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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé base runner Finn Kesey steals second base as Sitka’s Brett Ross awaits the throw and base umpire Keith Perkins watches the action during the Wolves 9-2 win over the Crimson Bears during the Region V Baseball Tournament, Friday, at Adair Kennedy Field. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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JDHS falls to Sitka in region baseball semifinal

TMHS eliminated from tournament by Ketchikan

This file photo shows Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears senior softball players Amira Andrews, Carlynn Casperson, Anna Dale, Gloria Bixby, Mariah Schauwecker, Zoey Billings and Bailey Hansen. JDHS plays in a semifinal against Sitka at 6 p.m. Friday in the Region V Tournament on Sitka’s Moller Field. (Courtesy Photo / JDHS Softball)

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TMHS softball stays alive, at regions, JDHS stays undefeated

Lady Falcons eliminates Kayhi from Region V tournament, Crimson Bears top Wolves.

JDHS boys junior keeper Alex Mallott celebrates a goal by sophomore Ahmir Parker (2) during the Crimson Bears 2-0 win over Ketchikan in the ASAA DII Boys State Soccer semifinal, Friday, at West Anchorage High School. (Courtesy Photo / JDHS soccer)

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JDHS boys too much for Kayhi

Crimson Bears defeat Kings for berth into state soccer championship

In this file photo from last week Juneau Douglas’s Peyton Wheeler (5) runs downfield with the ball during Juneau-Douglas and Kayhi’s 1-1 tie at Fawn Mountain. JDHS fell to Kenai in the state semifinals 2-0 on Friday. (Courtesy Photo / Christopher Mullen, Ketchikan Daily News)

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JDHS soccer girls tumble in state semifinals

Crimson Bears fall to Kenai Kardinals

A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)

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Feltleaf willow leaves emerge beneath where a moose nipped off buds during winter of 2022-2023 in Fairbanks. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Police investigate assault in Lemon Creek area

“JPD does not believe there is any danger to the public at large.”

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Juneau-Douglas base runner Brandon Casperson gets safely back to first base before Thunder Mountain first baseman Rory Hayes applies the tag during the Crimson Bears 11-6 win over the Falcons to open the Region V Tournament, Thursday, at Adair Kennedy Field. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

JDHS boys win Region V baseball tournament opener

Crimson Bears defeat Falcons in quarterfinal at Adair-Kennedy Field

This photo shows Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears senior softball players Amira Andrews, Carlynn Casperson, Anna Dale, Gloria Bixby, Mariah Schauwecker, Zoey Billings and Bailey Hansen. JDHS plays in a semifinal against Sitka at 6 p.m. Friday in the Region V Tournament on Sitka’s Moller Field. (Courtesy Photo / JDHS Softball)

Sports

JDHS wins Region V softball tournament opener

Crimson Bears and Falcons girls go hit-for-hit in regionals at Sitka

In this May 19 photo, Juneau-Douglas's keeper Alex Mallott deflects the ball during Kayhi's 1-0 victory over Juneau-Douglas at Fawn Mountain. Photo by Christopher Mullen Ketchikan Daily News

Sports

Crimson Bears make state soccer pitch their own in opening round

JDHS girls and boys defeat Homer in quarterfinal openers

SayƩik: Gastineau Community School students defeat physical education teacher Dirk Miller in Rock, Paper, Scissors during their Field Day on Thursday. Miller is retiring after 24 years at the school. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Thank you mister Miller: Sayéik: Gastineau Community School teacher to retire after 24 years

Sayéik: Gastineau Community School teacher to retire after 24 years

This combination images includes a picture of Larry chopping ice for water in Brevig Mission 1972, a picture of Mark and Laura watching seal skin preparation 1972. A picture at Fish Camp in 1972. (Courtesy Photos / Laura Rorem)

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Living & Growing: Beyond what we know

“You stupid white people, you have no business trying to come ashore like that. You don’t know what…

Michael and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho, pose for a photo in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 14, 2011. The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 25, 2023, made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution in a decision that strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water. The justices boosted property rights over concerns about clean water in a ruling in favor of an Idaho couple who sought to build a house near Priest Lake in the state’s panhandle. (AP Photo / Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Supreme Court sharply limits federal government’s ability to police pollution into certain wetlands

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Opinion: Considering North Douglas crossing alternatives

This new highway project will be scrutinized differently than others during the past 30 years.

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City leaders seem determined to drive cost of living even higher with their tax-and-spend appetites.

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