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A climbing goby known as ‘o’opu ‘alamo’o, or Hawaiian freshwater goby. (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources photo)

Sports

On the Trails: Fish locomotion

There are about 28,000 species of bony fishes — the largest taxonomic group of vertebrates — and they…

Marzena Whitmore (elf) and Dale Hudson (Santa), pose for a photo with Benny Orvin (partially obscured), 6, and his siblings Lilly, 4, and Remi, 2, taken by their mother Alex as their father Randy watches during last year’s Gallery Walk in downtown Juneau on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Here’s what’s happening at this year’s Gallery Walk on Friday

More than 50 locations in downtown Juneau hosting performances, exhibits and other activities.

“I voted” stickers are seen on display in the headquarters offices of the Alaska Division of Elections in Juneau on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

News

Alaska election results are official: Here are 5 takeaways

Margin grows in defeat of measure to repeal open primary and ranked choice voting system.

(Juneau Empire file photo)

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Aurora forecast through the week of Dec. 8

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…

A red squirrel pauses on a tree on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Sports

Alaska Science Forum: The secret life of red squirrels

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Monday, Nov. 25, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024

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One of countless classic combinations possible with Thanksgiving leftovers. (Stu Spivack / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Neighbors

Gimme A Smile: Please, take home some leftovers

The holiday season is upon us! Over the next few months, we will be guests at any number…

Dan Allard (right), a flood fighting expert for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, explains how Hesco barriers function at a table where miniature replicas of the three-foot square and four-foot high barriers are displayed during an open house Nov. 14 at Thunder Mountain Middle School to discuss flood prevention options in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Our comfort with spectacle became a crisis

If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two…

The city of Wrangell, where a landslide on Nov. 20, 2023, killed six people including a family of five. (City and Borough of Wrangell photo)

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Wrangell residents gather to remember landslide victims on one-year anniversary

“We want you to know that we have noticed the incredible heart of this community.”

Alaska Supreme Court Justices Susan M. Carney and Peter Maassen are seen on Feb. 8, 2024, in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Susan M. Carney to serve as Alaska Supreme Court chief justice

Alaska’s five Supreme Court justices have voted to make Justice Susan M. Carney the next chief justice.

Jacqueline F. Tupou is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Juneau. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: A life hack for holiday happiness

Do you wish you were more happy? Do you see others experiencing joy and happiness and wonder how…

Mike Sfraga, then chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, speaks on April 10, 2024, at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage. He later became U.S. ambassador-at-large for Arctic Affairs. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

News

America’s first Arctic ambassador was just confirmed weeks ago. Now he could be out of a job.

It’s standard for politically appointed ambassadors to leave posts during a presidential transition.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024

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A courtroom at the Juneau Courthouse. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau man already in prison on federal weapons charges convicted by jury on drug, assault charges

Clyde Pasterski, 44, was arrested in May 2020 when weapons, drugs other items found at home.

Skagway’s main street during tour season. (Photo by Shaelene Grace Moler)

News

Woven Peoples and Place: Skagway Development Corp.’s community partnership and holistic development

Initiatives like “Made in Skagway” program focus on local business support, community development

Spawning sockeye salmon returning from Bristol Bay swim in 2013 in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve’s Tazimina Lake. Sockeye salmon, also known as red salmon, accounted for about two-thirds of the value to commercial fishers of this year’s total Alaska salmon catch. (D. Young/National Park Service)

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Alaska’s total commercial salmon harvest this year was ultra-low in both quantity and value

State: Number of fish harvested third lowest since 1985, value to fishers third lowest since 1975.

A Banff Snail (Physella johnsoni), about 3.5 millimeters in size, in a hot spring pool. (Paul M.K. Gordon / CC BY-SA 2.5)

Sports

On the Trails: Hot spring snails

From a visitor from England who visited Calgary on the way to Juneau, I learned about the Banff…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

News

Police calls for Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.