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TMHS students pose with Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, and Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, during their field trip at the Alaska State Capitol April 24. (Courtesy Photo)

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Photo: TMHS Senior Field Trip

Thunder Mountain High School U.S. Government and Civics students toured the Alaska State Capitol, met with Gov. Bill…

Guns N’ Roses and parenting

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Guns N’ Roses and parenting

I like to play “name that ‘80s band and why they are important to modern culture” with my…

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National College Decision Day

Monday, May 1st, 2017. National College Decision Day. In celebration, I set all my college acceptance letters on…

Healthy beets alongside those not faring as well. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)

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Beets and Boron

Beets are a vegetable that I have worked hard to like. I can tolerate them in dishes, but…

Migratory birds, like this golden-crowned sparrow, have been dropping in on Juneau lately. (Photo courtesy of Gwen Baluss)

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Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day this Saturday

An International Migratory Bird Day celebration will take place at the Juneau Community Garden this Saturday, May 6.…

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Know your butterfly species (or at least these 4)

Starting in mid-April this year, we began to see a few species of early-flying butterflies. In general, Juneau…

Stock image of an American robin.

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Writers’ Weir: A spring poem by Jack Campbell

Kuskokwim Break-Up By Jack Campbell The river could visit new country tonight leaving the old river behind in…

Silhouette of mama bear and her three cubs high in the treetop on East Glacier Trail on May 3. (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…

The members of Third Coast Percussion, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin and David Skidmore, perform a free “brown bag” lunch-time concert in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday as part of the 30th Annual Juneau Jazz and Classics Music Festival in 2016. Michael Penn | Juneau Empire

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Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival returns for 31st season

This May will be Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival’s 31st season, but artistic director William Ransom’s first festival…

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Redefining Native Art

On May 5 at the Alaska State Museum a new exhibit with artwork ranging from fishskin screens, weavings,…

Wetlands trash: balloon with frost. Photo by Helen Unruh.

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Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. To submit, email your image,…

Heather Dillon, who will be showing her work at Shoefly on First Friday, uses electricity to create interesting designs on jewelry made from Devil’s club. Courtesy image.

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First Friday features Tlingit masks, devil’s club earrings

First Friday, Juneau’s monthly art gallery walk, takes place on the evening of May 5. Tlingit artwork from…

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Capital City Weekly editor: ‘It’s been a real privilege’

I’ve spent the last four years writing and editing for the Capital City Weekly. Those four years have…

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14 Southeast students receive arts scholarships

Fourteen students from northern Southeast Alaska — 10 from Juneau and four from Skagway — have been awarded…

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City Museum offering historic walking tours

The City Museum is offering two special evening historic walking tours for local residents, tour guides and visitors…

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Living and Growing

“Living and Growing.” What an inviting column title. Living and growing is what we are all doing every…

Alaska Daily Empire office at 123 Main Street in 1913. John Troy, with mustache, is on the right. Alaska State Library Place File. Photographs, ASL. ASL-Juneau-People-11.

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‘The Greatest Man in the History of Alaska’

In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed John Weir Troy as Alaska’s sixth territorial governor. Alaskans, in a rare…

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Hello Juneau, Goodbye April!

You probably know that April has fools, showers, Easter, and Kendrick Lamar album drops. You might know it…

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Alaska State Improv Festival returns for fifth year of shows, workshops

Thanks to producer Eric Caldwell, co-producer M.D. Christenson and nearly a dozen volunteers, the Alaska State Improv Festival…

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Veggies for Juneau

The wave of Grow it Yourself is breaking over Southeast Alaska, a flood of seed starting, indoor seedling…