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This small row boat was docked semi-permanently in beach grass.

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Photos: The patterns and textures of the Mendenhall wetlands

Pay closer attention to the tiny things.

Opinion: Recovery is possible

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Opinion: Recovery is possible

When we talk about the behavioral health challenges facing our state – whether it’s alcohol addition, opioids or…

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 28, 2018

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Police calls for Friday, Sept. 28, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

Opinion: Alaska, Chicago and accountability

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Opinion: Alaska, Chicago and accountability

What is Chicago doing that Alaska is not?

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018

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Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

The Willoughby District, including the Juneau Arts and Culture Center, is seen here on Jan. 4, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Why I support the vision behind the new Juneau Arts and Culture Center

I want to publicly express my support for the effort by the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council to…

Alyse Galvin, independent candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, right, speaks with Marilyn Orr during a “town-hall-style coffee and conversation” at 60 Degrees North Coffee and Tea on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. Galvin is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Don Young. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Send Alyse Galvin to Congress

I would like to share my enthusiastic support for Alyse Galvin for Congress. We definitely need a change…

A king salmon during the 67th annual Golden North Salmon Derby at the Don D. Statter Memorial Boat Harbor in August 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Why I’m voting ‘no’ on salmon initiative

Salmon is life.

The Juneau Empire Building, pictured July 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Readers’ Choice Awards Winners 2018

You voted, here are the winners!

Panel addresses role of social media in marketing

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Panel addresses role of social media in marketing

A panel of experts is hoping to help business owners become more familiar with various social media platforms.

Juneau Empire file.

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Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

Opinion: Begich, not Walker, is the vote for progressives and moderates

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Opinion: Begich, not Walker, is the vote for progressives and moderates

Mark Begich would not spoil a three-way governor’s race and give us the Alaska progressive or moderate’s worst…

Opinion: Due diligence for pay equity — Can we do it?

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Opinion: Due diligence for pay equity — Can we do it?

Editor’s Note: The Empire is publishing a weekly column from the nonpartisan League of Women Voters leading up…

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Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

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Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

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Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

Municipal candidates will take the stage Thursday night.

Front and Seward streets will be known as Heritage Square after a resolution passed by the City and Borough of Juneau. The resolution drew no opposition. The idea for Heritage Square was first proposed publicly three weeks ago during the unveiling of three bronze house posts outside of the Walter Soboleff Building. (Courtesy photo | Sealaska Heritage Institute)

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Intersection of Front and Seward streets gets new name

The City and Borough of Juneau on Monday passed a resolution naming the intersection in front of the…

The Alaska State Museum in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff State Library, Archives and Museum building will allow free admission for special ticket holders Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska State Museum offers free admission Saturday

The Alaska State Museum will offer free admission to special ticketholders Saturday as part of the Smithsonian’s 14th…

Mary Folletti Cruise and her daughter, Enza, watch drag queen Lituya Hart during the Besties 4 Breasties drag show fundraiser that benefitted Folletti Cruise, who has been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. In a few weeks, she will travel to Seattle for treatment. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)

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Local woman benefits from medical fundraiser drag show

Mary Folletti Cruise’s medical fundraiser came with pulsing club music, sweeping colored lights and plenty of glitz.

Eating Wild: Spicy Baked Beans with Highbush Cranberry

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Eating Wild: Spicy Baked Beans with Highbush Cranberry

It’s a commonly held belief that taste and smell are the senses most closely tied to memory. The…

JDHS student Finn Adam (left) and homeschool student James Zuiderduin (right), Capital City Fire/Rescue cadets, practice advancing a hose under pressure at their final day of training with the CCFD on Saturday, April 21, 2018. (Richard McGrail | Juneau Empire File)

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CCFR looking for high school cadets

Capital City Fire/Rescue is looking for high school students to join its cadet program.