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Fishing fleet packs Amalga Harbor
Drivers out the road might encounter a somewhat new sight on Thursdays this month: A small armada of…
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Secretary of Agriculture to visit Southeast timber industry sites
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will visit Southeast Alaska on Thursday as part of a “Back to…
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More Arctic boats are bad news for bowheads, narwhals
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Alaska Natives are currently allowed to harvest 280…
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Drone group takes flight
On a Thursday at Juneau Makerspace on Douglas Island, nine drone hobbyists talked shop around a few folding…
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‘Give me your tired, your hungry’: Juneau protesters rally against family separation
The Families Belong Together Rally on Saturday drew an estimated 400 people, who came to speak out against…
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Six-figure donation saves Perseverance Theatre
An “outpouring of support” — including $650,000 from donors — will help Perseverance Theatre pull out of a…
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Curious by Nature: What is glacial flour?
Empire reader Mackey Migel wrote a few weeks ago with a simple question: What is glacial flour? The…
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Whale tangled in fishing gear in Lynn Canal
Marine mammal experts are asking mariners to keep an eye out for a humpback whale caught in a…
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Unexplained sockeye dropoff shuts down Yakutat fishery
Add Yakutat’s wild sockeye run to a growing list of struggling Alaska salmon stocks. The Alaska Department of…
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Tribes, environmental groups happy with Murkowski water quality money
Correction: A previous version of this article stated that the 2014 mine tailings dam failure at Mount Polley…
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Police, neighbors help free stuck bear
These bear videos have happy endings. A black bear that appears to have been briefly trapped or stuck…
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Fishing at Macaulay to close Sunday
Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the Macaulay Hatchery. It’s Macaulay, not Macauley.…
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Inside seven of Juneau’s greatest gardens
It takes persistence to grow in Juneau. Frosts last longer, our cold soils don’t drain. Sometimes it seems…
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Filipino gov makes a trip to historic enclave
Gov. Hilario P. Davide III sat in front of a bowl of karioko on Friday at city hall,…
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Open to all, new clinic at Housing First gaining patients
The Juneau Alliance for Mental Health Inc. recently added the phrase “Health and Wellness” to their name. It’s…
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The last straw: Juneau group’s environmental mission starts with a beverage
The movement started in a sea turtle’s nostril. Three years ago, a group of conservationists in Costa Rica…
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Alaska applies for control of Taku River, a federal waterway
The land under the Taku River may soon have a new owner: the State of Alaska. The state…
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University board approves controversial timber lease near Haines
The University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a controversial land lease near Haines and Klukwan to a…
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Vessel safety checks are free this weekend
Own a skiff, dinghy, catamaran, sloop, longboat, cruiser, cuddy, coracle or DIY duct-taped inflatable? Whatever type of watercraft…
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Gold Rush Days returns
It wasn’t Darren Quimby’s first time operating a drill. A 30-year veteran miner, he’s worked many jack leg…