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Family members join residents at Riverview Senior Living for dinner at the assisted living complex. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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New online directory aims to advance long-term care in Alaska

Alaska Care Compass provides a centralized resource

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a Smile: Good advice you might not want to take

Everywhere you go, you will find someone who longs to give you advice — sometimes even good advice.…

Submitted by Gina Del Rosario

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LIVING AND GROWING: A time to count your blessings

Summer is finally here! Rain or shine, my heart fills with joy! Summer also reminds me to count…

Photo by Matt Kynoch 
An adult lynx peers through fall leaves.

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Alaska Science Forum: Lynx life near the Haul Road

Located 60 miles above the Arctic Circle, Coldfoot is a busy truck stop on Alaska’s Dalton Highway. Step…

The Alaska Supreme Court considered oral arguments in a fast-tracked case appealing a lower court’s ruling Dan J. Sullivan is eligible to run for U.S. Senate on June 29, 2026. (Screenshot of Gavel livestream)

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OPINION: Ranked choice voting in Alaska and ‘Decoy Dan’

When Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) was first pitched to Alaskans in 2020, sponsors promised “more choice, more voice…

Martin Stuefer’s Cessna sits at the Denali National Park airstrip on a recent adventure. (Photo by Sara Wilbur)

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Alaska Science Forum: Flying for science (and the occasional sled dog)

A Cessna 185 zigzagged a tight back-and-forth pattern along Alaska’s southern coast earlier this summer, the pilot intent…

Hoonah SSP Community Catalyst Ian Johnson harvesting in the Hoonah greenhouse. (Photo by Bethany Sonsini Goodrich)

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Woven Peoples & Place: Traveling greenhouse supports local food movement

Moby the Mobile Greenhouse supports community-led efforts in building local food systems

(Submitted by Gina Del Rosario)

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Fifteen Promises

“If you only knew how much I love you, you’d cry of joy” — the Blessed Virgin Mary…

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Campbell M., 4, looks up at her American flag during the Fourth of July Parade.

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A quiz for America’s 250th

Most Americans know that the members of the Continental Congress pledged their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” to…

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a Smile: How to enjoy summer vacation when you don’t have any money

Fuel costs are up. It costs more than a week’s worth of groceries to go out to a…

(Submitted by Gina Del Rosario)

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Glorious Mysteries

“There is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all spiritual, in the…

Photos by Rod Boyce 
Bird collections manager Jack Withrow holds two species of snipe from the University of Alaska Museum of the North collection. A Wilson’s snipe is in his left hand. A common snipe is in his right hand.

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Alaska Science Forum: A bird and a puzzling sound lead to discovery

I walked around outside our Two Rivers home early one morning, as I sometimes do. It was mid-May…

A Mendenhall Valley neighborhood is swamped by a record glacial outburst flood on Aug. 6, 2024. (Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities photo)

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OPINION: Community safety not just another priority for Juneau — it’s the priority

With so many issues facing our community, it’s easy to lose sight of the one that matters the…

(Submitted by Gina Del Rosario)

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Sorrowful Mysteries

“Say the Holy Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world.” - Our Lady of Fatima, 1917.

Capital City Fire Rescue welcomed six new members at a June 14 ceremony. Juneau’s newest firefighters are Kajson Cunningham, Brendan Jackson, Sarah Kuhlen, Ian Mullett, Justus Paden and Lillian Thorington. (Courtesy of Capital City Fire Rescue)

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Capital City Fire Rescue welcomes six new members

Six members of the Apprentice Firefighter Program transitioned from apprentices to firefighters

(Submitted by Gina Del Rosario)

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LIVING AND GROWING: The Luminous Mysteries

“Continue to pray the Rosary every day,” the Blessed Virgin Mary said to Sister Lucia, one of the…

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File
Northern Light United Church.

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Juneau’s Kuneix Hidi Northern Light United Church to host community block party

The church hosts a variety of events every year

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Juneau community calendar: June 8 to 14

MONDAY, June 8

Submitted by Gina Del Rosario

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LIVING AND GROWING: The joyful mysteries

There are four sets of mysteries: joyful, luminous, sorrowful, and glorious

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Juneau community calendar: June 6 and 7

SATURDAY, June 6