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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your…
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Poem: “A Sonata for Pa,” by Miriam Wagoner
What life presented to us was unordinary, Fate was not generous with time, It did not let you,…
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Juneau Symphony welcomes new concertmaster for new season
The first concert of the Juneau Symphony’s season will also be its first with Jacqueline Brand, a violinist…
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Fabricating the Alaskan Frontier
“The Last Frontier,” emblazoned across every Alaska license plate, evidences a cultural narrative foundational to Alaskan identity. One…
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A note from a garbage bear
Grrrrr. I heard you try to shoo me off the first time. And I said “grrrrr,” all right?…
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Juneau Style: Kole Loftin
Kole Loftin has a youthful, coordinated look from top to bottom. I like his black leather jacket and…
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Flynn, Strazzo wed
Laura Flynn wed Daniel Strazzo at Twenty Mile House along the Feather River in the northern Sierra Nevada…
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Thank you for the support
In early June my daughter, Amy Henderson, was diagnosed with cancer. The Juneau community responded immediately with an…
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Planetarium presentation honors Einstein
It’s been more than a century since Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking theory of relativity, but scientists are still enamored…
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Thanks from the Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The Juneau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship thanks Britta Tonnessen of AWARE for her insightful presentation “Why Faith Matters in…
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Thanks from the Lt. Governor
Thank you to all those who visited the Office of the Lt. Governor’s first First Friday event on…
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Thanks from the Crimson Bears football team
The Crimson Bears Football Team and Board Members would like to extend a thank you to Fred Meyer…
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Friends of the Flags wrap up year with a little help
Juneau Empire The next time the state flags go up along Egan Drive, it will be in celebration…
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Recent births
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Sept. 30, a daughter, Camille Evelyn Trapp, weighing 8 pounds,…
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How To Enjoy Fall
Autumn is the least appreciated season around here. It’s short, it’s cold, it looks nothing like New England…
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Two Southeast Alaskan poets win awards
Two Southeast Alaskans were the recipients of the 2017 Alaska Literary Awards and the 2017 Connie Boochever Fellowships…
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Canadian DJ group A Tribe Called Red comes to Juneau
A Tribe Called Red, a Canadian indigenous DJ group from Ottawa, Ontario, will be taking the stage of…
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SHI releases new books
Seven new books are appearing this fall through the Sealaska Heritage Institute’s early literacy, Library of Congress-recognized program,…
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Baby Raven Reads honored nationally
Sealaska Heritage Institute’s early literacy program, Baby Raven Reads, has been recognized by the Library of Congress for…
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Toad and frog populations appear to be declining nationally — and locally
As I wandered around a beaver pond one day in mid-September, I noticed something small and dark moving…