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Winters in Juneau can be tough, and it takes creativity — and small steps — to keep your mental health strong when it’s dark and cold.

Over the last two weekends, the team distributed more than 3,100 sandbags to more than 30 households.

Kushx̱eet.éesh Bowers, also known as Kaasgéiy, was 5 when he moved to Juneau to grow closer to his Native identity.

For the first time since before the pandemic, a Philippine diplomat visited Kodiak on last week. The consular team provided services that people would otherwise have to leave the island, or the state, to receive.

On Saturdays in George Gress’s workshop, guitar enthusiasts bond over wood flames and handmade instruments.

Bravo plays the titular role in Theater Alaska’s “Henry V,” opening Friday at the Juneau Makerspace. It runs until Oct. 20 at multiple locations throughout Juneau. 

There are 17 open firefighter positions in Moose Pass and Anchorage in the Chugach National Forest and in Juneau in the Tongass National Forest.

The local nonprofit has maintained many of Juneau’s beloved trails since 1993, and Tabacek says the crews look a lot different than they used to. 

Simmonds plays the grandmother, Aaka Mary, in Cold Case, a play opening at Perseverance Theater this weekend.

Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown is a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ advocate. Last week, she offered a training that honed in on one aspect of violence that people sometimes overlook — stalking.