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A clean home is a cozy home. (Photo by Peggy McKee Barnhill)

Neighbors

Gimme A Smile: Procrasti-cleaning anyone?

I just wiped off the tops of my washer and dryer, and then went back with a damp…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024

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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s swim and dive team does a cheer before the start of the Kayhi Swim Invitational at the Gateway Aquatic Center last Friday. (Christopher Mullen/ Ketchikan Daily News)

Sports

Crimson Bears devour Kings in Ketchikan pool

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears swim and dive team had their second consecutive successful meet…

Part of the city of Hoonah’s waterfront is seen in a 2012 photo. (Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development; Division of Community and Regional Affairs’ Community Photo Library)

News

Ousted Hoonah superintendent seeks damages in Alaska district court

The former Hoonah City School District superintendent has filed a complaint against the local school board over a…

Being tired from a hike is far different than the type of tired that comes with a newborn baby. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: Discovering how being tired as a new parent is life-giving

“I’m so tired.”

Priest Maxim Gibson is the rector at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Juneau. (Photo provided by Maxim Gibson)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Restored icons — image and likeness

This past month at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, we had the great blessing to see two of…

(Juneau Empire file photo)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t punish leaders who made tough decisions; vote no on school board recalls

I urge all voters to Vote no to recall Juneau school board members Deedie Sorensen and Emil Mackey.

(Juneau Empire file photo)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Actions — and lack of them — justify recall of school board leaders

Is the recall language on the ballot accurate? Yes. For the recall to even be considered, it had…

(Juneau Empire file photo)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Vote yes on Ship-Free Saturday to restore reassurances once made

Juneau cruise visitor numbers have increased from about 1 million in 2016 to a projected 1.7 million in…

“Back to Lands Week” participants prepare to offload in Howkan. Over 100 ago, the villages of Howkan, Sukkwan and Klinkwan dissolved in order to form a school in the new village of Hydaburg. (Photo by Addy Mallott)

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Woven Peoples and Place: Húus dáng hl kíngsaang (I’ll see you again)

Reflections from Prince of Wales’ “Back to the Lands Week”

Bruce Scandling receives his ballot for Alaska’s primary election at the Mendenhall Mall Annex on Aug. 17 from election officials Jackie Rosenbruch and Barb Murray. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Musings on the Oct. 1 municipal election

Juneau’s vote-by-mail municipal election is underway. We have until Oct. 1 to decide five ballot questions, select a…

St. Joseph’s Mission Indian Residential School, a site featured in a scene from the new documentary Sugarcane. (Sugarcane Film LLC)

News

A new film highlights the traumas inflicted on Indigenous children by residential schools

This story contains difficult subject matter relating to Canada’s and America’s history of operating residential schools for Indigenous…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Monday, Sept. 23, 2024

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(City and Borough of Juneau photo)

Opinion

Opinion: School board and Assembly races offer necessary change

The Oct. 1 municipal election is shaping up as a referendum on changing the status quo. In the…

Boys from high schools throughout Southeast Alaska run along the Treadwell Mine Historic Trail during the Capital City Invite 5K last Saturday. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Sports

A Crimson Bears cross-country team with ‘really incredible depth’ heads to regions

JDHS competitors in Ketchikan this weekend seeking to earn spot at state meet the following week.

Juneau’s PJ Foy was named to the Junior National Team. (Alaska Sports Report photo)

Sports

Juneau swimmer PJ Foy named to U.S. Junior National Team

Juneau swimmer PJ Foy’s big year just keeps getting better.

Juneau Huskies junior quarterback Noah Ault (1) awaits the snap from junior center Jonah Mahle (54) as junior offensive lineman Kyle Carter (71) and junior running back Samuel Sarof (27) await action during a game against West Anchorage at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park earlier this season. (Klas Stolpe / For the Juneau Empire)

Sports

Juneau Huskies host Bartlett Golden Bears with playoff implications on senior night

JDHS can finish anywhere between fourth and eighth in conference with two games to go.

Candace Frank gets a red handprint pressed onto her face at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Rally in Juneau on May 5, 2022. (Lisa Phu / Alaska Beacon)

News

Alaska enacts law to reduce high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous persons

Despite Alaska’s small population, a 2018 report by the Urban Indian Health Institute identified it as the state…

Downtown Juneau and Douglas on Aug. 22, 2023. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Juneau ranks 11th among 20 most expensive towns with populations between 10,000 and 50,000

Median home value of $404,600 in Alaska’s capital is 4.2 times the median income.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024

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