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Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé player Tias Carney shoots during a game against Thunder Mountain High School on Jan. 30, 2021. (Courtesy photo / Lexie Razor)

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JDHS boys and girls outplay TMHS over weekend of games

The crosstown rivalry is settled until the next games.

A Juneau School District plow truck caught fire Monday morning in the parking lot of Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé, Feb. 1, 2021. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is unknown, said Capital City Fire/Rescue fire marshal Dan Jager. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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School district vehicle catches fire in JDHS parking lot

Bystanders attempted to extinguish the fire, but the vehicle is likely a total loss.

Courtesy photo / Maria Eells Maria Eells, a recently graduated nurse from Sitka, was named the recipient of the 2020 Stacie Rae Morse- Gift of Flight scholarship, named after a flight nurse killed in a 2019 plane crash.

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Honoring a legacy: Flight nurse scholarship awarded to Sitka nurse

Named after a flight nurse killed in a 2019 crash, a new entrant will take up the mantle.

Robert Fawcett familiarizes himself with a new wing alongside the Gastineau Channel at Wayside Park on Jan. 27, 2021. “When you’re up on the mountain, you get more variables, more winds and gusts,” Fawcett said in a brief interview. “The same controls you use in the air, you use on the ground. It’s always good to practice.” Fawcett said he’d taken the wing off a mountain on Monday. “I like the hike up,” Fawcett said. “I don’t like the hike down.” (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Photos: Catching air

Cold doesn’t stop paragliding.

Justin Richardson, a pharmacy technician with Bartlett Regional Hospital, prepares the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Dec. 15, 2020. Healthcare professionals are just one group of caregivers that the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition and the National Alliance on Mental Illness- Juneau hopes to recognize with the opportunity for members of the public to nominate anyone in any walk of life who’s gone above and beyond during the pandemic. (Courtesy photo / Katie Bausler)

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Mental health groups hold Care for the Caregivers event

Nominess will be announced on Valentine’s Day

Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire Tim Benner assists the Juneau Raptor Center as volunteers attempted to capture a trumpeter swan with an injured wing at Auke Lake on Thursday.

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‘Good morning, a swan’s escaped’: On scene with the Juneau Raptor Center

A dramatic afternoon, attempting to apprehend an elusive avian.

Attempts to walk on lake ice in Juneau, such as the Mendenhall Lake, shown here on Jan. 27, 2021, is currently discouraged by Capital City Fire/Rescue in the strongest possible terms, said a CCFR officer in an interview. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Assistant fire chief : Stay off the ice

Despite recent cold spell, local lakes still unsafe.

A 35-year-old Juneau man was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 for a variety of charges stemming from sending sexually explicit videos to a minor last year. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau man arrested for sending explicit videos to minor

He was arrested Tuesday for multiple felony charges.

This electron microscope image made available and colour-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., in 2020, shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. A group of Canadian scientists and health experts has launched a new campaign to debunk misinformation about COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID/National Institutes of Health

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New coronavirus cases include 7 at long-term care facility

All are so far asymptomatic, according to the city.

Alaska Native illustrator Michaela Goade became the first Native American or Alaska Native to win the Caldecott Award on Jan. 25 for her work on “We Are Water Protectors,” about the defenders of Standing Rock Reservation. (Courtesy photo / Sydney Akagi)

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Good as Goade: a Q&A with Southeast’s recent Caldecott Medal winner

The prestigious award for her illustration work tails her Google Doodle being featured in December.

Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé senior Cooper Kriegmont shoots during a basketball game against Ketchikan on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Kriegmont scored his 1,000th point during the two-game series. (Courtesy photo / Lexie Razor)

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Shoot well, shoot often: JDHS player crosses 1,000-point mark

The senior credited his coaches and his teammates for the opportunities

Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé senior Cooper Kriegmont shoots during a basketball game against Ketchikan on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Kriegmont scored his 1,000th point during the two-game series. (Courtesy photo / Lexie Razor)

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Good to be back: Short run up leads to mixed results against Ketchikan

“It doesn’t matter what the outcomes were,.”

AmeriCorps members pose with a Conex box full of PPE they helped to load for Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska during a day of service on Sept. 11, 2020. The members are also assisting with early literacy programs. (Courtesy photo / Jordan Frodge)

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Back to the basics: AmeriCorps members assist with early literacy programs in Juneau

This year’s group of thirteen is heavily involved in early literacy education.

A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium patrols Auke Bay during an exercise in 2018. A response boat similar to the one in the photo was struck by a laser near Ketchikan on Saturday, Jan. 17, prompting an investigation into the crime. (Lt. Brian Dykens / U.S. Coast Guard)

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Coast Guard wants information after laser pointed at boat

“Laser strikes jeopardize the safety of our boat crews…”

Protesters march for women’s rights in Juneau in 2020. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced a bipartisan bill Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 to move forward the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, granting equal legal protection to the sexes, stalled in its ratification stage since 1972. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Murkowski co-sponsors bipartisan bill to affirm ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

Stalled since 1972, the ERA would guarantee equal legal protection to all sexes.

High school basketball will see the boys Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé and the girls of Thunder Mountain High School square off against Ketchikan beginning Jan. 22, 2021. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Back in battery: JDHS coach talks return of boy’s team to court

JDHS’ boys team and THMS girls will play Ketchikan beginning Friday evening.

There are a number of ways you can save energy as Juneau flirts with having actual winter weather over the weekend. (Unsplash / Wilhelm Gunkel)

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Want to keep energy costs down? Local experts make recommendations

Cold is temporary but savings are savings.

Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire High school basketball games in Juneau will resume with empty bleachers on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 as local teams face off against Ketchikan.

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Basketball teams get ready to rumble after shortened preseason

The audience will be at home, but basketball is basketball.

Members of the Recall Dunleavy group are close to achieving their goal for signatures, with only about 20,000 signatures remaining as of Jan. 19, 2021. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)

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Recall Dunleavy group gathers steam for final push

The group has nearly reached its signature requirement.

Members of the Black Awareness Association of Juneau and other volunteers collect donations from Juneau residents from their Martin Luther King Jr. Day donation drive on Jan. 18, 2021. (Courtesy photo / Black Awareness Association of Juneau)

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Black Awareness Association honors MLK Day with food drive

Helping one’s neighbors was part of King’s message