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Steelheading with a baby is no excuse for getting shut out. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: It’s not fishing, its neuroscience

The payoff was coming.

Freshwater bryozoans in Auke Lake make gelatinous round colonies. (Photo by KM Hocker)

Sports

On The Trails: Bryozoa

Sometime in April, a friend alerted me to some odd ball-shaped structures attached to a spruce log in…

Jennifer Moses is a student rabbi at Congregation Sukkat Shalom. (Photo provided by Jennifer Moses)

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Living and Growing: How we live our lives and pass on our values to our children

When my mother was dying of the breast cancer that had spread to her brain, she lost functionality…

Golden-crowned sparrows come through town on their way to alpine nesting areas. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On The Trails: Spring arrives

Spring is happening, very slowly but surely. Purple mountain saxifrage has been blooming, salmonberry flowers appear, yellow violets…

Decluttering starts with making room on a desk for a list. (Winnie Au/The New York Times)

Neighbors

Gimme A Smile: Declutter like a boss

I’m trying to declutter.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Living and Growing: It is all about the resurrection

This past weekend Christians celebrated the resurrection of Jesus. His resurrection from the dead is the hinge pin…

It’s tough to beat a campfire after a day of steelhead fishing. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: No need to go pro

The coolness with which I lunged for the fish, missed, gathered myself, swept the rod back, lunged again…

A male belted kingfisher perches to inspect the water below. (Photo by Jos Bakker)

Sports

On The Trails: Kingfishers

Kingfishers have captured the fancy of people for centuries. In Greek mythology, the gods caused a man to…

The steamboat Yukon travels the Yukon River. (Public domain photo)

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Alaska Science Forum: An early ascent of the Yukon River

Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory…

A rainbow spans the University of Alaska Southeast campus in September of 2024. (University of Alaska Southeast photo)

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Sustainable Alaska: Reading relations

For the program’s 14th iteration, UAS’s One Campus, One Book committee selected Max Libioron’s challenging “Pollution is Colonialism.”…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) walks out of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 20, 2025. Murkowski, who has routinely broken with her party to criticize President Donald Trump, has made a startling admission about the reality of serving in public office at a time when an unbound leader in the Oval Office is bent on retribution against his political foes. (Haiyun Jiang / The New York Times)

Opinion

Opinion: Stand with Murkowski

On Monday at a summit for the Foraker Group’s leadership, Sen. Lisa Murkowski was asked, “What do you…

(Photo provided by Gina Del Rosario)

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Living and Growing: Holy Week

Filipinos are known all over the world for their strong faith in God and for their deep love…

A queen bumblebee visits a blueberry flower. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On The Trails: Spring flowers and their pollinators

Spring flowers have co-evolved with insect pollinators for a long time. The flowers require pollen delivery to set…

The downtown Juneau cruise ship dock on a clear March day. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Living and Growing: Seeking joy during times of great uncertainty

“This is the greatest act of power I have come to know: To be an activist of joy;…

A male red-winged blackbird shows off his colors in a good display. (Photo by Gina Vose)

Sports

On the Trails: Springtime

The last part of March seemed to pass slowly, at least for those of use impatient for spring.…

Sabrina Donnellan and her family attend a community luncheon for federal employees at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Choose empathy during these difficult times

“It is your concern when your neighbor’s wall is on fire.” — Horace

Basketball official Fred Angerman Jr speaks in a Region V Tournament pregame captains meeting in 2008. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

Pure Sole: Fast Freddy

There are two sounds I can never seem to forget.

Multiple vehicles line up at the entrance of Waste Management’s Capitol Disposal Landfill in Lemon Creek on Jan. 30, 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: CBJ budget challenges mount

Borough budget challenges just got bigger — and messier

A pseudoscorpion contemplates a red mite for lunch. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

Sports

On The Trails: Pseudoscorpions

Just before the spring equinox, a friend and I went out on the Fish Creek Trail one morning…

The author prefers gambling on new shrimp sports more than putting money into a casino or betting on sports. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: Money Madness

I doubled our money.