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Recogntions for the week of July 24

Awards and honors.

  • Jul 24, 2022
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Coming Out: In praise of open windows

Listen:

  • Jul 22, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
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To say that our community and culture is riddled with political and social potholes is an understatement. (Unsplash / Matt Duncan)

Living & Growing: Driving safely on the road of life

May I invite all of us to slow down, especially when it comes to passing judgment…

  • Jul 21, 2022
  • By Tim Harrison
To say that our community and culture is riddled with political and social potholes is an understatement. (Unsplash / Matt Duncan)
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Recogntions for the week of July 17

Awards and honors.

  • Jul 17, 2022
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Thank yous for the week of July 10, 2022

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Jul 10, 2022
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Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Coming Out: In my seventieth year

Eyes undimmed, vigor unabated, ears unshot.

  • Jul 8, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)
Tari Stage-Harvey (Courtesy photo)

Living Growing: Working up pollen

Being reminded again of the power of community

  • Jul 7, 2022
  • Tari Stage-Harvey
Tari Stage-Harvey (Courtesy photo)
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Recognitions for the week of July 3

Juneau students earn academic honors.

  • Jul 3, 2022
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Thank you for the week of July 3

Thank you for making Celebration 2022 possible.

  • Jul 3, 2022
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Geoff Kirsch is an award-winning Juneau-based writer and humorist.

Slack Tide: My especially Alaskan life

It’s more than a lack of Trader Joe’s.

  • Jul 2, 2022
  • Geoff Kirsch For the Juneau Empire
Geoff Kirsch is an award-winning Juneau-based writer and humorist.
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Gimme a Smile: Cooking with the kids

There is a love triangle at my house, between parents, kids and food.

  • Jun 25, 2022
  • By Peggy McKee Barnhill
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Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Coming Out: It is Germane, Part 2

It was nothing like an epiphany. Instead, it was a slowly gathering storm.

  • Jun 24, 2022
  • By Jane Hale
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)
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Living Growing: Strive to enter

What was the mission of Christ here on earth?

  • Jun 23, 2022
  • By Joab Cano
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Thank you letter for the week of June 19

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

  • Jun 19, 2022
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Melissa McCormick, left, accepts a check from State Farm insurance agent Robin Lonas for the Find Your Fire nonprofit as part of a State Farm outreach program. (Courtesy photo / State Farm)

Insurance company donates $10,000 to local nonprofit

It was part of a program where 100 agents selected organizations to award grants to.

Melissa McCormick, left, accepts a check from State Farm insurance agent Robin Lonas for the Find Your Fire nonprofit as part of a State Farm outreach program. (Courtesy photo / State Farm)
Chief Ed Mercer presents Robert Partin an award for bravery during the Juneau Police Department’s annual award ceremony on June 9, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

Man talks receiving Citizen’s Award for Bravery

Snowy streets and foul weather could have been a recipe for disaster.

Chief Ed Mercer presents Robert Partin an award for bravery during the Juneau Police Department’s annual award ceremony on June 9, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)
Donna Leigh (Courtesy Photo)

Living & Growing: What does giving grace mean?

I’ve heard that word a lot over the past few years.

  • Jun 16, 2022
  • By Donna Leigh
Donna Leigh (Courtesy Photo)
Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

It Is Germane. Part 1

What does my recent sojourn in Florida have to do with my coming out? Reader, it is germane.

Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)
If warm weather and blue skies aren't enough to tell it's summer in Juneau, Slack Tide offers up 36 other sure signs of the season. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Slack Tide: 36 Signs Summer is Back in Juneau

The return of whales, salmon and tourists… and, of course, closeout deals on steer manure.

If warm weather and blue skies aren't enough to tell it's summer in Juneau, Slack Tide offers up 36 other sure signs of the season. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Tari Stage-Harvey (Courtesy photo)

Living & Growing: Healing and a hand to hold

“You know the thing you need most of all? You need a hand to hold.”

  • Jun 10, 2022
  • By Tari Stage-Harvey
Tari Stage-Harvey (Courtesy photo)