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Participants perform in the 2023 Juneau’s Got Talent competition. (Juneau Dance Theater photo)

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11 acts scheduled to perform Saturday in 7th annual Juneau’s Got Talent

Pouring sauce over finished rockfish. (Photo by Patricia Schied)

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Cooking for Pleasure: Alaska Rockfish for dinner

The halibut and salmon being sold right now are superb, delicious fish. But there are other options out…

John Martin’s painting “Fallen Angels in Hell,” circa 1841. (Public domain via The Yorck Project)

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Living and Growing: Rethinking Hell?

Does a merciful God really torture unbelievers, forever? Now, more than ever, more people reject God. One reason…

(Photo courtesy of the Sealaska Heritage Institute)

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Neighbors: SHI, stakeholders to develop first-ever Alaska Native language reading standards

Two virtual meetings scheduled next week to consult with Alaskans statewide.

A newspaper clipping showing convicted serial killer Ed Slomke, who went as Ed Krause in Alaska.

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Neighbors: Death with Dessert examines Alaska’s first serial killer

Edward Slomke killed at least seven men in Southeast Alaska. He may have murdered twice that many. Along…

(Photo courtesy of Perseverance Theatre)

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Neighbors: Perseverance Theatre receives major grant from The Mellon Foundation

Perseverance Theatre is among five theaters recognized as part of The Future of American Theatre Cohort, bolstered by…

An historic naaxein (Chilkat robe) purchased at auction and donated to the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Photo courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)

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Six people purchase historic chilkat robe at auction, give to SHI

Holiday lights remain strung in a backyard covered with record snowfall a month after Christmas. (Photo by Peggy McKee Barnhill)

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Gimme A Smile: Wouldn’t it be nice…

I like to look at the bright side of life. I try to be a glass-half-full kind of…

Tortilla strips being fried in preparation as the base for this soup recipe. (Photo by Laurie Craig)

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Cooking For Pleasure: A taste of Mexico in the dead of winter — tortilla soup

Many years ago on a family vacation near Zihuatenejo, we loved eating at a tiny restaurant down the…

Kristina Abbott is a member of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Photo courtesy of Kristina Abbott)

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Living and Growing: Struggles with this dark, wintry season will pass

January is my least favorite month of the year, it feels like an eternity of darkness, snow, and…

Communion during Mass on Sunday at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. (Photo by Gina Del Rosario)

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Living and Growing: The Bread of Life

John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes…

(Associated Press)

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Free legal clinics in Juneau, other cities for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15

(Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service)

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Neighbors: Local rescuers kick off annual Fireside Lecture Series at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

Presentations about research, expeditions and other topics continue until March 29.

Participants in the 2023 VetsWork AmeriCorps interns program stand on a bridge they built in 2023. (Photo courtesy of the Mt. Adams Institute)

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Neighbors briefs

Veterans internships being offered for work in Tongass National Forest

A stir fry cooked by adding vegetables in steps. (Photo by Patricia Schied)

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Cooking for Pleasure: Stir fry your veggies to tantalize your taste buds

Now that the holiday season is over, you may be tired of the heavy meals and sweets you’ve…

Tari Stage-Harvey is the pastor of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Photo courtesy of Tari Stage-Harvey)

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Living and Growing: Resolving to live in ‘Silent Night’ candlelight for 2024

I’m giving up exclamation points for New Year’s; 2024 will be the year of non-inflammatory statements.

Adam Bauer, secretary for the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Juneau. (Photo courtesy of Adam Bauer)

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Living and Growing: Don’t shun politics because of negative partisanship; promote unity and justice

I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the…

A western blackheaded budworm, common to Southeast Alaska, just hanging around. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service)

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Gimme A Smile: Classic wisdom for the new year

Here we are, at the end of 2023. Time to reflect on how to improve in the new…

Joe Pagenkopf counts bags of food in a shopping cart at the St. Vincent de Paul Juneau complex on Saturday, Nov. 18, before heading out to deliver Thanksgiving food baskets to local residents. He said it is his first time making such deliveries, which he was motivated to get after getting help when his home was nearly destroyed by the record flooding of Suicide Basin earlier this year. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Neighbors: Letters of thanks

Thank you for Thanksgiving and clothing drives

A still image of “Birds!” from “SHI: Language Games.” (Image courtesy of Sealaska Heritage Institute)

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Neighbors: SHI launches new apps to teach Haida, Tsimshian languages

Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has launched its first apps that teach the Haida (X̱aad Kíl) and Tsimshian (Shm’algyack)…