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The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)

Forest Service fishing for student art of fish in Alaska

How good are your fish drawing skills?

The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)
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Gimme a Smile: Put a Sweater On

Adapt and survive, but don’t touch the thermostat.

  • Dec 29, 2019
  • By Peggy McKee Barnhill For the Juneau Empire
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Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings

Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings

Life itself is single handedly the most uncontrollable force out there.

  • Dec 29, 2019
  • By Kristina Abbott
Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings
Player of the Week: Jahrease Mays

Player of the Week: Jahrease Mays

He’s a three-time state placer.

Player of the Week: Jahrease Mays
Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

NAMI to hold free mental health education and wellness program

Signups for the classes end in late January

Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Remaining Pederson Hill lots for sale over the counter
Remaining Pederson Hill lots for sale over the counter
Cody Eyre, 20, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Fairbanks during a mental health crisis on Dec. 24, 2017. (Samantha Eyre-Harrison | Courtesy Photo)
Cody Eyre, 20, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Fairbanks during a mental health crisis on Dec. 24, 2017. (Samantha Eyre-Harrison | Courtesy Photo)
Don’t drink and drive on New Year’s Eve, ride safe for free
Don’t drink and drive on New Year’s Eve, ride safe for free
Rookies swing away at AK Beatdown 35
Rookies swing away at AK Beatdown 35
AK Beatdown returns after an eight-month hiatus
AK Beatdown returns after an eight-month hiatus
Landfill accepting Christmas trees for free this month

Landfill accepting Christmas trees for free this month

Finally, a place to divest yourself of that rotting tree-corpse!

Landfill accepting Christmas trees for free this month
A loaded tots from Nano’s Kitchen at Louie’s Douglas Inn, Dec. 23, 2019. (Robert Monteith | Juneau Empire)
A loaded tots from Nano’s Kitchen at Louie’s Douglas Inn, Dec. 23, 2019. (Robert Monteith | Juneau Empire)
Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?

Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?

Who says money doesn’t grow on trees?

Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
Falcons head south for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience

Falcons head south for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience

They’ll need suntan where they’re going.

Falcons head south for ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ experience
GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark

GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark

She’s still undecided about how she would vote when the trial takes place.

GOP senator ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark
The National Weather Service issued a gale warning for the waters around Juneau and most of the Inside Passage, Dec. 26, 2019. (Screenshot | National Weather Service)
The National Weather Service issued a gale warning for the waters around Juneau and most of the Inside Passage, Dec. 26, 2019. (Screenshot | National Weather Service)
JPD seeking information on Sportsman’s shoplifter
JPD seeking information on Sportsman’s shoplifter
In this file photo from June 25, 2019, Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Final impact statement for Pebble Mine delayed for three months

Army Corps of Engineers says it will take the time to review public comments.

In this file photo from June 25, 2019, Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Another decade down

Another decade down

Here’s to the next 10.

Another decade down
Russ Hazlett (left), a commercial fishing vessel inspector for Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, performs a CFV safety exam in Kotzebue, Alaska, July 10, 2019. (Courtesy photo | U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard pulls out stops in yearlong facilities inspection mission

The state has more than 380 bulk oil facilities to certify, almost all of them remote.

Russ Hazlett (left), a commercial fishing vessel inspector for Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, performs a CFV safety exam in Kotzebue, Alaska, July 10, 2019. (Courtesy photo | U.S. Coast Guard)