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Jacob Adams an attorney and cultural heritage researcher, speaks in the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

Can appropriation be appropriate?

Cultural conversation requires thoughtfulness.

Jacob Adams an attorney and cultural heritage researcher, speaks in the University of Alaska Southeast Egan Library, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
10 Tips for Writing (Both About Yourself and in General)

10 Tips for Writing (Both About Yourself and in General)

Show, don’t tell.

  • Oct 14, 2019
  • By Geoff Kirsch For the Juneau Empire
10 Tips for Writing (Both About Yourself and in General)
The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaat.at Kale tennis team poses with its sportsmanship award at the ASAA tennis state championships in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2019. Back row (L to R) Will Rehfeldt, William Smoker, Kevin Kooistra, Liam Penn. Front row: Olivia Moore, Anna Dale, Jaymie Collman, Adelie McMillan. (Courtesy Photo | Kurt Dzinich)
The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaat.at Kale tennis team poses with its sportsmanship award at the ASAA tennis state championships in Anchorage on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2019. Back row (L to R) Will Rehfeldt, William Smoker, Kevin Kooistra, Liam Penn. Front row: Olivia Moore, Anna Dale, Jaymie Collman, Adelie McMillan. (Courtesy Photo | Kurt Dzinich)
Photos: Rolling with the Juneau Rollergirls

Photos: Rolling with the Juneau Rollergirls

It’s not as easy as they make it look.

Photos: Rolling with the Juneau Rollergirls
Photos: Juneau residents run through the rain for mental health
Photos: Juneau residents run through the rain for mental health
Wayne Fitzgerald, prolific and prodigious title sequence designer, is flanked by his grandsons, Bodhi and Portern Nelson of Juneau. All three hold awards earned by the late Fitzgerald over the course of his long career. (Courtesy Photo | Courtney Mico-Nelson)

Juneau woman remembers her stepfather, a titan of titles

You’ve almost certainly seen a lot of Wayne Fitzgerald’s work.

Wayne Fitzgerald, prolific and prodigious title sequence designer, is flanked by his grandsons, Bodhi and Portern Nelson of Juneau. All three hold awards earned by the late Fitzgerald over the course of his long career. (Courtesy Photo | Courtney Mico-Nelson)
Falcons come strong late at JIVE

Falcons come strong late at JIVE

JDHS was a worthy opponent.

Falcons come strong late at JIVE
Cancer patient raising money with mountaineering expedition
Cancer patient raising money with mountaineering expedition
Lawyer looks back on 30 years protecting the environment
Lawyer looks back on 30 years protecting the environment
Dr. Kayla Luhrs in her business, Moon Cycle Medicine, Inc., located on Seward Street on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Dr. Kayla Luhrs in her business, Moon Cycle Medicine, Inc., located on Seward Street on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Attendees hold up signs at Juneau’s Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The inevitable impeachment our Founders never envisioned

“The publicity surrounding this circus has tainted everyone.”

  • Oct 13, 2019
  • By Rich Moniak
Attendees hold up signs at Juneau’s Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle

Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle

Kiah Dihle is the Juneau Empire’s player of the week. Dihle, a sophomore on the Thunder Mountain High School cross-country team, placed eighth last Saturday… Continue reading

Player of the Week: Kiah Dihle
In this Empire file photo, then mayoral candidate Beth Weldon, with family and friends, react as they watch Election results come in at the Assembly chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Weldon reflects on her first year as mayor

There’s a lot of emails.

In this Empire file photo, then mayoral candidate Beth Weldon, with family and friends, react as they watch Election results come in at the Assembly chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
‘A lot of stunned guys:’ Flat second half costs Juneau in state quarterfinals
‘A lot of stunned guys:’ Flat second half costs Juneau in state quarterfinals
Empire Live: Juneau hosts state quarters against South
Empire Live: Juneau hosts state quarters against South
Juneau volleyball dominant to begin JIVE tourney

Juneau volleyball dominant to begin JIVE tourney

JDHS, TMHS are the teams to beat.

Juneau volleyball dominant to begin JIVE tourney
A diagram of the whaleship Essex, homeported in Nantucket, Massachusetts, before she was sank by a whale in the Pacific. The diagram was drawn by Thomas Nickerson, a survivor of the wreck. (Courtesy photo | Nantucket Historical Association)

What Alaska can learn from the sinking of the Essex

The sea is merciless, but technology can be a lifesaver.

A diagram of the whaleship Essex, homeported in Nantucket, Massachusetts, before she was sank by a whale in the Pacific. The diagram was drawn by Thomas Nickerson, a survivor of the wreck. (Courtesy photo | Nantucket Historical Association)
No confidence vote, delay shake up University of Alaska
No confidence vote, delay shake up University of Alaska
Keri Williamson, an engineer for the city’s Engineering and Public Works Department, talks about the damage at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park utilities building on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. City waste water pumps were overwhelmed during last weekend’s storm and caused a backup of sewage into park’s building that housing the pumps and controls for the whale statue. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Juneau whale statue pumps to be repaired by spring, hopefully

The whale will winter on the binnacle list this year.

Keri Williamson, an engineer for the city’s Engineering and Public Works Department, talks about the damage at the Mayor Bill Overstreet Park utilities building on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. City waste water pumps were overwhelmed during last weekend’s storm and caused a backup of sewage into park’s building that housing the pumps and controls for the whale statue. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)