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Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire file photo
Devil’s Club Brewing Company received a $20,000 grant from American Express to launch its first non-alcoholic beer.

Juneau brewery taps into $20K grant to launch non-alcoholic beer

Devil’s Club hosting Aug. 22 all-ages release party for Cloud Hop

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Alaska Public Media received $1.15 million in grants to support equipment modernization and related upgrades to better serve Alaskans. (Alaska Public Media)

Alaska Public Media receives $1.15M in grants for equipment upgrades

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Mammoth bones lie in a pit at Langmannersdorf, Austria. An international research team has determined that ice age humans disproportionately killed female wooly mammoths. (Current Biology)

Alaska researchers part of study looking into ancient humans’ preference for female mammoths

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An intersection in the Mendenhall Valley is submerged during record flooding from Suicide Basin in August 2024.

Officials work on solution to Suicide Basin flooding

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A statue of William Henry Seward stands outside the Dimond Courthouse in downtown Juneau. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau man charged with killing ex-girlfriend’s dog

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Governor candidates square off in Juneau

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Ranked-choice voting? Hold on. Alaskans have another ballot measure to decide first.

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Juneau Arts Humanities Council launches new summer festival

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Improvements to 3 Juneau playgrounds almost complete

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Legislature distributes unspent cruise ship tax funds; Juneau to receive $6 million

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Body found inside freezer identified as Juneau man

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Sports

Janice Mason and Ian Graeme are once again on the starting line of one of North America’s most unusual and demanding adventure races as Race to Alaska launches June 17 in Victoria. (Courtesy Team Oaracle)

Crews ride the waves and battle the elements in epic Race to Alaska

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Healing is collective: Reflections on a family healing camp

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Alaska Science Forum: World War II sparked creation of Geophysical Institute

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Alaska Science Forum: Deep thawing soil will keep roads rough

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Grant supports hospice and home care in Juneau

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Neighbors raise alarm over ‘armed encampment’ on Juneau’s Capital Avenue

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Juneau man arrested following confrontation using a handgun

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On Trump, salmon and bison confusion: An Alaska-themed Q&A with the Yukon’s top official

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Gimme a Smile: Good advice you might not want to take

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New online directory aims to advance long-term care in Alaska

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Alaska named America’s largest internet desert

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Sports

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears won fourth place during the Division II Hockey State championships in Palmer last weekend. Photo courtesy of Rapi Sotoa

Juneau takes home fourth place during high school state hockey tournament

The Crimson Bears also received the Sportsmanship Award last weekend.

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JDHS celebrates hockey team’s senior night with sweeping victory over Homer

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Alaska Science Forum: The season of senescence is upon us

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I Went to the Woods: Sodium and serenity

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Weekly Wonder: The whys of whale breaching

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Neighbors

The Mountain View Cemetery has been Revelstoke's resting place since the late 1800s.

Death notice: James Rollo Wilson

June 2, 1949 - July 2, 2026

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LIVING AND GROWING: A time to count your blessings

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Alaska Science Forum: Lynx life near the Haul Road

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OPINION: Ranked choice voting in Alaska and ‘Decoy Dan’

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Alaska Science Forum: Flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)

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Alaska Outdoors

An albacore tuna is hooked on a bait pole on Oct. 9, 2012, in waters off Oregon. Tuna are normally found along the U.S. West Coast but occasionally stray into Alaska waters if temperatures are high enough. Sport anglers catch them with gear similar to that used to hook salmon. (Photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/West Coast Fisheries Management and Marine Life Protection)

Brief tuna bounty in Southeast Alaska spurs excitement about new fishing opportunity

Waters off Sitka were warm enough to lure fish from the south, and local anglers took advantage of conditions to harvest species that make rare…

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Another bust year for Yukon River king salmon returns, sonar counters show

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Hoonah’s rich fishing history remembered through totem pole

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Coastal Alaskans see commercial fishing limits as a ‘crisis.’ Lawmakers don’t.

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Murkowski and other US lawmakers seek guest worker visa exception for seafood industry

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Opinion

OPINION: The internal sabotage of America’s security foundations

Every fortress in history has fallen one of two ways: an enemy battered down its walls or those inside opened the gates.

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Van Abbott is a 36-year resident of Alaska having worked in Ketchikan, Fairbanks and Anchorage as a municipal, financial and utility manager. (Photo courtesy Van Abbott)

LETTER: Bill Walker for governor

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LETTER: Protect ranked choice voting

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OPINION: Questions that matter in Juneau’s next city election

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LETTER: Don’t be fooled by the decoy, the real issue is dark money

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More Stories

The Juneau Police Department station in Lemon Creek. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

Juneau man charged with sexual assault of homeless woman

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Man’s body found inside freezer on Juneau property

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Alaska named most dangerous state for wildfires

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced earlier this month that Office of Justice Programs and the Office on Violence Against Women have awarded additional grants to Tribal governments, nonprofits, and law enforcement agencies in Alaska. (Department of Justice)

Justice Department awards over $6.1M to Alaska Tribal governments, law enforcement

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Boy’s injury brings lawsuit against City and Borough of Juneau

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Collision in Juneau leaves skateboarder with life-threatening injuries

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The Department of Fish and Game recommends that people who encounter a bear in the wild should “avoid it and give the bear every opportunity to avoid you.” (Black Press Media file photo)

Alaska state legislator chases bear away from fellow lawmaker outside state Capitol

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Coast Guard responds to vessel taking on water near Annette Island

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Democrat throws support to independent running for Alaska’s U.S. House seat

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