A single vehicle wreck near Mile 23 Glacier Highway left 2 dead and 2 in critical condition on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Single-vehicle crash leaves young woman and teenager dead, 2 young men seriously injured

Two people were flown to Seattle.

University of Alaska President: We’re going to get back up in a way that’s positive

Tough decisions still ahead.

Alaska case on campaign finance laws could go national

Department of Law has until Monday to appeal.

A juvenile male golden eagle was rescued off of Egan Drive and sent to the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka after being struck by a car Nov. 19, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Juneau Police Department)

Immature eagle injured on Egan improving incrementally

Underweight eagle is on a high-protein diet.

Empire Live: UA President Jim Johnsen at the Juneau Chamber Luncheon

Live updates from the talk

A Cold Weather Emergency Shelter sign at St. Vincent de Paul on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The shelter is expected to open on Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Winter weather is coming, and Juneau’s warming shelter is ready

The shelter will likely open this weekend.

University of Alaska Southeast professor and Fulbright Scholar Program participant Sanjay Pyare looks for Aleutian terns in the Flores Sea in central Indonesia. (Courtesy Photo | Sanjay Pyare )

Juneau biologist shares what he learned traveling to track terns

Follow the seabird.

Rabbi drives 4,000 miles to buy trawler, begin dream of a lifetime

Livin’ the dream.

David Michael Kennedy, acclaimed photographer, speaks about the state of photography while at the Alaska State Museum on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Kennedy is in town as the juror of the museum’s Alaska Positive photography exhibit. Kennedy is giving a lecture at the museum on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Nationally known photographer shares advice, his Bob Dylan story and why he’s still drawn to old tech

“It’s like every time you push the button you’re saying yes to life.”

DOT to hold public meeting on Fred Meyer intersection

They want your help.

In this stock photo, a person’s blood is collected during blood donation. Next week, residents of Gustavus will have blood samples taken for a study that will determine what quantities of so-called “forever chemicals” are in their blood and how that may correlate to the chemicals present in drinking water. (Unsplash | LuAnn Hunt)

Gustavus residents test blood for PFAS

PFAS is in their water, what has it done to their blood?

News

University of Alaska President: We’re going to get back up in a way that’s positive

Tough decisions still ahead.

 

A juvenile male golden eagle was rescued off of Egan Drive and sent to the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka after being struck by a car Nov. 19, 2019. (Courtesy Photo | Juneau Police Department)

Immature eagle injured on Egan improving incrementally

Underweight eagle is on a high-protein diet.

 

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University of Alaska Southeast professor and Fulbright Scholar Program participant Sanjay Pyare looks for Aleutian terns in the Flores Sea in central Indonesia. (Courtesy Photo | Sanjay Pyare )

Juneau biologist shares what he learned traveling to track terns

Follow the seabird.

 

What killed the world’s giants?

Lions in Alaska? Yes, it’s a thing.

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Neighbors

Great Alaska Toy Drive kicks off Nov. 29

Neighbors news in brief.

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Recognitions for Nov. 17, 2019

A tip of the hat.

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Capital City Weekly
Dakota Morgan and Kris Gregson-Clark raise their fists defiantly during rehearsals for “Newsies,” Friday, Nov. 15. Theatre at Latitude 58’s latest production runs this weekend. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly) Dakota Morgan and Kris Gregson-Clark raise their fists defiantly during rehearsals for “Newsies,” Friday, Nov. 15. Theatre at Latitude 58’s latest production runs this weekend. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)
Capital City Weekly

Extra, extra: Theatre at Latitude 58 to perform newsboy strike musical

Read all about it.

 

Capital City Weekly

New play portrays end of life ‘With’ unlikely laughs

Old is new at Perseverance Theatre.

 

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Alaska Outdoors

What killed the world’s giants?

Lions in Alaska? Yes, it’s a thing.

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The telltale signs of approaching winter are here

The signs of the times.

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Events
Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Walter Soboleff Building will be the site of a Walter Soboleff-focused program, Thursday, Nov. 14. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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Weekend Guide: Walter Soboleff Day, a ski sale, a string ensemble performance

Here’s what’s happening this week.

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Jeff Sloss takes a first run after the Hooter Chairlift opened for the first time this season at Eaglecrest in December 2018. Eaglecrest will be hosting a series of film screenings this month. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Capital City Weekly

Weekend Guide: Ski films, salmon celebration, Veterans Day events

Here’s what’s happening this week.

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Tsimshian Artist David R. Boxley works on a feast tray made out of alder at the Walter Soboleff Building on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Boxley is spending the week demostrating his craft for the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Watch: Visiting artist David R. Boxley creates in Juneau

Tsimshian artist carving and teaching this week for SHI.

 

Ernestine Hayes, a Tlingit author and former Alaska State Writer Laureate from 2016-2018, gives a lecture on Juneau’s Indian Village at the Walter Soboleff Building on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. The lecture is sponsored by the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Video: Former State Writer Laureate talks about importance of protecting aboriginal rights

Hayes speaks at Sealaska Heritage Institute

 

Rabbi Yehoshua Mizrachi, his partner Sheila McNamee and her daughter, Helena, 19, aboard their newly bought custom built 52-foot troller, the M/V Sephina, in the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in Auke Bay on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Learn more by watching the video below. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Video

Video: Rabbi finds boat of his dreams

East Coast couple restore long-distance boat into retirement home.

 

David Michael Kennedy, acclaimed photographer, speaks about the state of photography while at the Alaska State Museum on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Kennedy is in town as the juror of the museum’s Alaska Positive photography exhibit. Kennedy is giving a lecture at the museum on Friday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
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Video: Visiting photographer and ‘Alaska Positive’ juror tells his Bob Dylan story

Acclaimed photographer David Michael Kennedy speaks about meeting and photographing Bob Dylan. Continue reading...

 

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Photography

Photos: A sneak peak at Perseverance Theatre’s “With”

Clifford and Minnie have reached the end of their days.

 

Photos: JDHS hockey shines in home opener

JDHS plays Monroe Catholic in first game of the season.

 

Photos: Veterans Day in Juneau

Happy Veterans Day.

 

Photos: See JDHS and TMHS meet at volleyball region championship

Juneau-Douglas ends Thunder Mountain streak.

 

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Heavy metals run out of the Tulsequah Chief mine opening and down to holding ponds next to the Tulsequah River Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Leakage from those ponds can be seen entering the river that flows into the Taku River down stream. Eight U.S. senators sent a letter Thursday to British Columbia, Canada’s premier asking for more transboundary water oversight. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: We need to make sure mine cleanup plan happens

I was raised on the Taku River. In the ’40s and ’50s from May through October my brothers and I… Continue reading

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The Tongass National Forest sign stands near the Auke Village Recreation Area. (Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: I hope inclusion of the Tongass under the Roadless Rule is maintained

I retired at the end of March after 28 years as a research social scientist with the USDA Forest Service.… Continue reading

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