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Floyd Dryden 7th grader wins poster contest
Floyd Dryden seventh-grader Jager David Hunt has won the art contest promoting the 27th annual Family Fishing Day…
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Tidepooling in May
Mid-May brought some fairly low tides during the daylight hours, so naturally I had to go prowling in…
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Alaskaepoedia: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Juneau (and less)
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Alaskan panhandle, at the geographic…
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A parent’s-eye view of summer vacation
Imagine how kids feel when that last bell rings to herald the start of summer vacation. Words like…
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Meet some of Southeast’s 2018 high school graduates
High school seniors across the country are donning their caps and gowns to step from one phase of…
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Fish Factor: How fishing affects families
The way that fisheries are managed determines the daily tempo for fishing families’ lives. Managers set the dates…
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Food afield
I have often justified the consumption of unhealthy food on camp outs using the Camping Act. The Camping…
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Alaska for Real: Wilderness nanny interrupted
Just before the gloaming hour, while I waited outside the Juneau airport at the designated area for taxi…
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What’s Happening the week of May 23-29
Moving with the Mind of Meditation, Thursday, May 24, 5:30-7 p.m., Juneau Shambala Center. A book club for…
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German museum returns looted art to indigenous Alaskans
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin museum has returned ancient wooden masks, an idol and other spiritually significant artifacts…
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Boatbuilding arts return to historic Sitka boathouse
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A group of kids gathered in the Japonski Island boathouse, sporting safety goggles and…
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Healing and harvesting: Kasaan prepares for annual harvest event
Deep in the coastal rainforest of Prince of Wales Island, the Haida village of Kasaan prepares for the…
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Petersburg’s Little Norway Festival: All are ‘Velkommen’
As Jeff and Kristi Wilcheck of Anchorage arrived in Petersburg this past weekend, they received an unexpected welcome.…
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Learn how to run for local office
This October, Juneau voters will elect a mayor, two City and Borough of Juneau Assembly members and three…
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Remebering lives lost on the Princess Sophia
Almost 100 years ago the Princess Sophia was sailing from Skagway along the Lynn Cana bound for Vancouver.…
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Birds compete fiercely for nesting sites
Birds are usually very choosy about where to put their nests. Some species prefer a site right next…
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Disturb us, Adonai
The last time I wrote for Living &Growing (“God of Surprises,” April 22), I talked about an extraordinary…
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Running the Race of Faith
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside…
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What’s Happening the week of May 16-22
Brown Bag Concert, Wednesday, May 15, 12-1 p.m., State Office Building atrium. Music for your lunch time enjoyment…
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Planet Alaska: Art-thinking at Mickey’s Fishcamp
“Art is everywhere in the forest,” my dad says as we drive slowly along the logging roads. With…