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Nominations open for 2017 Juneau Citizen of the Year
Nominations are open for the 2017 “Juneau Citizen of the Year” award. Since 1977, the Juneau Chamber of…
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Red Cross of Alaska Southeast to host Disaster Institute
The American Red Cross of Alaska will host its Southeast Disaster Institute from Sept. 15-17, at Centennial Hall…
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Is danger fun?
Something that I love about Juneau is the sheer number of people who just need to be outside…
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Juneau Style
Mara Kyung Sheakley-Early at an informal, outdoors wedding. The black-and-white graphic, asymmetrical stripes of her dress really caught…
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Free SERRC workforce training programs offered
The Southeast Regional Resource Center’s Learning Connection is recruiting students and accepting applications for free training through several…
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Thanks for warm welcome to RCMP
The Juneau Sister Cities committee would like to once again thank the community of Juneau for welcoming the…
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Local graduates from Space Camp
Kean Buss of Juneau recently attended and graduated from Space Academy at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center…
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REACH thanks community for attending Just Dance
On behalf of REACH, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the wonderful folks who…
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Thanks to all who helped, participated in Douglas Independence Day events
Thank you, Juneau Empire, for promoting Flag Day and Independence Day events in Douglas and Juneau. The Douglas…
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Helping Hands thanks supporters of auction and dinner
Helping Hands would like to thank everyone that supported us at our auction and dinner. It was a…
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Scholarship established in name of Juneau doctor, wife
Alan Kent Akiyama, Reed College graduate of the class of 1982, has established a scholarship in memory of…
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Start the school year with some STEM fun
Young children naturally explore, investigate, wonder and ask questions about the environment around them. Observe a group of…
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Wild Shots: Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Injured merlin found on Thane Road released into wild
Late one evening in July, a young man and woman were driving on Thane Road. They noticed something…
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Walking the Mendenhall Peninsula Trail
The upland part of this trail is full of ups and downs, roots, and (in wet weather) mudholes,…
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Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Traditional Foods Program nourishes families
It’s a cloudy Tuesday in July. At 4 a.m., it’s already light out, and Jeff Feldpausch and Mike…
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Building a floathouse
The day was Sept. 11, 2001. While my mom and I stared in horrified disbelief at the live…
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Recent births
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On July 29, a daughter, Hayden Joanne McCay, weighing 8 pounds,…
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United Way of Southeast Alaska hosts new AmeriCorps program
United Way of Southeast Alaska announced this week that it will be hosting the AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps has…
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Juneau Style (On the Road)
The accessories — an embroidered hat, a bright scarf, floral bicycle basket and of course a little dog…