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Get ready for a busy Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month

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Get ready for a busy Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month

November is Native American and Alaska Native Month, and there’s no shortage of local events commemorating it.

Thanksgiving donation season set to begin this weekend for homeless shelter

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Thanksgiving donation season set to begin this weekend for homeless shelter

The shelter aims to feed more than 150 families for the holiday.

Dentists buying candy for good cause

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Dentists buying candy for good cause

Two offices in town are donating Halloween candy.

Parents, grandparents and friends have fun photographing their young ones on Seward Street for Halloween on Monday, October 31, 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Events planned across town before trick-or-treating

Halloween parties are happening from the Valley to downtown.

Personnel from Chesed Shel Emes Emergency Services and Recovery Unit gather near the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. Robert Bowers, the suspect in the mass shooting at the synagogue, expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Local synagogue to honor Pittsburgh victims

Everybody is welcome at the service.

Nathan Gaudreault, left, and Tyler Gress work their way up The Rock Dump’s climbing walls on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2008. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Rock Dump prepares for creepy climbing on Halloween

Two nights this week, you can celebrate Halloween by climbing for candy.

A Juneau taxicab is pictured in February 2017. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire File)

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Free cab rides available Saturday night

This Halloween weekend, there’s reason for celebration but no reason to drive drunk. Those who are looking to…

A view of the Princess Sophia’s port side, The ship, which was bound for Seattle, struck Vanderbilt Reef because of a confluence of conditions, including a late train and poor visibility. The ship sunk Oct. 25 1918. (Alaska State Library-Historical Collections, ASL-P87-1699)

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Events commemorate Sophia’s centennial

Three major events are taking place Thursday.

Free skate brings costumes to the rink

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Free skate brings costumes to the rink

The forecast for Halloween weekend is a little icy for some.

Off to College event offered at UAS

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Off to College event offered at UAS

It’s a crash course for setting a course for college.

Halloween happenings

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Halloween happenings

Here’s a rundown of Halloween happenings for the holiday weekend and the big day itself.

In this 2008 file photo, Nathan Gaudreault, left, and Tyler Gress work their way up The Rock Dump’s climbing walls. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Rock Dump fundraises with movie today

The Rock Dump Climbing Gym will screen adventure movie “The Dawn Wall” at Goldtown Nickelodeon today and tomorrow…

In this Empire file photo from 2012, Laurent Dick photographs the Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge. A professor who studies coastal zone management will give a talk today at the University of Alaska Southeast. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Visiting professor to talk education innovation at UAS lecture

Sean Anderson, Ph.D., thinks universities should be doing business differently.

Alaska Day open house at State Library, Archives and Museum

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Alaska Day open house at State Library, Archives and Museum

Alaska Day means an open house at the State Archives, Library and Museum and an all-Alaskan literary gathering…

Michele Martin’s Godzilla takes command of South Franklin Street, at least for a moment, during the Downtown Business Association’s Halloween Trick-or-Treating on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Downtown trick-or-treating projects to be biggest ever

This year’s Halloween will be the biggest ever for downtown Juneau’s business district, as 71 businesses will be…

Open mic series begins Wednesday

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Open mic series begins Wednesday

An eight-week open mic and art series is beginning Wednesday at the Rookery downtown.

Marie Drake Planetarium volunteer Clark Branch uses a laser pointer to circle the North Star during a monthly talk on the night sky on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Marie Drake Planetarium hosts event about the Big Dipper

The Big Dipper is on Alaska’s state flag and in Alaska’s state song, but if you don’t know…

A beaver enjoys breakfast near the Mendenhall Glacier in late June 2017. (Courtesy Photo | Linda Shaw)

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Talk gives insight into beaver activity

A free presentation this week gives a look into the busy world of beavers, and sheds light on…

Woosh Kinaadeiyí Poetry Slam’s eighth annual Grand Slam is Saturday evening. Past slam winners will compete for the Grand Slam title. (Matthias Wagner | Unsplash)

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Woosh Kinaadeiyí to hold eighth annual Grand Slam Saturday

C’mon and slam.

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The blob talk comes to Juneau

Sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean have been unusually warm from the West Coast to as far…