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Mt. Juneau-Gastineaux Lodge No. 21 honors past masters

Mt. Juneau-Gastineaux Lodge No. 21 honors past masters

Mt. Juneau-Gastineaux Lodge No. 21 honored its Past Masters on October 30, 2018 with a special Lodge meeting and dinner. The Master of the Lodge… Continue reading

Mt. Juneau-Gastineaux Lodge No. 21 honors past masters
Slack Tide: Gut check

Slack Tide: Gut check

More and more lately, the youth of this community has expressed increasing interest in my gut.

Slack Tide: Gut check
A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau

Every act of kindness creates a ripple with no end. As we know, kindness comes in all shapes and sizes. Acts of kindness are the… Continue reading

A Year of Kindness: Thank you Juneau
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Floyd Dryden Middle School first semester honor roll

Floyd Dryden Middle School Honor Roll, Quarter 1, 2018-2019 ALL A HONOR ROLL 6th Grade: Hailee Bauer, Lucy Bennett, Mary Canapary, Bristol Casperson, Liana Gho,… Continue reading

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Living & Growing: Putting off falsehood and speaking truth truthfully

We live in a very diverse nation and world where exclusion and “otherizing” is an all too common reaction to people with whom we disagree,… Continue reading

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Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018

Thank you for ghost walk help Thank you to the community for making the annual Douglas Ghost Walk a success. It was well attended Saturday… Continue reading

Thank you letters for Nov. 4, 2018
The entrance to the festival decorated with colorful gourds, one wearing a hat on Oct. 21, 2018. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)

Bridget Abroad: Jack-o’-lanterns vs. Jacques-o’-lanterns

Spooky Season doesn’t really exist in France. At school, there is definitely no “Halloweek.” October doesn’t feel the same without skeletons and spiderwebs everywhere. On… Continue reading

The entrance to the festival decorated with colorful gourds, one wearing a hat on Oct. 21, 2018. (Bridget McTague | For the Juneau Empire)
Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School released their list of students who made the Honor Roll for 1st Semester. Asterisk denotes all A grades. 6th Grade Jack… Continue reading

Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School first semester honor roll students
Harborview Elementary School students load up on fruit at a free school breakfast on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)

Grant helps build program for low-income kids

The first-year program aims to get children involved in camps and activities.

Harborview Elementary School students load up on fruit at a free school breakfast on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire File)
Election Day Trick-or-Treat

Election Day Trick-or-Treat

Imagine what would happen if Election Day fell on Halloween.

Election Day Trick-or-Treat
Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat

Break out the glow-in-the-dark skeletons and giant inflatable Frankensteins rigged to undulate in time to the “Monster Mash” and don’t take them down until Christmas… Continue reading

Halloween is more than just an opportunity to play ‘Thriller’ on repeat
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Nick Begich scholarship fund applications open

Alaskans pursuing degrees and/or careers in education, government and public service are invited to apply for the Nick Begich Scholarship Intern Fund for the 2019-2020… Continue reading

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Thumbing our nose at death

Thumbing our nose at death

Halloween is our way of facing our fears head on.

Thumbing our nose at death
Jeff Baird of Anchorage has been appointed chief of staff for the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization announced Oct. 8. (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors recognitions for Oct. 14, 2018

• The Rasmuson Foundation has hired Jeff Baird to serve as its first chief of staff, the organization announced Oct. 8. The foundation, created in… Continue reading

Jeff Baird of Anchorage has been appointed chief of staff for the Rasmuson Foundation, the organization announced Oct. 8. (Courtesy photo)
Juneau Style

Juneau Style

Style doesn’t have to be complicated. Matt Weighman, a visitor from the UK, keeps it simple by wearing a woven grey Zara Man jacket over… Continue reading

Juneau Style
Bridget Abroad: Bonjour, France

Bridget Abroad: Bonjour, France

On the 10-hour nonstop flight from Seattle to Paris, it finally hit me — I’m on my way to France. No turning back now! When… Continue reading

Bridget Abroad: Bonjour, France
Confessions of a Chronic Disambiguator

Confessions of a Chronic Disambiguator

My least favorite activity is whatever I’m supposed to be doing at any given moment.

Confessions of a Chronic Disambiguator
RiteCare Alaska to host Zero-K ‘No-Run’

RiteCare Alaska to host Zero-K ‘No-Run’

RiteCare Alaska will host a “Zero K” event Oct. 13 at the Hangar Ballroom. The “Zero K” looks to capture the community spirit of a… Continue reading

RiteCare Alaska to host Zero-K ‘No-Run’

JDHS graduate Klein named to dean’s list

Nathan Klein has been named to the 2018 spring semester Dean’s List at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Nathan is a 2015 JDHS… Continue reading

Thank you to Douglas Dornan and the Juneau Community Foundation

The Southeast Regional Resource Center has been providing adult education services in Juneau for more than 30 years, today through the program called The Learning… Continue reading