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”Amalga South” by Patti Hutchens-Jouppi. Courtesy image.

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July First Friday listings

“Intertidal” Coppa 917 Glacier Ave. #102 Reception: 4-6 p.m. Local artist Patti Hutchens Jouppi will be opening a…

Actor Ansel Elgort attends a special screening of “Baby Driver”, hosted by TriStar Pictures and The Cinema Society, at Metrograph on Monday, June 26, 2017, in New York. Photo by Brent N. Clarke | Invision.

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Review Reel: Go, “Baby Driver,” go!

I am so weary of doom and gloom action thrillers. Too often are we subjected to burly Rambo…

Tara’s nephew Erik playing in front of the wreck of the Daybreak. Photo by Tara Neilson.

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Making do in the wilderness — refrigeration

When I told my friend Jo (who blogs at www.alaskafloatsmyboat.com) that I was building an outdoor cooler to…

Plantago L major. Photo by Corinne Conlon.

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Plantains are everywhere, and offer many uses

Some plants are so commonplace that we fail to see them, even when we are paying attention. I…

Biologists make room for the loons

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Biologists make room for the loons

Loons are a boon for bioresearch. Much like the canary in the coalmine, the health of these top…

A slab of sandstone with 10-million-year-old shells; tired at the end of a long day at Cape Tachilni, by Cold Bay, Alaska, 1977. Photo courtesy of Lou Marincovich.

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Hunting fossils under the midnight sun

Lou Marincovich’s book “True North: Hunting Fossils Under the Midnight Sun,” published May 15, sheds light on the…

A spruce grouse chick in an alder bush along the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

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High summer along the pipeline’s path

YUKON RIVER — It’s high summer, past the solstice. Everything is alive here on the path of the…

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The Ultimate Juneau Preparedness Kit

Hi, Juneau! Having a great Fourth of July? I know I am. Nothing says perennial patriotism like fireworks,…

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Juneau Community Foundation donates to independent living organization

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) is getting a little extra help in giving aid to Juneau’s senior citizen…

Latter-day Saint youth ford a river during a reenactment of a pioneer trek, pulling wooden handcarts up the Knik River Valley. (Photo courtesy of Mark Stauffer)

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‘Faith over Fear’: A Mormon pioneer trek youth reenactment

In the years 1856-1860, a series of 10 companies of Mormon handcart pioneers embarked from Iowa City to…

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Feeding people affected by disaster

Just before 9 a.m. on Dec. 6, 1917, in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a fully loaded…

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Army Guard, Coast Guard help collect food for food bank

On June 10, members of the 297th Military Police Company Detachment 1, along with fellow Alaska National Guard…

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Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: On June 17, a daughter, Brooklynn Emery Dayton, weighing 7 pounds 14…

A brown bear poses before disappearing into the brush near Glacier Bay. (Photo by Kerry Howard)

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Wild Shots

Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for…

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STEM in the summer: Cool activities for our hottest months

This is a reoccuring monthly columns about Science Technology Engineering and Math in Juneau: what it is and…

Lisa stands near the bins to show the clear plastic that covers the compost. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)

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Relearning composting

Almost everything that I had learned about composting in Southeast Alaska was debunked by Lisa Daugherty. I was…

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Interdependence Day 2017

This season has been filled with what the Irish call “fine soft days”, and a better climate for…

Common Kings. Courtesy image.

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Common Kings return to Juneau

The Common Kings spent years working on an album, but one session changed their direction. Working with prolific…

Treadwell: ‘From the page to the stage’

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Treadwell: ‘From the page to the stage’

The Treadwell mine holds historical importance for Alaska, and there are those who are committed to its remembrance.…

‘Photo of Sitka Harbor and Native Village taken from Castle Hill, ca.1887, photo by the Partridge Studio. (Image courtesy of the Sitka History Museum)

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Treaty of Cession: The Tlingit knew

Each year, Sitka marks Alaska Day with a reenactment of the Oct. 18, 1867, ceremony that transferred Alaska…