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Russell James reviews the energy load for home appliances during a home energy audit demonstration at a Kake home in July. (Courtesy Photo | Bethany Goodrich)

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Home Energy Leaders Program: ‘HELP’-ing Southeast Alaskans save money and energy

Tackling energy loss can be difficult, in part, because it’s hard to see.

Final product: Jarred dog salmon eggs (Vivian Faith Prescott | Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: 13 ways of looking at dog salmon

Sitting on our fishcamp porch watching the ocean, my dad tells me how to identify a dog salmon.

Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

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Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

YUKON RIVER — “She’s starting to wail,” Chris Florian says, referring to the worrisome shriek of a peregrine…

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How ‘Harold and Maude’ helped me survive Las Vegas

I recently watched the movie “Harold and Maude,” a somewhat dark and quirky love story about an older…

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The Year of Kindness for Kids celebrates high school aged teens

R.O.C.K. Juneau (Raising our Children with Kindness) continues A Year of Kindness for Kids.

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Sustainable Alaska: Earth Overshoot Day

Today as I write this article (on Aug. 1), I reflect on the significance of it being Earth…

JDHS graduate, wife earn physical therapy doctorate degrees

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JDHS graduate, wife earn physical therapy doctorate degrees

Neighbors recognitions for Aug. 5, 2018.

A male brown bear encountered on Admiralty Island on the day infamous day a bat landed on the author’s head. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

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Weird wildlife encounters

Earlier this week, while I was walking into work around noon, a small brown bat landed on my…

Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

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Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

We are proud to announce the completion and installation of a commemorative bench dedicated to the memory of…

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Hiding in plain sight: disruptive coloration

Just above a stony beach on the way to Lena Point, a patch of yellow paintbrush caught my…

<strong></strong>An acrylic on bear bread, conk of Mendenhall Glacier, by Marty Sharp. Sharp’s artwork will be displayed at Juneau Artist Gallery during First Friday.

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First Friday show features watercolors, collages, capitol art tours

First Friday listings for Aug. 3, 2018.

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Fish Factor: Gender parity and the seafood industry

Alaska appears to be an exception in terms of gender parity at all levels of its seafood industry.

Eating Wild: Blistered Beach Asparagus & Dungeness Crab Salad

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Eating Wild: Blistered Beach Asparagus & Dungeness Crab Salad

Beach asparagus is truly the best pickle you’ll ever have.

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28th annual Gold Rush Days huge success

Juneau Gold Rush Days, Inc. would like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers that helped make the…

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Writers’ Weir: i take myself back

A poem submitted by reader Jasz Garrett.

Southeast in Sepia: Mollie Brackett’s lost photo album

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Southeast in Sepia: Mollie Brackett’s lost photo album

Mollie’s album gives us precious glimpses into the past, like personal letters and diaries. They show us the…

Alaska For Real: Waiting for the weekly mail plane

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Alaska For Real: Waiting for the weekly mail plane

Mail days are an ordeal.

Cora the dog and Ned Rozell float down the Yukon River just upstream from Circle. (Photo by Skip Ambrose)

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Alaska’s big river never stops flowing

It’s midsummer, a good time to slip a canoe onto the Yukon River.

Christa Fagnant and Jacob Sperati.

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Fagnant, Sperati wed

Christa Fagnant and Jacob Sperati, of Seattle, Washington, were married April 7, 2018, at Camp Indianola in Indianola,…

James and Rachael are tour brokers who meet three years ago, got married in 2016 and they just gave themselves new last names. James Marcus Skywalker Gunn and Rachael Elizabeth Skywalker Gunn. Rachael is a big Star Wars fan and James’ grandmother has a maiden name of Gunn. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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The force is with them: Couple writes own love story with Star Wars-inspired name change

Even in kindergarten, she told people her name was Skywalker.