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The top-three finishers of the first annual Hoonah Only Fools Run at Midnight, second place finisher Michael Croasmun, left, winner Wilbur Skeek, middle, and third-place finisher Nick Hughes. (Photo courtesy Paul Comolli)

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Hoonah run raises funds for playground

The first Hunatics — Only Fools Run at Midnight fundraiser took place last Friday. Over $850 was raised…

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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®…

Hearthside Books owner Brenda Weaver holds the “Where’s Waldo?” sign which will be displayed in downtown Juneau businesses in July to signal to seekers that a six-inch, cardboard Waldo will be hiding in the store. In this July 21 photo, Waldo can be seen standing on the bookshelf. Clara Miller | Capital City Weekly

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Find Waldo in downtown Juneau, win prizes

For more than 30 years, kids and adults alike have picked up copies of the “Where’s Waldo?” book…

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What’s Happening the week of June 27-July 3

Support for Families Dealing with Addiction: Heroin and Opiates, Wednesday, June 27, 5:30-7 p.m., NCADD, 211 4th St.…

Writers’ Weir: Silence and secret-keeping in a small Alaska town

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Writers’ Weir: Silence and secret-keeping in a small Alaska town

This is a reader submitted work of nonfiction. The Capital City Weekly accepts submissions of poetry, fiction and…

Salmonberry jams and jellies. Vivian Mork Y&

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Salmonberry season has arrived

I love salmonberry season. In the Tlingit language we call them was’x’aan tléigu. I know they aren’t everyone’s…

Alaska Glacial Ice harvests floating icebergs with the use of the eighty foot long landing craft Itswoot along with a forty foot long barge. Photo courtesy of Scott Lindquist.

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Historic and modern-day Alaskans ‘break the ice’ on niche frozen economy

Mike Ward of Taku Lodge has harvested icebergs from Twin Glacier Lake since childhood. His technique involves three…

Find Waldo in Juneau

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Find Waldo in Juneau

For more than 30 years, kids and adults alike have picked up copies of the “Where’s Waldo?” book…

Kafue is the calf in front, and Tafika is the calf behind. Photo courtesy of Kelly Bakos.

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Petersburg filmmaker wins awards for documentary on baby elephants

For four months in Zambia, Petersburg resident Kelly Bakos would wake up before sunrise, gather her gear, and…

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What’s Happening the week of June 27-July 3

Support for Families Dealing with Addiction: Heroin and Opiates, Wednesday, June 27, 5:30-7 p.m., NCADD, 211 4th St.…

Writers’ Weir: Silence and secret-keeping in a small Alaska town

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Writers’ Weir: Silence and secret-keeping in a small Alaska town

This is a reader submitted work of nonfiction. The Capital City Weekly accepts submissions of poetry, fiction and…

Salmonberry jams and jellies. Vivian Mork Yéilk’ | For the Capital City Weekly

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Salmonberry season has arrived

I love salmonberry season. In the Tlingit language we call them was’x’aan tléigu. I know they aren’t everyone’s…

Alaska Glacial Ice harvests floating icebergs with the use of the eighty foot long landing craft Itswoot along with a forty foot long barge. Photo courtesy of Scott Lindquist.

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Historic and modern-day Alaskans ‘break the ice’ on niche frozen economy

Mike Ward of Taku Lodge has harvested icebergs from Twin Glacier Lake since childhood. His technique involves three…

Judgment or Grace?

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Judgment or Grace?

Why are some people “put off” by church? Could it be that they were victims of “judging one…

Alaskaepoedia — The Whale Edition

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Alaskaepoedia — The Whale Edition

Whales are a diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals, although the term “whale” may also refer…

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Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day

A sunny summer day in Southeast Alaska poses many challenges. To name a few: We don’t know what…

A starfish on a recent low tide. (Kerry Howard | Courtesy Photo)

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Low-tide explorations

June brought some good low tides, lower than minus four feet, so out we went to look at…

Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

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Warming in the north continues as predicted

Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of…

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The 2018 guide to lesser known tours

Dear Intrepid Visitors and Curious-Minded Locals, After years of researching Southeast Alaska’s tourism industry, it’s my great pleasure…

Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day

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Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day

We don’t know what to wear.