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Alaska Native Sisterhood President Kevin Allen, left, escorts Keynote speaker Joaqlin Estus to the podium during the Elizabeth Peratrovich Day Celebration at the University of Alaska Southeast on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Haa daat has nák, haa léelk‘u hás: Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebration honors lesser-known figures

Elizabeth Peratrovich’s most famous quote is by now the stuff of legend. Speaking before the territorial government of…

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City considering having YMCA run Juneau’s pools

The YMCA might be coming to Juneau. Max Mertz, chair the Aquatics Board, spoke at the Juneau Chamber…

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Hoonah man arraigned for selling thousands of opioid pain pills

A Hoonah man is facing charges of trafficking thousands of opioid pain pills throughout Alaska and beyond. Nickolas…

Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, right, speaks alongside Marc Luiken, Commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities during a breakout session on Alaska Marine Highway System Reform at Southeast Conference at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Backers of ferry reform seek backing from Alaska Legislature

The movement to reform the Alaska Marine Highway System is reaching a critical point as proponents meet with…

Capital City Fire/Rescue firemen pack up fire hoses after responding to a house fire at 4513 Kanata Street on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Neighbors band together to stop dryer fire

Dawn Houston was watching a movie about wildfires, “Only the Brave,” around noon Wednesday when a fire broke…

In this June 2016 photo, David R. Boxley gives an acceptance speech for winning “Best of Show” in the Northwest Coast Juried Art Show during the awards ceremony in the Walter Soboleff Building’s clan house. (Lisa Phu | Juneau Empire File)

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Initiative looks to promote Native art, make it economic driver for Southeast

Watching the Winter Olympics this past week, Sealaska Heritage Institute Senior Research Fellow Rick Harris saw something that…

Joshua Kindred, environmental counsel for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, speaks at the Southeast Conference&

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Stand for Salmon initiative bad for business, says Southeast Conference

Southeast Conference speakers on Tuesday took a stance against the “Stand for Salmon” initiative, a proposed change to…

Devany Plentovich, a program manager for the Alaska Energy Authority, speaks at the Southeast Conference&

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Could biomass be the future of energy in Juneau?

Businesses and homes in Alaska are looking to find more efficient ways to heat their buildings, and multiple…

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New finds at Greens Creek promise to extend mine’s life

Exploration work at Greens Creek Mine has yielded results that could extend the mine’s life, it announced this…

The Kensington Mine in 2007. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Mining Subcommittee welcomes public comment on possible ordinance changes

The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly Mining Subcommittee has not taken public comment at its meetings to…

Recommendations for areas to include in Juneau’s borough annexation application. The CBJ Assembly agreed to include areas A, B, C (the area above the dotted line) and D in its application, but removed Funter Bay, in area D, from its application. (Courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)

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City will not annex Funter Bay

The City and Borough of Juneau will not be annexing Funter Bay. During a lengthy voting process Monday…

Steve Behnke, the chair of the Juneau Commission on Sustainability’s Energy Committee, speaks to the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly Committee of the Whole on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The committee voted to forward the Renewable Energy Strategy to the full Assembly, and the Assembly unanimously approved the adoption of the plan on Monday. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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City sets goal to be 80 percent renewable by 2045

On Monday night, city officials officially set a goal for Juneau to rely on 80 percent renewable energy…

Dee Longenbaugh at her desk at her bookshop, The Observatory, in Juneau, Alaska, on July 29, 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Longtime business owner, community figure dies at 84

Longtime Juneau business owner and community figure Iris D. “Dee” Longenbaugh died at her Juneau home this past…

Debrah Clements, with her 19-month-old daughter, Ezmae, talks about the airport shopping district at their shop, Martha’s Flowers, in the Airport Shopping Center on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Businesses near airport band together

Small signs have begun popping up in the windows of businesses near the Juneau International Airport: “Proud member…

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Red Cross Southeast moves office

The Southeast office of the American Red Cross will move to a new location by the end of…

Members of the Southeast regional MathCounts winning team from Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School. From left: coach Mary Borthwick, Marina Lloyd, Krishna Bathija, Addy Mallott and Edward Hu. The top two individual performers from Saturday’s contest outside of those four, Floyd Dryden’s Elizabeth Djajalie and Montessori Borealis’s Alex Yu, will make up a six-person team heading to a March state competition in Anchorage. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

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Students make it count at MathCounts

How many integers between 100 and 1000 contain no digits other than 3, 4 or 5? It’s a…

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Southeast Conference summit looks to lay out solutions to economic issues

More than 40 speakers will take a look at the future of the region’s economy at the Southeast…

Mayo Schmidt, President and CEO of Hydro One Limited, left, listens to Dennis Vermillion, Senior Vice President of Avista Corp. and President of Avista Utilities, during a public meeting with leadership from AEL&P, Avista and Hydro One at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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RCA will address public questions, but not about Snettisham hydroelectric project

Juneau residents have filed an unusually high amount of public comments about the proposed purchase of the city’s…

Mayo Schmidt, President and CEO of Hydro One Limited, center, gives an overview of the Ontario-based electric utility as Scott Morris, Avista Chairman, President and CEO, left, and Dennis Vermillion, Senior Vice President of Avista Corp. and President of Avista Utilities, listen during a public meeting with leadership from Hydro One, Avista and AEL&P at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Multiple organizations request new public comment period after lengthy Hydro One statement

This Monday night, Hydro One and Avista Corp. issued a joint reply to the dozens of comments that…

Annika Schwartz, left, Jinyue Trowsil, center, and Clara Don, all eighth grade students at Montessori Borealis, react with smiles after winning the Juneau School District final in the Battle of the Books at Floyd Dryden Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Battle of the Books team repeats as middle school champs

A dozen books, hundreds of pages and months of reading all led to Thursday afternoon for a group…