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Larry Rorem.

Respect for diversity creates healing

As a society and community, we spend a lot of energy focusing on our differences. We have legitimate differences. But too often our differences become… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2017
  • By LARRY ROREM
Larry Rorem.

Four Southeast students earn Southeast Board of Realtors Memorial Scholarship

In September 2013 Larry Spencer, a longtime Juneau realtor and advocate for Southeast Alaska Realtor concerns, passed away. The Southeast Alaskan Board of Realtors wanted… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire
Tribal members carry the Raven Totem Pole to its site flanking the Huna Tribal House. (Mary Beth Moss | For the Capital City Weekly)

Two totem poles raised in front of Huna Ancestors’ House

Once again, the shoreline of Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park welcomed hundreds of tribal members and other visitors – this time to celebrate… Continue reading

Tribal members carry the Raven Totem Pole to its site flanking the Huna Tribal House. (Mary Beth Moss | For the Capital City Weekly)
Sitka longliner and troller Jeff Farvour pulls a halibut aboard. Farvour supplies Alaskan’s Own with sustainably-caught seafood each summer. Photo by Jeff Farvour.

Sustainable, high-quality seafood delivered to Southeast Alaska

The 2017 summer season marks the seventh anniversary of Sitka-based Alaskans Own (AO), a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) that delivers sustainably-harvested fish to seafood lovers… Continue reading

Sitka longliner and troller Jeff Farvour pulls a halibut aboard. Farvour supplies Alaskan’s Own with sustainably-caught seafood each summer. Photo by Jeff Farvour.
One of a pod of orcas hunting porpoise near Bear Creek. (Photo by Scott Spickler)

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska

Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading

One of a pod of orcas hunting porpoise near Bear Creek. (Photo by Scott Spickler)
Cora the dog descends into Haggard Creek on the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.(Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

Gear has come a long way in 20 years

When I walked this same path 20 years ago, I averaged six miles each day. After a few weeks in 2017 of hiking the path… Continue reading

Cora the dog descends into Haggard Creek on the path of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.(Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)
Signs of spring: asparagus and rhubarb. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)

It’s been a tough spring for gardening

I hope this isn’t your first gardening season here in Southeast. Our typical cold, wet season has gotten even shorter with an unusual string of… Continue reading

Signs of spring: asparagus and rhubarb. (Corinne Conlon | For the Juneau Empire)
The Muskeg Connection: A Petersburg summer

The Muskeg Connection: A Petersburg summer

Petersburg is home. I grew up here, left for college, and have been back for almost five years. The way life shifts each season is… Continue reading

The Muskeg Connection: A Petersburg summer

June First Friday listings

Scott & Donna Johnson & Mandi Canady Barnaby Brewing Company 206-1 N. Franklin Street Reception: 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. Scott and Donna Johnson and their… Continue reading

Juneau Dance Theater Spring Showcase: ‘A magical world’

Juneau Dance Theater Spring Showcase: ‘A magical world’

Over the May 26-27 weekend, the stage of the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium was transformed by an array of dancers into what some in the… Continue reading

Juneau Dance Theater Spring Showcase: ‘A magical world’
Three eager chicks of the American dipper, in their covered nest, let their parent know that they are very hungry. (Courtesy Photo | Mary Willson)

How do loud baby animals not get eaten by predators?

Four baby juncos, in a nest tucked under a drooping clump of grass, lie low and are very quiet. Only when their parents come with… Continue reading

Three eager chicks of the American dipper, in their covered nest, let their parent know that they are very hungry. (Courtesy Photo | Mary Willson)
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Planetarium to present on upcoming total solar eclipse

The Marie Drake Planetarium will present a talk on Tuesday, May 30, about the upcoming total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. This will be the… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2017
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Brothers poised to move to next phases of life

Matthew Staley (2012 Juneau-Douglas High School) recently graduated from Washington State University with a Master of Architecture. Matthew has been employed by BCRA Architects in… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2017

Food drive a success with JESS

Helping Hands volunteers would like to thank all the members of JESS for considering us and for the very successful food drive you had for… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2017
Members of the Shattuck & Grummett Insurance Personal Lines Team, left to right: Jocelyn Miles, Krysta Onstott, Thuy Nguyen; Kylie Wray, Erika Patch & Donna Shelton Receive the award for Premier Partner Award for Outstanding Performance from Progressive Insurance Company. Give us a call for a quote 789-2446. (Photo courtesy Shattuck and Grummet)

Shattuck & Grummet wins industry award

Members of the Shattuck & Grummett Insurance Personal Lines Team, from left, Jocelyn Miles, Krysta Onstott, Thuy Nguyen, Kylie Wray, Erika Patch, and Donna Shelton… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2017
Members of the Shattuck & Grummett Insurance Personal Lines Team, left to right: Jocelyn Miles, Krysta Onstott, Thuy Nguyen; Kylie Wray, Erika Patch & Donna Shelton Receive the award for Premier Partner Award for Outstanding Performance from Progressive Insurance Company. Give us a call for a quote 789-2446. (Photo courtesy Shattuck and Grummet)

Thank you for supporting the plant sale

The Friends of Jensen-Olson Arboretum thanks Terry Goff, manager of Juneau’s Safeway store, for allowing the use of a portion of their parking lot again… Continue reading

  • May 29, 2017
TMHS art students have winning year

TMHS art students have winning year

Veronica Salter has been honored for her National Jr. Duck Stamp painting earlier this year. In addition to Salter’s “Best of Show,” the following Thunder… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2017
  • By FOR THE JUNEAU EMPIRE
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Tips for high school graduates

High school graduation is one of those milestones that people remember for the rest of their lives, right up there with their first kiss or… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2017
  • By PEGGY MCKEE BARNHILL
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Seward and the Tsar: Alaska and Emancipation

Seward and the Tsar: Alaska and Emancipation

Join us at the Valley Library on Tuesday, June 6, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. for Mike Dunham’s free presentation: “Seward and the Tsar: Alaska and Emancipation.”… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2017
Seward and the Tsar: Alaska and Emancipation
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Recognizing limits

I felt mature for a moment. It has nothing to do with wandering around the house yelling about where my insoles, bunion protector, and bifocals… Continue reading

  • May 28, 2017
  • By TARI STAGE-HARVEY
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