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

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Reflections of a Predator

The bears in my head are much scarier.

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

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Fish Creek wading

I have a memory of shallow water rushing over my feet.

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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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Hiking Sheep Creek Valley

In early June, Parks &Rec hikers went up the Sheep Creek trail on a day of fitful rain…

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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…

A female Swainson’s thrush carries nesting material. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

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Hiking Sheep Creek Valley

The valley is rich in nesting, singing songbirds.

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Aging and Disability Advocate of the Year nominations

Southeast Alaska Independent Living (SAIL) is seeking nominations for its 2018 Aging and Disability Advocate of the Year…

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Juneau’s adult day center hosting wine tasting fundraiser

Juneau’s adult day center hosting wine tasting fundraiser All Juneau and Douglas citizens, age 21 and older, are…

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Alaskan ambassadors excited for educational journey

This month, 30 middle-school students from Juneau will travel as global ambassadors to Ireland, Wales, England and Paris…

Can I get a do-over?

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Can I get a do-over?

Have you ever wanted a “do-over?” You know, like when you played Four Square at recess and you…

A rainbow over Juneau. Photo by Denise Carroll.

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36 signs summer is back in Juneau

Ah, summer in Juneau, a magical time of year marked by lengthening daylight, the return of whales, salmon…

A Series of Fortunate Travel Events

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A Series of Fortunate Travel Events

I started my month-long journey across Alaska sick. After arriving to Juneau from visiting colleges, I had a…

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…

Ben and Diane Adams from Wyoming who did the author a good turn. Tara Neilson | For the Capital City Weekly

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Alaska for Real: The ferry way

The ferry crewmember shared a conspiratorial smile with me as we crept up on the lounge. We peeked…

Hagfish. Image courtesy of ADF&G.

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Fish Factor: Hagfish, also known as ‘slime eels,’ have many uses

Hagfish is the real name for what is commonly called slime eels and it could become a viable…

It doesn’t get much better than a trout on a dry fly. Jeff Lund | For the Capital City Weekly

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Dry fly fantasies

There were trout, but they were following steelhead waiting for eggs or feasting on newly emerged salmon fry.…

The Alaska Steamship Comany’s S.S. Jefferson coming to dock at the Moore Whalf in Skagway. The steamer was one of many early cruise ships visiting Skagway. Image courtesy of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, from the Candy Waugaman Collection, KLGO TS-206-8919.

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Southeast in Sepia: Skagway tourism

Tourism in Southeast Alaska dates back to the 1880s with cruises up the Inside Passage to see the…

Engraved pendant of a mussel by Jennifer Younger. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Younger.

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Meet Native Art Market artists

Every two years, Celebration brings the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people together, and this year, about 40 different…

Kinsie’s headband and medicine pouch. Courtesy image.

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Weaving the Future, Carving the Past

It is a couple weeks shy of Father’s Day but TJ Young is not waiting for the holiday…

Photo by Jos Bakker

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Are dandelions taking over the country?

Their cheery, bright yellow flower heads adorn the roadsides in late spring, before the compulsive mowing machines decapitate…