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JDHS’ Mila Hargrave (24) sinks a shot during a game against TMHS on March 5, 2022. JDHS would go on to win the match. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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‘We certainly got better as the season went on’: JDHS coach reflects on the completed season

Only three teams bested the Crimson Bears this season.

This pre-COVID-19 photo shows Amy Rautiainen the 2022 Alaska Arts Education Consortium’s 2022 Arts Leader Champion of Arts in Education. (Courtesy Photo)

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Artful Teaching coordinator earns award for championing arts in education

Amy Rautiainen is the 2022 Alaska Arts Education Consortium’s 2022 Arts Leader Champion of Arts in Education, the…

Pharmacist Sandra Baker with the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium shows the safe where opioid medications are kept for Front Street Clinic's newly opened medically-assisted treatment program on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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New medically assisted treatment clinic opens

Harm reduction.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Daniel, an aviation maintenance technician at Air Station Sitka, observes an oil sheen surrounding the Western Mariner, an 83-foot inspected tug, in Neva Strait March, 21, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Wereda)

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Recovery efforts for grounded tug near Sitka continue

Nearly a thousand gallons of diesel have been recovered from the ruptured tank.

Dozens of Ukranian dumplings, called varenyky, sit after being prepared for a benefit dinner and silent auction to benefit children in war-torn Ukraine on Friday, March 25, 2022. (Courtesy photo / Olena Zubya)

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Charity dinner and auction to benefit Ukraine

Much ado about dumplings.

Lance Fenumiai, Juneau local and rugby player for St. Vincent College and recently named All-American by National Collegiate Rugby, pauses during a game against Wheeling University. (Terry Hancock / Wheeling University)

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Juneau man named All-American college rugby player

He was also the first player from his school invited to a national college rugby event.

National Guardsmen Sgt. Andrew Hunt and Sgt. Jason Williams, survey team members for the 103rd Civil Support Team, suit up as they prepare to investigate a simulated hazardous material situation in an exercise with Juneau’s emergency organizations on march 22, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Suiting up: Juneau agencies practice hazmat ops with National Guard, FBI

Planning for the exercise began early last year.

This Friday, March 18 photo shows an Air Force C-17 at Juneau International Airport as it ferried gear to Juneau for a hazardous materials exercise with the city and other organizations. (David Rigas / Juneau Empire)

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City and military hold hazardous material exercise

The exercise will test the city’s response to a hazmat emergency.

Capital City Fire/Rescue personnel participate in the rescue of a capsized kayaker near Don D. Statter Harbor on March 21, 2022. (Courtesy photo / CCFR)

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CCFR rescues kayaker near Auke Bay

The kayaker was in the water for more than 20 minutes, firefighters said.

An arch at the State Library, Archives and Museum was vandalized late last week, leaving it lopsided. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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State museum art installation vandalized

The state will repair the arch, but it will take some time.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sophomore Alwen Carrillo calls out to his teammates during a game earlier this season. The Crimson Bears on Wednesday will take on top-seeded Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School to open the state tournament. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File) Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé sophomore Alwen Carrillo calls out to his teammates during a game earlier this season. The Crimson Bears on Wednesday will take on top-seeded Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School to open the state tournament. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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JDHS boys ready for state tournament

They’re shipping off to Anchorage.

An improvised heating device sparked a February fire in a vehicle near Donna’s, totally destroying the vehicle. (Courtesy photo / Capital City Fire/Rescue)

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Fire marshal: Homemade heating device sparked February car fire

No one was injured, but the vehicle was immolated.

A former Army Special Forces medic is raising money to go to Ukraine and set up a triage station there for casualties of the Russian invasion. (Courtesy photo / Brent Kunzler)

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Skagway man prepares to head to Ukraine to provide medical aid

He’s raising money to set up an aid station inside the Ukrainian border.

The winners of the Juneau Economic Development Corporation’s Innovation Summit pitch contest Jay Byam, left, and Jack Finnegan, were announced Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Centennial Hall. Byam’s Anchorage company Kartorium makes 3D models for industrial products and Finnegan’s Ketchikan-based Fishability Alaska has designs for a charter fishing boat that’s universally accessable for people with disabilities. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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3D modeling and disabled-access boats take prizes at JEDC pitch contest

Entrepreneurial Alaskans.

Alaska Seaplanes co-owner Kent Craford, center right, shakes hands with Gary Stears, a principle maintenance inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration as Seaplanes joins the FAA’s Safety Management System program in a ceremony at Juneau International Airport on March 15, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Alaska Seaplanes joins new safety program

Acceptance to the FAA program has been a long time coming.

U.S. Forest Service engineer Harvey Hegett, left, explains details of the planned expansion of the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center at an open house at the center on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Residents bring open minds, questions to Forest Service open house

Public comment is open.

The Assembly of the City and Borough of Juneau passed an amendment allowing for the possibility of a fifth cruise ship pier in the city’s Long Range Waterfront Plan on March 15, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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City OKs ordinance allowing for fifth pier in long-term plan

It’s not that it will be built, but that it can be built under the plan.

The Alaska Medical Examiner identified a body found Thursday as a man missing from Juneau since late October 2021. (Courtesy photo / Juneau Police Department)

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Body found Thursday ID’d as missing man

The state medical examiner is still investigating the cause of death.

A student stands in front of building supplies and a temporary structure as a new secondary school goes up with help from a Juneau woman who used to live in the village in Togo. (Courtesy photo / Mary McEwen)

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Local woman raises thousands for school construction in Togo

Right time, right place, right contacts to help out.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police investigate unidentified body

Authorities are investigating an unidentified body found Thursday afternoon.