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The author holds her mother’s hand two hours before she died. (Photo by Gabriella Hebert)

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Living and Growing: Spiritual care at end of life

My favorite Gold Creek trail was damaged in one of the 2024 storms that swept through Juneau and…

A climbing goby known as ‘o’opu ‘alamo’o, or Hawaiian freshwater goby. (Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources photo)

Sports

On the Trails: Fish locomotion

There are about 28,000 species of bony fishes — the largest taxonomic group of vertebrates — and they…

A red squirrel pauses on a tree on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Sports

Alaska Science Forum: The secret life of red squirrels

Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years.

One of countless classic combinations possible with Thanksgiving leftovers. (Stu Spivack / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Neighbors

Gimme A Smile: Please, take home some leftovers

The holiday season is upon us! Over the next few months, we will be guests at any number…

Dan Allard (right), a flood fighting expert for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, explains how Hesco barriers function at a table where miniature replicas of the three-foot square and four-foot high barriers are displayed during an open house Nov. 14 at Thunder Mountain Middle School to discuss flood prevention options in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Our comfort with spectacle became a crisis

If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two…

The author is moving down the Perseverance Trail this Thanksgiving. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

Pure Sole: Thankful

What am I thankful for?

Jacqueline F. Tupou is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Juneau. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: A life hack for holiday happiness

Do you wish you were more happy? Do you see others experiencing joy and happiness and wonder how…

A Banff Snail (Physella johnsoni), about 3.5 millimeters in size, in a hot spring pool. (Paul M.K. Gordon / CC BY-SA 2.5)

Sports

On the Trails: Hot spring snails

From a visitor from England who visited Calgary on the way to Juneau, I learned about the Banff…

The delicacy of the Little Norway Pickled Herring Contest in Petersburg. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

Pure Sole: Vote pickled with me!

I am voting pickled!

The site of the now-closed Tulsequah Chief mine. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Maybe the news is ‘No new news’ on Canada’s plans for Tulsequah Chief mine cleanup

In 2015, the British Columbia government committed to ending Tulsequah Chief’s pollution of the Taku. It has been…

(Photo provided by Adam Bauer)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Spiritual foundations for mental health — a Bahá’í perspective

I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the…

The author's wife sets and checks game cameras as a way of continuing outdoor adventure with a baby at home. (Photo provided by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: Appreciating the mini-adventure

With my left hand managing the 297 soft cover pages, I read.

People living in areas affected by flooding from Suicide Basin pick up free sandbags on Oct. 20 at Thunder Mountain Middle School. (City and Borough of Juneau photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Mired in bureaucracy, CBJ long-term flood fix advances at glacial pace

During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take…

The mango. The fruit of champions and of those that struggle with fruit. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

Pure Sole: The mango

I knew I had to jump on the bandwagon right from the start.

Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)

Opinion

My Turn: Proud to be ‘woke’

Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…

A male hooded merganser shows off his flashy plumage. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On the Trails: Critter watching in fall

I like living in a place where I can encounter wild critters in so many places and so…

President Donald Trump and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy pose for a photo aboard Air Force One during a stopover at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage in 2019. (Sheila Craighead / White House photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy has the prerequisite incompetence to work for Trump

On Tuesday it appeared that Gov. Mike Dunleavy was going to be nominated to be the next Secretary…

Page Bridges of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Juneau. (Photo courtesy of Page Bridges)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: The healing power of art

I found this awesome quote about art from Googling:

Juneau Huskies senior Jayden Johnson (4) finds a hole to run through against the Colony Knights in Palmer this season. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire file photo)

Sports

Pure Sole: You can’t impress me, well, too much

Sometimes when awards come out, for any sport, they are based on athletic achievement and records and championships…

A Boquila trifoliolata in Parque Nacional Puyehue, Chile. (Tony Rebelo / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sports

On the Trails: Mimicry in animals and plants

Mimicry in animals is a common form of protection from predators. For instance, two distasteful or toxic butterflies…