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Region’s Democrats get new party leadership
The Tongass Democrats have named a new chairman. On April 5, Edric Carrillo replaced longtime chair Nancy Courtney.…
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Our daughter lived with FASD for 45 years. This is her legacy.
Each of our children and grandchildren are a special gift. We love them for who they are, and…
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Thank you to community for Aan Yátx’u Sáani: Noble People of the Land
The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council is very honored and grateful to have been able to co-produce Aan…
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Alaska hot springs, far and wide
KANUTI HOT SPRINGS — After a few hours of skiing through deep snow, Forest Wagner and I smelled…
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Rethinking the college experience in Sitka
Sitting down to a hot meal of baked salmon, freshly caught by fellow students in nearby Sitka Sound…
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What’s Happening the week of April 11-17
Raincounty Flyfishers Meeting, Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School library. George Elgee will present a…
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Alaska for Real: Bridging the wilderness
One year we lived in the only remaining, standing building in the old, burned cannery where I grew…
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This is fun…right?
“This is the expectation, man. For steelhead fishing in late March, this is what it’s about.” It was…
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The first-timer’s guide to Folk Fest
There’s no music more real than the kind found at a real live folk festival. It’s the kind…
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Folk duo Pharis and Jason Romero put down roots as Alaska Folk Fest guest artists
Folk music is a wide umbrella covering an enormous amount of genres and subgenres, so it’s of no…
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Craig – Then and Now: The Age of Ellis Airlines
A few weeks ago I saw in the Prince of Wales Island Post that Island Air Express will…
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Game On gets high score in national competition
Call it an achievment unlocked. Game On, a local small video game retailer, has won national recognition for…
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Three JDHS students earn awards at statewide science fair
Three Juneau-Douglas High School students won awards at the Alaska State Science and Engineering Fair in March for…
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The hard, hard work
Fifty years ago this spring, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered. A jury convicted a white racist…
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Ten plagues of Juneau
Yesterday concluded the Jewish holiday of Passover, commemorating Exodus, by which I mean the biblical story of Exodus,…
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Last chance for Children’s Art Walk
As the weather warms and we prepare for the upcoming season, business owners will be making their way…
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Thanks to Territorial Sportsmen sponsors and donors
On behalf of Territorial Sportsmen, I would like to thank our very generous Alaskan donors and sponsors for…
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‘Mountains beyond mountains’: How human waste (that’s right, poop!) can be transformed into safe and useful resources
I arrived in Juneau last summer with mixed emotions. I was excited to start a new life in…
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Birds of a feather: Why do birds do things in groups?
It is said that “birds of a feather flock together,” and indeed they do. We see gangs of…
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Doug Peacock and a walk around Douglas Island
Walking around Douglas Island isn’t fun in the traditional sense of the word. Most of the island’s beaches…