Norma Burton is a family friend and minister in Ashland. She told the gathering the loss and the manner of his death were a challenge to the community to rise above anger.
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Photos: Fallen service members remembered in Juneau
Memorial Day observances were held at Evergreen Cemetery, Alaskan Memorial Park and Southeast Alaska Native Veterans Memorial Park on Monday.
Juneau man shares a painful memory from driving trucks in Iraq
During his first year in Iraq, Richard Marshall drove 96 combat missions. He left at the end of 2007 and he returned in 2010. He also worked on contract in Afghanistan for two and a half years.
High school seniors take spotlight in Juneau elementary schools
Juneau schools first considered doing this last year after they learned other school districts were doing it in the Lower 48. They didn’t get a chance to do it in Juneau until now.
Local organizations to host three Memorial Day ceremonies in Juneau
In a White House proclamation, President Donald Trump designated 11 a.m. local time on Memorial Day to unite in prayer for permanent peace and asked all Americans to observe a national moment of remembrance at 3 p.m. local time.
Juneau high school soccer teams play to help injured player
Every year Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas High Schools’ soccer teams turn one or two games into a cancer awareness fundraiser. This year the fundraiser is dedicated to Hunter Rathbone.
From gangs to a grad: A former inmate celebrates finishing college
Galindo is one of three Flying University alums who graduated this month with a four-year degree from the University of Alaska Southeast. Former inmate Nathan Block and Thomas Spitzfaden, a regular student who took classes in Lemon Creek Correctional Center with the inmates, also graduated with bachelor’s degrees.
Shishmaref’s new “language nest” immerses toddlers in Inupiaq
The daily routine at the nest involves repetition to help the students remember various words in the Inupiaq language.
Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery
It is hoped that raising the Raven totem pole will pay respect to the grievances of the past, restore the T’aak̲u K̲wáan’s ancestral connection to the land, and signal their desire to heal and move forward, culture intact.
Pope Francis announces two new saints on 100-year anniversary of their vision
The “little shepherds” were small children when they reported a vision of the Virgin Mary one hundred years ago today in Fatima, Portugal. The farm town has since become an important Catholic shrine.