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Bookstore Days

I never know what to expect when someone walks into the bookstore. Which is appropriate, since most people…

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Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum thanks community for support

The Board of the Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support…

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JDHS grad earns scholarships

Juneau-Douglas High School graduate Ciera Kelly has done a little bit of everything in her first two years…

Living & Growing: Farewell to Juneau

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Living & Growing: Farewell to Juneau

We walked across the stage at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on June 16, 2013, full of excitement and…

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How much data do we really need?

We live in the Information Age. Knowledge is power, after all. But how much data do we really…

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Wet is the new dry

Wet is the new dry. Bogs are the new Xtra Tuffs. Light is the new dark, which makes…

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Juneau engineering student honored by Montana Society of Engineers

Matthew Campbell is a 2013 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate who will be graduating with a civil engineering and…

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Astronomy humor will be topic at planetarium

Author Cristina Della Rosa will look at the funny side of “Astronomy, Aliens and Astronauts,” followed by “The…

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Empty Chair Project donates to Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum

The Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum is honored to receive a donation of funds from the Juneau…

Senator Mia Costello presented Capt. Shannan Greene, commander of Coast Guard Sector Juneau and Rear Adm. Michael McAllister, commander of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District, with a proclamation from the State of Alaska. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios)

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Sen. Mia Costello honors Coast Guard in Juneau

On June 14, prior to commissioning cutter Bailey Barco, the Coast Guards second fast response cutter in Alaska,…

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Francine and Laird Jones celebrate 35 years of marriage

Francine (Eddy) and Laird Jones recently celebrated their 35th anniversary; they were married June 19, 1982. Both started…

Rocks and Minerals Exhibit at the Juneau-Douglas Museum. (Courtesy photo)

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City Museum offers geology walking tour

Have you ever wondered how old the rocks under your feet are? Or why gold is found here?…

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Free presentation on Treaty of Cession maps and manuscripts at Alaska State Library

The Alaska State Library will offer a free presentation on how documents were restored for the state’s sesquicentennial…

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Apply for ‘Summer of Heroes’ program by July 17

Alaska Communications and Boys and Girls Clubs of Alaska are partnering for the “Summer of Heroes” scholarship program.…

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Donation by Northrim Bank to benefit Healing Hand Foundation

The Healing Hand Foundation board of directors would like to thank Northrim Bank for its generous $1,500 donation.…

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Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On June 10, a son, Emil Robert Mackey IV, was born…

A sea lion barks orders to the rest of the pod on a haul-out in Stephens Passage on June 8. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska

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

Liftoff! (Photo courtesy of the Juneau Raptor Center)

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Unconscious adult bald eagle recovers

On May 2, Juneau Raptor Center volunteers responded to a page about an unconscious adult bald eagle on…

Tamaracks have recovered from a larch sawfly invasion of the 1990s. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

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A restock and recharge along the pipeline’s path

FAIRBANKS — I left my home here to begin a hike along the Trans-Alaska pipeline in late April.…

A white charcoal sketch by Tara given to Dan and Kerri when they closed their kayak lodge. Photo by Tara Neilson.

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Kayaker encounters

It goes without saying that I’m accustomed to having the wilderness entirely to myself. Which was why I…