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Alaska for Real: The best of childhoods

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Alaska for Real: The best of childhoods

There is continuity between generations of rural Alaskans that defies time and the state’s vast distances. This was…

Art of Teri Tibbett by Libby Stringer. Photo by Libby Stringer.

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Teri Tibbett finds new inspiration after decades of songwriting, performing

Local open mic regulars know Juneau musician Teri Tibbett. Either they’ve performed at an open mic she’s hosted…

Juneau Symphony winter concert “Russian Romantics” will be conducted by Dr. Tigran Arakelyan from Port Townsend, Washington. (Courtesy Photo | Juneau Symphony)

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What’s new with the Juneau Symphony

Juneau Symphony president shares what the new season will look like.

Juneau ventriloquist models figure after his Tlingit namesake

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Juneau ventriloquist models figure after his Tlingit namesake

Chilkat Charlie introduced himself to the Capital City Weekly in Tlingit.

Pastor Cale Mead, left, was installed as the new pastor at Christ Lutheran Church in Juneau this week. His daughter Amelia and wife Lauren pose for a picture by his side. (Photo courtesy Lynda Barker)

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Christ Lutheran welcomes new pastor

Cale Mead grew up all over western Wisconsin. Because his mother, Dawn, was a nurse, and his father,…

Tourists take shelter at Marine Park during a heavy rain shower on Aug. 14, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Ten tips for coping with summer rain

We’ve been pretty lucky the past few days.

Almost all chocolate lily flowers are brown, but sometimes we find a rare yellow-flowered individual. (Denise Carroll | Courtesy Photo)

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Nature potluck

An assortment of unrelated but potentially interesting observations and information.

Runoff streams create curves to follow the path of least resistance. (Gabe Donohoe)

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The icy path of least resistance

This sport requires so much gear.

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What’s Happening the week of July 11-17?

Juneau Lyric Opera Midsummer Vocal Festival – Back to Broadway, through Saturday, July 21, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,…

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Fish Factor: Fish by the numbers

Sockeye salmon catches often add up to half of the value of Alaska’s total salmon fishery, and the…

Yeomans’ Curio Store, Skagway Alaska, looking west, summer of 1907. Photo courtesy of National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Yeomans Collection, KLGO 58599.

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Southeast in Sepia: Finding ‘A Day in Skagway’

My column today is how a little bit of the area’s history dropped into our respective laps one…

Smoked salmon. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

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Planet Alaska: My father’s smokehouse

Kaachxaana.áak’w, (Kaachxan’s Little Lake) is the Tlingit name for Wrangell Alaska, where my fishcamp is located. Kaachxan was…

“Miami Beach Life” by Megan Duncanson. Courtesy image.

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Woman who grew up in the bush becomes renowned artist

Megan Duncanson is living the dream, or as she likes to call it, the MAD life. MAD Art…

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Southeast Alaska Board of Realtors Memorial Scholarship recipients

In September 2013, Larry Spencer, a long-time REALTOR® from Juneau and advocate for Southeast Alaska Board of REALTORS®…

Woman who grew up in the bush becomes renowned artist

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Woman who grew up in the bush becomes renowned artist

Megan Duncanson is living the dream, or as she likes to call it, the MAD life.

Adoption into God’s family

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Adoption into God’s family

This cooperative spirit allows us to work together to provide practical help to our neighbors in need and…

What’s Happening the week of July 11-17?

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What’s Happening the week of July 11-17?

Juneau Lyric Opera Midsummer Vocal Festival - Back to Broadway, through Saturday, July 21, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,…

This photo provided by Idaho Fish and Game shows Snake River sockeye salmon that returned from the Pacific Ocean to Idaho over the summer swim in a holding tank on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, at the Eagle Fish Hatchery in southwestern Idaho. The number of the endangered fish that made it back this year is the second worst in the last decade but there are enough hatchery-raised fish to make up for the bad return. (Dan Baker/ Idaho Fish and Game via AP)

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Fish Factor: Fish by the numbers

Sockeye salmon catches often add up to half of the value of Alaska’s total salmon fishery, and the…

Southeast in Sepia: Finding ‘A Day in Skagway’

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Southeast in Sepia: Finding ‘A Day in Skagway’

My column today is how a little bit of the area’s history dropped into our respective laps one…

Smoked salmon. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

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Planet Alaska: My father’s smokehouse

Kaachxaana.áak’w, (Kaachxan’s Little Lake) is the Tlingit name for Wrangell Alaska, where my fishcamp is located. Kaachxan was…