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Caption: AYS students Allison Mills and Ricardo Sanches help Quinn Aboudara rig a system to haul a log into 2.5 Mile Creek as a part of the crew’s stream restoration work (Courtesy Photo / John Hudson, SAWC)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: Alaska Youth Stewards program equips next generation of Prince of Wales land managers

“This work is restorative…”

Red huckleberries and blueberries in Wrangell at Mickey’s Fishcamp. (Courtesy Photo/ Vivian Faith Prescott)

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Planet Alaska: The language of berries

Like the berries, the language lives on the land.

The author and his high school basketball coach Don Busse, survey a map of a mountain in the early light of Aug. 16, opening day for non-federally qualified users on parts of Prince of Wales Island where Jeff Lund grew up. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: Us vs. them

We still take pride in being the antithesis of that Lower 48 bickering, right?

This photo shows a stack of pocket constitutions at the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: A warning about voting for a constitutional convention!

APOC (Alaska Public Office Commission) listed three lobbying firms for 2022. They earned a total of $4,288,820 lobbying…

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022

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A little fish called a graveldiver had hidden under a flat rock. (Courtesy Photo / Aaron Baldwin)

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On the Trails: Bricolage — this and that, bits and pieces

There were good minus tides in May and June, and I went out with some friends to take…

High school students run at sunset as they practice for the track and field season Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Shawnee, Kan. New research hints that even simple exercise just might help fend off memory problems. While physical activity helps keep healthy brains fit, it's not clear how much it helps once memory starts to slide. (AP Photo / Charlie Riedel)

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Even simple exercise may help aging brain, study hints

Doctors have long advised physical activity to help keep a healthy brain fit.

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Opinion

Opinion: If you see something, say something

Together we can fight to preserve this pristine place we live.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: A constitutional convention is an uncertain proposition

“Convoluted, expensive and uncertain.”

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Murkowski is among a bipartisan group of senators who introduced legislation that would codify abortion rights. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Bipartisan compromise bill would restore abortion rights

Kaine, Collins, Sinema and Murkowski introduce legislation.

A Princess Cruise Line ship is docked in Juneau on Aug. 25, 2021. (Michael Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Ships in Port for the week of July 31

Here’s what to expect this week.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Saturday, July 30, 2022

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It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Friday, July 29, 2022

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This photo shows the University of Alaska Southeast campus in Juneau. (Jonson Kuhn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: I’m a longtime educator, and I’m supporting Walker/Drygas

The issues our state faces are significant with regard to education.

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Gimme a Smile: Inflation 111

I was going to title this essay, “Inflation 101,” but the number keeps going up

Red salmon gather at a Gulkana Hatchery fish weir that prevents them from going upstream on the east fork of the Gulkana River.(Courtesy Photo/ Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: High-country Eden for sockeye salmon

“It’s the largest sockeye hatchery in the world. Two-hundred and sixty miles from the ocean.”

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Opinion: Congress could keep health insurance costs from rising, but it has to act fast

Some argue that the federal government paid out far too much money to too many people under the…

"Our grief is real and despair or anger are often ways of trying to escape the pain with a little dose of control. I’m going to offer a third option; I have a fart machine I’ll sell you," writes Tari Stage-Harvey (Unsplash / Braydon Anderson)

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Living & Growing: Healing in humor

“I resist the devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away.”

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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Writers’ Weir: A poem by Monique Crisafi

Southeast Alaska-inspired poems by Monique Crisafi.