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A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

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A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

Every act of kindness creates a ripple with no end.

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Floyd Dryden Middle School first semester honor roll

Floyd Dryden Middle School Honor Roll, Quarter 1, 2018-2019

Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

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Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

Thank you for ghost walk help

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Living & Growing: Putting off falsehood and speaking truth truthfully

We live in a very diverse nation and world where exclusion and “otherizing” is an all too common…

Harborview Elementary School students load up on fruit at a free school breakfast on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)

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Grant helps build program for low-income kids

The first-year program aims to get children involved in camps and activities.

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

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Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School released their list of students who made the Honor Roll for 1st Semester. Asterisk…

The entrance to the festival decorated with colorful gourds, one wearing a hat on Oct. 21, 2018. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)

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Bridget Abroad: Jack-o’-lanterns vs. Jacques-o’-lanterns

Spooky Season doesn’t really exist in France. At school, there is definitely no “Halloweek.”

Thank you letters for Oct. 28, 2018

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Thank you letters for Oct. 28, 2018

• The Southeast Alaska Food Bank would like to thank the employees of the USDA Forest Service Juneau…

Election Day Trick-or-Treat

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Election Day Trick-or-Treat

Imagine what would happen if Election Day fell on Halloween.

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Nick Begich scholarship fund applications open

Alaskans pursuing degrees and/or careers in education, government and public service are invited to apply for the Nick…

Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

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Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

Break out the glow-in-the-dark skeletons and giant inflatable Frankensteins rigged to undulate in time to the “Monster Mash”…

Thumbing our nose at death

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Thumbing our nose at death

Halloween is our way of facing our fears head on.

Guy Crockroft, age 18. (Courtesy Photo | Guy Crockroft)

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Living & Growing: My three fathers

“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.” Psalm…

Meditations on October

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Meditations on October

Well, it’s October. It’s been October for weeks already, and it’s fixing to stay October for weeks to…

Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 21, 2018

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Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 21, 2018

• Rob Sanderson Jr. has been named to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s community engagement committee. The…

Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

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Living & Growing: Learning to Love Everyone

This can be the tricky part.

Jeff Baird of Anchorage has been appointed chief of staff for the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization announced Oct. 8. (Courtesy photo)

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Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 14, 2018

• The Rasmuson Foundation has hired Jeff Baird to serve as its first chief of staff, the organization…

Flags and students from around the world! You can see me and the other Americans holding the AK flag and a tiny Old Glory. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)

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Bridget Abroad: The Alaska flag afar

There was only one thing to do — whip out my Alaska flag.

Mike Blackwell with sons, Andrew and Matthew, and friend, Carolyn Naftel. Michael Blackwell was the recipient of the Philanthropist of the Year award from Juneau Community Foundation. (Courtesy Photo | Michael Penn via Juneau Community Foundation)

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Blackwell named Philanthropist of the Year

The Juneau Community Foundation held its annual Philanthropy recognition dinner last Thursday and presented awards to a philanthropist,…

Thank you letters for Oct. 7, 2018

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Thank you letters for Oct. 7, 2018

The Southeast Alaska Food Bank would like to thank everyone who donated food to us on Sept. 29…