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Haines' Stoli Lynch, center, tips the ball away from Hoonah's Melissa Fisher, left, and Donnita White during their Womens bracket game in the 2016 Juneau Lions Club 70th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament at Juneau-Douglas High School on Tuesday.

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Photos: Haines and Hoonah women duke it out

Haines’ Stoli Lynch, center, tips the ball away from Hoonah’s Melissa Fisher, left, and Donnita White during their…

Carpenters in Action begin renovation Saturday morning at the Juneau Skate Park.

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Photos: Skate park renovation

Photos by Konrad Frank | For the Juneau Empire Carpenters in Action begin renovation Saturday morning at the…

Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, watches from afar as her teammate, Rep. Lynn Gattis, R-Wasilla, prepares to shoot a clay pigeon during the shotgun challenge portion of the 2016 Legislative Shoot, hosted by the Alaska Correctional Officers Association on Saturday at the Juneau Gun Club, Juneau Archery Club and the hunter training center on Montana Creek Road.

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Photos: Legislative shoot

Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, watches from afar as her teammate, Rep. Lynn Gattis, R-Wasilla, prepares to shoot a…

Sammy Becker and Mo Michels head up to Pittman's Ridge to take advantage of the fresh snow at Eaglecrest on Wednesday.

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Photos: Winter at last

Sammy Becker, right, and Mo Michels head up to Pittman’s Ridge in wintery conditions to take advantage of…

Gov. Bill Walker, left, hugs Kara Nelson, director of Haven House, as Rep Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, right, contratulates Sen. Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage, after the Governor signed Senate Bill 23 at the Capitol on Monday. The bill gives public access to the life-saving heroin antidote called Naxolone.

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Photos: Narcan bill signing

Gov. Bill Walker, left, hugs Kara Nelson, director of Haven House, as Rep Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, right, congratulates Sen. Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage, after the governor signed Senate Bill 23 into law at the Capitol on Monday. The bill gives legal protection to those who administer Naloxone, or Narcan, a drug that stops active opioid overdoses.

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Photos: Gov signs opioid prevention bill

Gov. Bill Walker, left, hugs Kara Nelson, director of Haven House, as Rep Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, right, congratulates…

Four-year-old Kiana Twitchell gets to run a backhoe with an IUOE Local 302 Operators Union as her copilot.

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Photos: Home expo

Six-year-old Occy Rubbo loads gravel with the assistance of volunteer union worker Jarrett Thomas. Tyler Rental donated the…

Aakash Bathija, Katrina Buchanan and Brian Holst get an opportunity to educate acting Mayor Mary E. Becker about their research into "The Effects of Salinity and Copper on the growth rate of Ulva lactuca."

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Photos: Sharing science

Aakash Bathija, Katrina Buchanan and Brian Holst get an opportunity to educate acting Mayor Mary E. Becker on…

Callie Conerton, vice chair for the Coalition of Student Leaders of the University of Alaska system, rallies a crowd of more than 50 supporters at noon on Tuesday in front of the Capitol to encourage greater education funding. The House Finance Subcommittee moved forward approximately $50 million in cuts from the budget proposed by the UA Board of Regents putting research funding at a "bare minimum," according to supporters. Speakers at the rally included Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, Rep. Adam Wool, a Fairbanks Democrat whose district includes UAF, and current UA system students from across the state.

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Photos: University rally

Callie Conerton, vice chair for the Coalition of Student Leaders of the University of Alaska system, rallies a…

Kylee Larson punches first-time fighter Natasha Roberts during a boxing bout. Larson defeated Roberts.

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Photos: Alaska Beatdown 23

Alaska Beat Down 23 took place Feb. 27 at Centennial Hall. Alaska Beat Down 24 will take place…

Thunder Mountain junior Chase Saviers (11, blue jersey) passes the ball around Ketchikan High School senior Jason James (11, white jersey) to junior Riley Olsen (23) on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, during the Falcons' 54-62 loss to the Kings in the Clarke Cochrane Gym.

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Photos: TMHS boys fall to Kayhi

Thunder Mountain junior Chase Saviers (11, blue jersey) passes the ball around Ketchikan High School senior Jason James…

The northern lights dance over the Mendenhall Towers on Wednesday night.

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Photos: Northern Lights

Adriane Honerbrink models her "Aluminum Raven" made of recycled aluminum cans, pvc pipe and recycled fabric at the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday.

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Photos: Wearable Art 2016: Reflections

All photos by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire

Prolonged warmer weather is causing Mendenhall Lake to break up sooner than usual. Tuesday is expected to be mostly cloudy with highs around 38. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Photos: Spring break up comes early

Prolonged warmer weather is causing Mendenhall Lake to break up sooner than usual. Tuesday is expected to be…

First part of the U.S.S Presentation Silver Set, hosted by the Mendenhall Flying Lions and the Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum Sunday afternoon.

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Photos: Silver service

A man peers at a silver punchbowl, part of the U.S.S. Juneau’s silver service, that was unveiled at…

Audience members watch as models display artist KD Roope's "Clipped Counterparts" made of paper clips, binder clips, mercury glass and wire during the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.

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Photos: Wearable Art

Artist Samantha and Owen Adams take to the stage in her “Steampunk Metamorphoses” made of plastic wrap, sharpie…

Auke Bay Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Amy Jo Meiners records the floating time of a student's parachute during an class engineering project on Friday. Micah Brown, left, and Kelsey Barker take notes as the students learn the effects of canopy size, materials and suspension line length in making the best parachutes.

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Photos: Parachutes away

Auke Bay Elementary School fifth-graders Alex Filkov, right, and Kean Buss take turns releasing their parachutes during an…

Another rare medicine bottle of Z.J. Loussac.

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Photos: Rare bottles

Rare Juneau Loussac medicine bottle. Z.J. Loussac owned a drug store in Juneau in the past.

Vicki Soboleff displays her Margaret Nick Cooke Award for Alaska Native Arts and Languages during the 2016 Governor's Awards for the Arts & Hunanities held at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center in Juneau on Jan. 28, 2016.

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Photos: Governor’s Awards

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Photos: Juneau Symphony

The Juneau Symphony will present its winter concert this weekend at the Thunder Mountain High School Auditorium.  The concert will…