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15 locals on UAF honor rolls

Fifteen Juneau residents were named on University of Alaska Fairbanks’ honor rolls. Four made it onto the chancellor’s…

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Locals receive Margaret Frans Brady, Simon and Anna Kirk Scholarship Awards

The Juneau Community Foundation recently announced awards from the Margaret Frans Brady and the Simon and Anna Kirk…

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Living & Growing: An exchange of comfort

I have served as a lay leader for the Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (JUUF) for well over the…

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GSC concludes 2016 Aqualaps Fundraiser

Glacier Swim Club would like to send a heartfelt thank you to the Juneau community for their incredible…

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Community Impact Grant applications available

United Way of Southeast Alaska is accepting Community Impact Grant applications. Up to $15,000 in Community Impact funds…

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Museum celebrates with artifacts, tribbles

SEATTLE — It’s been 50 years since the Starship Enterprise began its five-year mission to boldly go where…

Camping on the top of Mount Juneau with tram visible on Mount Roberts and Douglas Island Habor below.

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Wild Shots

Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…

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Collaboration provides water recirculation workshop

Fish Tech professor Jim Seeland, Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems and DIPAC partnered to host a workshop to inform Alaskan…

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State awards nearly $300,000 in Clean Water Grants

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation will give $295,493 in Alaska Clean Water Actions grants. The ACWA partnership…

As first-grader Xander Webb is helped out of the top hatch, marine ecologist Michelle Ridgway, right, instructs other Faith Community Christian School students about the training submarine at the Auke Bay Fire Station on Tuesday.

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Juneau kids explore Aureo, the yellow submarine

Before lowering himself into Aureo, an erstwhile research vessel brought to Juneau to teach kids about ocean sciences,…

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On the Trails: Here and there in May

The lower muskegs at Eaglecrest were dotted with pink flowers of bog rosemary and the white flowers of…

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Alaska Science Forum: Moose flies a high-summer Alaska pest

While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in Alaska (1915, when Fort Yukon reached…

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School farm opens in Coffman Cove

School farm grand opening in Coffman Cove COFFMAN COVE — The Howard Valentine School in Coffman Cove on…

The evening comes to an end in Sandy Cove, Glacier Bay National Park. Photo by Ben McLuckie.

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Singing our way back to Homeland

The evening became chilly as the sun slowly sank below the distant edges of the Fairweather Range, but…

Detail of "The Tank with the Crank," an interactive sculpture by David Pahl in the  Historic Fort William H. Seward Interpretive Sculpture Garden.

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A renaissance for public art in Haines

HAINES — Haines hasn’t been known for its art scene, despite having more than 80 professional artists in…

Tzatziki - a Greek dish traditionally made with yogurt and cucumbers - made in part with greens foraged on a Wild Kitchen Walk hosted by the Juneau District Extension Office. Photo by Corinne Conlon

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Foraging for goose tongue

On Shaman Island, during a day it seemed everyone in Juneau was outside embracing the sun, I had…

Transfiguration, by Bruce Elliott at the Juneau Public Library can be seen on the Art Walk.

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Behind the scenes with Juneau’s public art

Salmon transform as they make their way up Juneau’s skyline. A miner painted on black velvet turns away…

Chef Lionel Uddipa, who works his magic at SALT in Juneau, shows off his Alaskan scallops with pea puree.

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Meals with Midgi: Local scallops inspired by a local chef

One of the most wonderful aspects of dining in a particular town is knowing that the chefs are…

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Juneau, Petersburg and Haines receive state water grants

Three Southeast communities are among 14 statewide recipients of the Alaska Clean Water Actions grants. The combined $295,493…

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Haines, Hydaburg receive Forest Service grants

Haines, Hydaburg awarded Forest Service Wood Innovation Grants JUNEAU — The Haines Borough and the Hydaburg School District…