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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.

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JDHS student selected for Murkowski internship

Joseph Monsef of Juneau-Douglas High School has been named a summer intern for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.…

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Thanks for supporting Juneau’s only adult day program

Thanks to the funding provided, The Bridge is able to offer services that allow seniors to remain in…

Reece Bleakley won the Junior Division of the Juneau Symphony’s Youth Solo Competition in 2015. Photo credit: Michael Penn.

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Local young artist will attend renowned Interlochen Arts Camp

Reece Bleakley, 16, of Juneau, has been accepted and will attend Interlochen Arts Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, the…

Pastor Larry Rorem and Laura Rorem

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Finding wisdom in unlikely places

In our last “Living and Growing” column, we reflected on the death of our 45 year old daughter,…

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Thank you, Juneau Education and Support Staff union

Thank you, Juneau Education and Support Staff union Helping Hands volunteers would like to thank all the members…

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Thank you for making Celebration 2018 a success

Thank you to everyone who helped to make Celebration 2018 happen. This year’s gathering was one of our…

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JDHS student selected for Murkowski internship

Joseph Monsef of Juneau-Douglas High School has been named a summer intern for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.…

Pastor Larry Rorem and Laura Rorem

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Finding wisdom in unlikely places

In our last “Living and Growing” column, we reflected on the death of our 45 year old daughter,…

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Thank you, Juneau Education and Support Staff union

Thank you, Juneau Education and Support Staff union

A bear on Admiralty Island sizes up the author last year. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

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Reflections of a Predator

The morning before I began a trek across Chichagof Island, I was so nervy I vomited. I came…

Photo by Jonas Jacobsson on Unsplash.

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Fish Factor: Repurposing old fishing nets

Plastics in recycled fishing nets are being used to make an amazing array of products around the globe…

Event organizer Donna Beaver smiles while sharing a story about Nora Marks Dauenhauer and her husband Richard. Ray Friedlander | For the Capital City Weekly

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Remembering the sparks of the ‘Alaska Native Literary Renaissance’

Within the adzed, cedar walls of the Shuká Hít (clan house) in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Walter Sobeloff Building,…

Patti Hutchens-Jouppi inside Ernest Gruening Cabin during her first residency in 2015. Courtesy image.

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Open house at Ernest Gruening Cabin for painting exhibit

A path by Amalga Harbor leads to a red cabin surrounded by forest, the Peterson Creek “Salt Chuck”…

Spruce tip stages. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

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Planet Alaska: Eat your trees

“Doesn’t Mummo know how to cook without spruce tips?” Grandson Jackson said to his mom, my daughter Brea.…

Jennifer Fletcher at the Pride Picnic. Jack Scholz | For the Capital City Weekly

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Visibili(T): Juneau Pride highlights the transgender community

It’s been a week of clouds and scattered rain showers, but Juneau has been filled with rainbows anyway.…

What’s Happening the week of June 13-19

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What’s Happening the week of June 13-19

Beginning Caligraphy with Aimee Bib, Wednesday, June 13, 6-8:30 p.m., Color Wheel Arts Studio. In this workshop, learn…

Teacher Mike Vieira and students in Sitka High’s Advanced Construction class with the Tongass Tiny Home they helped build. Maia Mares | For the Capital City Weekly

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Tongass Tiny Homes offers big sustainable solutions

On a Wednesday morning in late May, the sun streamed through the windows into the high-ceilinged, warehouse-like Career…

Edel “Mama” Abel. Photo courtesy of the Betty Marker Collection.

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Craig – Then and Now: Mama Abel

It’s funny how a certain sight, sound or smell can take you back in time. I was coming…

Shallow water rushes by as we cross the creek. (Photo by Gabe Donohoe)

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Fish Creek wading

Last Monday, my friends Ian and Claire joined me on a mellow meander through the forest, out Fish…