Sports
Though eliminated, boys soccer goes out on top
They didn’t win the state tournament this year, but they did go out on top. The Juneau-Douglas High…
Sports
JDHS girls tie 3-3 with West Anchorage
Last year, the Juneau-Douglas High School girls soccer team was bounced from the state tournament by a first-round…
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Retracing the Wartorn Path to Funter Bay
Seventy-five years ago, the U.S. government sent 885 Alaska Natives from the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands to internment…
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With fires burning budget, USFS sources charity funds
From 2004 to 2014, the Forest Service lost 46 percent of its funding for recreation funds for Alaska’s…
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Treading on Blue Ice
We pulled our 20-foot canoe onto a rocky beach about 100 yards from the western edge of the…
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A Tragic Namesake: Navy remembers USS Juneau for ultimate sacrifice
Seventy-five years after sinking in the Battle of Guadalcanal, the U.S.S. Juneau still affects how the Navy operates.…
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Drunk driver crashes bedroom during prom prep
Friday night was a special evening for 18-year-old Shelby Girmscheid. Just not in the way she expected. Like…
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Are whales affected by boat boom?
The water in front of Jay Beedle’s remote beachfront property often looks like a classroom poster of Southeast…
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Blessing honors those lost at sea
Juneau ranked 41st in the U.S. for seafood production by weight in 2016, with the town’s 396 commercial…
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Earthquakes caused by melting glaciers?
Were Monday’s earthquakes caused by climate change? At least one internet personality seems to think so. In a…
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Mine rescue crews train for competition
Dominic Hoy had an important message for Alan Gordon, who was deep in an imaginary mine. “Alan, listen…
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What’s causing the Taku king salmon’s decline?
Facing a forecasted second-straight year of record low salmon returns and the closure of the first two months…
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Angoon seal hunters still solving mercury mystery
After toxic levels of mercury were found in an Admiralty Island harbor seal in 2015, conservationists and subsistence…
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Where can a chronic inebriate sleep?
Juneau now has the highest rate of homelessness in the state, according to a new report. Data released…
Neighbors
Folk Fest: Where to listen, play and dance this week
The 43rd annual Alaska Folk Festival kicks off Monday. The festival runs April 3-9 and will showcase more…
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Gold Creek hero honored
Iosefa Riley John, who goes by Riley, was awarded by the Juneau Police Department on Friday for his…
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Gold Creek Hero: Teen rescues 5-year-old from drowning
Quick thinking and uncommon bravery averted a tragedy Wednesday at a downtown municipal park as a fearless 14-year-old…
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Mongolian delegation shares the wisdom of the steppes
After the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Mongolia has increasingly embraced Western political ideology.…
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Cuts loom over school budget
Legislators in the Alaska Senate say they want to cut a “nickel” from state education funds, but losing…
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New downtown restaurants dish up Korean, Hawaiian fare
Clamoring for Korean food? Has your voice gone croaky demanding poke? Your calls have been heard, as this…