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Wearable Art Extravaganza returns to Juneau

The 24th annual Juneau Arts & Humanities Council event drew a crowd of nearly 1,000.

Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Feb. 16 – 22

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Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Feb. 16 – 22

Visit Juneau Arts and Humanities Council at JAHC.org for more details on this week’s happenings.

Weekly events guide: Juneau community calendar for Feb. 9 – 15

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Juneau Community Calendar

Weekly events guide: Feb. 9 – 15

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Juneau protestors urge lawmakers to defund Homeland Security after Minneapolis killings

Hundreds gathered hours before congressional delegation voted on whether to extend ICE funding.

Guests ride the Porcupine chairlift at Eaglecrest Ski Area. (Eaglecrest Ski Area photo)

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Eaglecrest opens Westside, offers $7 lift tickets Saturday

After a rocky start to the season, the ski area is celebrating its 50th birthday.

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a smile: My roommate’s name is Siri

She hasn’t brought a lot of stuff into the house, and she takes up very little space.

Cold water dipping is a centuries old stress reduction technique still practiced today. (Photo by Raven Hotch)

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Recipes for stress reduction rooted in Indigenous knowledge

We must choose to live intentionally and learn to commit to our wellbeing.

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a Smile: Top ten most terrifying Halloween costumes

These last-minute costumes can likely be found throughout your home.

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)
Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a smile: _______ is good for you

We all have different ways to fill in the blank for what is good for you

Brent Merten (courtesy photo) [USE THIS ONE HE DOESNT LIKE OTHER ONE]

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Living and Growing: Touch grass … and people, too

We all need to step back from the virtual world and its endless echo chambers

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Adam Bauer of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Bahá’í of Juneau.

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Living and Growing: The paradox of freedom

Religion teaches that spiritual freedom is found not in the rejection of all limits, but in choosing the…

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Death Notice: Stanley Walter Butts

Stanley Walter Butts, eldest son of Moni and Walt Butts, died at home on July 31, 2025, in…

A photograph of Our Lady of Medjugorje by the Italian artist Carmelo Puzzolo. The original painting hangs in St. Pope John Paul II Hall in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Photo by Gina Del Rosario)

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Living and Growing: Medjugorje

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the King of kings, the Creator of this universe, entrusted Himself to…

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Alexander Dolitsky participates in a traditional Jewish blessing, in which two leather boxes (tefillins) are secured around a person’s head and arm, at Hearthside Books in the Merchant Wharf Mall in downtown Juneau, August 2025.

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From whispers in Kiev to shofar blasts in Juneau

Certainly, one would not refuse an offer of such a sincere blessing

Fred LaPlante is the pastor at Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy photo)

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Living and Growing: What’s coloring your view?

The world around me hadn’t changed — only my vision had

Peggy McKee Barnhill (Courtesy photo)

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Gimme a smile: Where did they go?

If I was a successful minimizer, I would donate all the second-rate mugs to a Mug Rescue Society

Ingredients for stuff zucchini boats are prepped. (Photo by Patty Schied)

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Cooking for Pleasure: Overflowing with flavor

Use unwanted zucchini with versatile stuffed baked zucchini boats

A pink peony blooms in Chris Urata’s garden on Saturday, July 5, 2025. (Ellie Ruel / Juneau Empire)

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Master Gardeners Tour showcases excellence in landscaping

Annual fundraising event features gardens on 11 properties

Juneau Ati-Atihan marches towards downtown Juneau in the 2025 Fourth of July Parade. The group was named best of parade. (Natalie Buttner / Juneau Empire)

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Independence Day parade soars through downtown

Candy took flight at this year’s downtown Juneau parade, ‘Juneau’s Winged Heroes’

HESCO barriers wind through the forest near Thunder Mountain Middle School on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Neighbors come together in preparation for seasonal glacial lake outburst flood

Flood victims plan for worst-case scenario, seek update on long-term flood mitigation