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“It feels good to be dancing again,” Frank Komonaseak said. “I grew up doing it, and I’m proud of who I am.”

After her recent death, Juneau residents honored her legacy of music and early childhood literacy with a commemorative march on Aug. 28.

More than 150 people stood around a vigil to remember 16-year-olds Leotis “Leo” Phillips and Zoey “Z” Clark, whose bodies were discovered Monday.

T’set Kwei Vera Starbard is an Emmy-nominated writer who has written six plays and multiple episodes of shows like Molly of Denali and Alaska Daily. Starbard is the librettist for Ḵutulagaaw — an opera about the 1802 battles between Lingít people and Russian invaders in Southeast Alaska. That means she wrote the script, which language teacher X̱’unei Lance Twitchell translated, and composer Ed Littlefield put to music. The production premiers  at Thunder Mountain Middle School on Friday Sept. 11. The show runs through Sept. 20.

Holly Huber is the first Miss Alaska USA from Juneau. After being crowned this summer, she’s currently competing on a national stage in Miami.

For many Filipinos in Juneau, adobo is more than a meal. It is a recipe tied to family, memory and tradition. But there is no single way to make it.