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Final product: Jarred dog salmon eggs (Vivian Faith Prescott | Capital City Weekly)

Neighbors

Planet Alaska: 13 ways of looking at dog salmon

Sitting on our fishcamp porch watching the ocean, my dad tells me how to identify a dog salmon.

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018

News

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018

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

Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

Neighbors

Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

YUKON RIVER — “She’s starting to wail,” Chris Florian says, referring to the worrisome shriek of a peregrine…

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Neighbors

How ‘Harold and Maude’ helped me survive Las Vegas

I recently watched the movie “Harold and Maude,” a somewhat dark and quirky love story about an older…

Neighbors

The Year of Kindness for Kids celebrates high school aged teens

R.O.C.K. Juneau (Raising our Children with Kindness) continues A Year of Kindness for Kids.

Neighbors

Sustainable Alaska: Earth Overshoot Day

Today as I write this article (on Aug. 1), I reflect on the significance of it being Earth…

The Gastineau Apartments, before it was torn down. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

News

CBJ settles lawsuit with Gastineau Apartment owners

The City and Borough of Juneau is getting some of its money back.

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018

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Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018

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

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Opinion

Misrepresentations about Alaska’s SB 91

“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

News

Softball tourney to raise funds for local family

Softball tourney to raise funds for local family

Letters to the Editor

Keep Juneau unique and sustainable

Rich Moniak’s column in Sunday’s paper, called “The problem with resurrecting the great road debate,” was spot on.…

JDHS graduate, wife earn physical therapy doctorate degrees

Neighbors

JDHS graduate, wife earn physical therapy doctorate degrees

Neighbors recognitions for Aug. 5, 2018.

Gov. Bill Walker, February 2018 (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Actions and words split the candidates for governor

With the current political climate, I expected the divisive rhetoric of this election season. I did not expect…

A spawning chum salmon looks to return to the waters of Salmon Creek on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Pebble Mine’s application should not advance

Since the threat of Pebble mine would risk my basic life necessities — food through subsistence harvesting with…

Juneau School District Superintendent Mark Miller talks Wednesday, July 25, 2018, about his time in Juneau. Miller has accepted a job as a superintendent in Sonora, California. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

News

Interim superintendent candidates set to meet the public

The Board of Education is starting to make progress in its search for an interim superintendent, and is…

A male brown bear encountered on Admiralty Island on the day infamous day a bat landed on the author’s head. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

Neighbors

Weird wildlife encounters

Earlier this week, while I was walking into work around noon, a small brown bat landed on my…

Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

Neighbors

Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

We are proud to announce the completion and installation of a commemorative bench dedicated to the memory of…

Neighbors

Hiding in plain sight: disruptive coloration

Just above a stony beach on the way to Lena Point, a patch of yellow paintbrush caught my…

Opinion

Health care: Alaska challenges require Alaska solutions

Health care in the United States is amazing.

News

Police calls for Wednesday, August 1, 2018

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