun.

 

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The Alaska Department of Transportation uses the DaisyBell device to precisely trigger controlled avalanches above Thane Road, reducing the chances of a catastrophic natural avalanche, Feb. 11, 2020. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)
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An ounce of prevention: Alaska DOT triggers avalanches above Thane Road

A small noise with a big effect: using tech to trigger avalanches

 

Movie fan Lynn Roldan watches an older Star Wars movie as she waits for the 10 p.m. showing of the latest movie, “Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker” outside the 20th Century Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Roldan set up at 7 a.m. and expects more people to show up in the afternoon. Roldan said she was a little sad about the end of the series but happy to be waiting to watch it. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Video: The Force is strong with her

Last Star Wars movie for this saga to play at midnight.

 

Jake Musslewhite, a fisheries biologist with the U.S. Forest Service, pauses while searching for a radio fish tag in Dredge Lake on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Musslewhite has been conducting a study tracking adult coho salmon in the Dredge Lakes drainage system. Learn more by watching the video below. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Video: Salmon study at Dredge Lakes

Biologist follows coho with radio tags.

 

League of Women Voters of Juneau volunteers prepare Annie Boochever’s book about civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich “Fighter in Velvet Gloves” for mailing at the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. Learn more by watching the video below. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Video: Packing Party for Peratrovich Book

Book about Native Alaska civil rights leader is being sent to every middle school in Alaska.

 

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Photography

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos.

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos.

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Photos: Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Juneau

Scenes from today’s community celebration.

 

Photo: JDHS hockey alums square off

Reliving the glory days.

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Sonia Nagorski, assistant professor of Geology Arts and Sciences at the University of Alaska Southeast, investigates the broken oxbow along the Mendenhall River in this October 2018 photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: It should be easier to protect Alaskan water

Our waters are routinely used as cheap sewers for industry whose only goal is to maximizing profits.

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Opinion: We still need the visitor industry

We’re lucky to live where people want to visit.

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