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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Ella Orsborn (9) wins a ball against Wasilla as senior teammate Adelyn Buss (3) moves in during the Crimson Bears senior appreciation game Saturday at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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JDHS soccer girls play for pride and for the seniors

Crimson Bears girls’ season ends at home against Wasilla.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Kai Ciambor hits a penalty kick to break the Crimson Bears’ career scoring record during Saturday’s Crimson Bears senior appreciation game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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JDHS seniors honored in sweep over Wasilla

Crimson Bears boys “sock-er” it to visiting Warriors.

Hayden Aube is the first student to receive his diploma from Principal Paula Casperson during Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s graduation ceremony Sunday, May 25, 2025. Aube, a multisport star athlete for the Crimson Bears, was in a wheelchair after sustaining an injury Saturday competing in the Region V Track and Field Championships. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Class of 2025: Expanding by consolidating

Former TMHS students get tributes as nearly 300 seniors walk the stage in first post-merger commencement.

The retreat of the Bear Glacier, near Stewart, British Columbia, transformed a stream below it into a haven for salmon. (Max Graham/Grist)

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Who will benefit from melting glaciers?

In a remote corner of North America, salmon and mining companies are vying for new territory.

On Friday, May 16, 2025, Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, gets a chit sheet signature from Rep. Donna Mears, D-Anchorage, for an upcoming bill. To bring a bill to a vote in the House, a lawmaker has to get a majority of lawmakers to sign a sheet signifying that there is enough support for the bill to pass the body. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s Legislature was in session for four months: Here’s what they did with their time.

A look at the 33 bills that both the House and Senate passed this year, and where they…

Juneau high school seniors Peyton Edmunds of IDEA Homeschool (left), Ryan Song of Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé (center) and Maxie Lehauli of Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi Alternative High School. (Photos of Edmunds and Song by Juneau Empire staff, photo of Lehauli provided by her family)

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Senior Spotlight 2025: Adapting to where the ‘real world’ might take you

Homeschool grad honored Friday; ceremonies for Juneau’s two public high schools are Sunday.

At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Florida, SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for food. (Lance Cheung/USDA).

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More than 3 million people would lose SNAP benefits under GOP bill, nonpartisan report says

The massive tax and spending bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would likely result in 3.2 million people…

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Ida Meyer (1) and Sitka’s Marina Dill (2) and Clare Mullin (1) lead the start of the combined DI and DII 3200 during the Region V Track & Field Championships Friday at Thunder Mountain Middle School. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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JDHS leads Region V track and field championships after day one

Crimson Bears boys and girls hold slight advantage over Ketchikan.

Leslie Ishii, Perseverance Theatre’s artistic director, is the winner of the 2025 Paul Robeson Award as well as this year’s Zelda Fichandler Award for directing. (Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation photo)

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Leslie Ishii recognized with national awards for arts, advocacy

Artistic director at Perseverance Theatre receives two honors this spring.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., is pictured on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)

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US House Republicans push through massive tax and spending bill slashing Medicaid

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday approved the “big, beautiful bill” that Republican leaders spent months negotiating…

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears girls soccer team seniors will be honored at 5 p.m. Saturday on the Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park pitch with a game against Wasilla to follow. The seniors are, front row left-to-right, Lola Hines, Mary Canapary, Milina Mazon, Priscilla Lam and Adelyn Buss. Back row - Alison Tingey, Lena Field, Parker Boman, Ella Orsborn, Cerys Hudson, Natalie Travis and Daniela Lamas. Not pictured Dori Germain and Alyssa Lawhorne. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Crimson Bears soccer to honor senior girls Saturday

JDHS host Wasilla in final home, season stand at AKMP.

The front page of the Juneau Empire on May 21, 1985. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending May 24

Three decades of capital city coverage.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior distance runners Della Mearig and Lua Mangaccat and freshman Sunna Schane congratulate each other during an event at the Capital City Classic this year. The Region V Track & Field championships are Friday and Saturday at Thunder Mountain Middle School. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Region’s best set to tear up track and field championships

Southeast athletes gather this weekend for final meet.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Ahmir Parker, center, signed a letter of intent Thursday in the JDHS commons to attend Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa, and play soccer for the Viking Warriors. From left are Parker’s maternal grandmother Michelle Monts, mother Kelli Patterson, Ahmir Parker, grandmother Sherry Patterson and little sister Makaylah Patterson. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Crimson Bears’ Ahmir Parker signs to play college soccer

JDHS striker will attend Division III Waldorf University.

The Taku River as seen Monday, May 19, 2025, from an Alaska Wildlife Troopers helicopter carrying U.S. Border Patrol agents during a patrol flight. (U.S. Border Patrol Blaine Sector photo)

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Border Patrol, state troopers take patrol flight over Taku River looking for drugs, other illegal activity

Troopers: “No enforcement action was taken”; Border Patrol: “We are just getting started.”

An Arctic tern sits at its nesting site at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Gwen Baluss)

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Arctic terns return to their protected nests in Juneau

The birds began their journey to Alaska in March to find safe haven at the Mendenhall Glacier.

Rep. Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage, speaks to the Alaska House of Representatives on Friday, April 25, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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At adjournment, Alaska Legislature leaves elections overhaul, campaign finance bills undone

House Bill 16 and Senate Bill 64 could be part of a wave of big legislation that passes…

Juneau Assembly members discuss a proposed increase in the mill rate for the fiscal year starting July 1 during a meeting of the Assembly’s Finance Committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Increasing mill rate to 10.24, rather than 10.19 in earlier versions of city’s budget, gets OK from Assembly

Extra costs in budget, loss of federal funds cited for higher increase from current rate of 10.04 mills.

Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, prepares to open the Alaska Senate’s floor session on Friday, May 2, 2025. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Senate President Gary Stevens to retire; House Rep. Louise Stutes announces run for seat

At least one other member of Senate’s bipartisan majority is expected to not seek reelection in 2026.

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears softball team seniors will be honored at 3 p.m. Saturday on the Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park field with a game against Sitka to follow. Shown are seniors, left-to-right, Tatum Billings, Bryanna Eakes, Taiya Bentz, Kayla Peter and Jadela Saetern. Not pictured is Ella Schmidt. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Crimson Bears to honor softball seniors Saturday

JDHS hosts non-conference Sitka for final home games.