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Communications scholarship open
Alaska Professional Communicators are offering two $1,000 scholarships for students planning a career in communications and majoring in…
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Thank you from Big Brothers Big Sisters
Thanks to the City and Borough of Juneau tax revenue and the CBJ Activities Grant, five big and…
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Thank you from the American Red Cross of Alaska
On Feb. 17, 2017 we celebrated our 100-year anniversary as the American Red Cross of Alaska. It was…
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Planetarium presents ‘Aurora’
The Marie Drake Planetarium will present “Aurora” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, followed by “The Sky Tonight” on the…
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Thank you, First Bank
Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation thanks First Bank for the generous $5,000 community development grant to continue the baby…
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Living and Growing: Being a stranger
Imagine you are sitting in your home here in Juneau. You suddenly hear deafening sounds coming from outside.…
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Cathedral helps with Juneau Year of Kindness
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in downtown Juneau contributed to Juneau’s Year of…
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Slack Tide: Breaking bald
Now, I’m bald … or, as some of us prefer to be called, “Hairless-American.” Indeed, I have been…
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Enrollment open for career, college guidance program for adults
The Learning Connection in Juneau is now taking applications for Southeast-wide college and career-counseling program for adults. Called…
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March events at the City Museum
On March 3, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will hold a First Friday opening from 4:30-7 p.m. highlighting the…
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Dear Counter Assault, please market my squatch spray
Today, I’m offering you the chance to make the woods of North America safe again! Before I delve…
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This Day in Juneau History: Feb. 17, 1987
On Feb. 17, 1987, the Canadian precision aerobatic team, the Snowbirds, were set to perform over Juneau the…
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The Secret Lives of Dolphins
A world-first study testing new underwater cameras on wild dolphins has given University of Alaska Southeast researchers the…
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How Alaska’s Jay birds spread their seeds
On a recent hike, I heard a volley of high-pitched screams coming from a thick stand of small…
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Department of Fish and Game starts email list
Those in the Alaskan fishing community can now get up-to-the-minute updates straight to their phones. The Alaska Department…
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Fireside Lecture: “Coping with Weather”
Juneau naturalist Bob Armstrong is the Fireside Lecturer on Friday, Feb. 24 at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. His…
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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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Alaska Science Forum: Cold War inspired first launch from Poker Flat
When they launch, the four rockets now pointed northward from Poker Flat Research Range will add to the…
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This Day in Juneau History: Feb. 24-25, 1987
On Feb. 24, 1987, Former Gov. Jay Hammond defended the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend at the Alaska Legislature…
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This Day in Juneau History: Feb. 13, 1987
On February 13, 1987, University of Alaska President Donald O’Dowd spoke from Fairbanks with Southeast Alaska educational leaders…