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I Went to the Woods: Kicking and drooling

She’s fine for about ten minutes. It’s a challenge so she’s game. She props herself up on her…

Nuns wait for a seating area to be opened before a recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis’ health at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, on Monday night, Feb. 24, 2025. (James Hill/The New York Times)

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Living and Growing: Let us journey together in hope

Friends, we are a little over a week away from the beginning of the season of Lent, the…

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska, address a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: The evidence free impressions of Rep. Nick Begich

The one thing we can count on from Rep. Nick Begich III is he’ll be a loyal cheerleader…

A spawning chum salmon looks to return to the waters of Salmon Creek on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Put our local crews back to work restoring salmon streams

The ongoing federal funding freeze is having an immediate negative impact on my organization and 26 people in…

A research plot at Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research site maintained by scientists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology. (Photo by Grant Falvo)

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Alaska Science Forum: Northern soil microbes staying up all winter

We can’t see them, but there are more microbes — tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivers his State of the State speech at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, with Senate President Gary Stevens, at left, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, at right, in the background. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: There’s a right way and a wrong way — guess which the governor is choosing

There’s been much talk in the Alaska State Capitol about the United States being “a republic, not a…

This boreal owl has captured a vole. (Photo by Linda Shaw)

Sports

On the Trails: Three small owls

We have three small owls that share a lot of characteristics. They are the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)…

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sophomore Jed Davis officiates a match as sophomore Jaxin Jim, senior Colton Cummins and freshman Carson Cummins coach elementary school age wrestlers. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Pure Sole: I could have been a wrestler

I could have been a wrestler.

Fresh rainwater sits on top of the ice at Auke Lake. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Gimme A Smile: Looking for spring in all the wrong places

Is it spring yet? Is it spring yet? We’re through Valentine’s Day, so spring is next, right?

Tari Stage-Harvey is the pastor of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Photo courtesy of Tari Stage-Harvey)

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Living and Growing: Seeing is believing

Christians are nearing the time of Lent, 40 days of repentance and fasting, before the celebration of Easter.…

President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine depart after a joint news conference during the annual Group of 7 summit, in Savelletri, Italy, June 13, 2024. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

Opinion

Opinion: Supporting Ukraine should have started with defending democracy at home

President Donald Trump just issued a new challenge to congressional Republicans who have steadfastly stood behind Ukraine in…

Researchers and crew members pose beside the University of Alaska Fairbanks research ship Sikuliaq in Dutch Harbor during a 2023 cruise to the Bering Sea to learn more about the Bering Land Bridge. (Photo by JR Ancheta)

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Alaska Science Forum: Bering Land Bridge wasn’t such a dry place

Poking holes in the sea floor that used to be part of the Bering Land Bridge, researchers have…

Ephraim Froelich, a Juneau resident, testifies in support of House Bill 69 on Jan. 29, 2025. His son, who attends first grade in the Juneau School District, sits beside him. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Alaskans need to choose between unchecked school funding or improved student achievement

The calls for boosting education funding by increasing Alaska’s Base Student Allocation (BSA), while mostly well-intentioned, frequently miss…

Little beetles crawl over a skunk cabbage inflorescence. (Photo by Mary F. Willson)

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On The Trails: Beetle-mania

By Mary F. Willson

Adam Bauer of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’ís of Juneau. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Gathering to share ‘Faith in the Future’

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

The brands you wear don’t always say a lot about your political stance and moral compass. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: Passive activism

I almost didn’t watch the Super Bowl because I was tired of the Chiefs, indifferent toward the Eagles…

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 24, 2025. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

Opinion

Opinion: The mirror’s reflection Trump and Vance can’t see

While speaking with reporters on Tuesday after a meeting with the King of Jordan, President Donald Trump tried…

This painting, “Abandonment of the Whalers in The Arctic Ocean September 1871,” depicts the New England whaling ships trapped in pack ice off northern Alaska. Wainwright Inlet is in the background. (Photo courtesy Ted and Ellie Congdon, Huntington Library)

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Alaska Science Forum: When the Civil War came to Alaska

About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were…

Viewed from a certain angle, a lake on Heintzleman ridge appears to be in a Valentine’s Day mood. (Klas Stolpe)

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Pure Sole: A first love

An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman…

The author in one of his favorite pastimes — sitting in the mountains. (Photo courtesy Becky Bohrer)

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Pure Sole: My Mudrooms

A friend of mine from the Haa Yaitx’u Saiani’s Kin Support Program asked me to speak at the…