Thursday, Feb. 4

Dr. J. Scott Yaruss, associate professor and director of the Master’s Degree program in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh, will present a two-day seminar, titled “Practical Treatment Strategies for Preschool and School-Age Children Who Stutter,” from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Feb. 4, and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Friday, Feb. 5, at Thunder Mountain High School.

Juneau and former longtime Sitka resident Francis Edward Eddy, 84, died peacefully, surrounded by family at his daughter’s home in Juneau. He was 84.

Sara Chambers’ My Turn that appeared in the Jan. 31 Juneau Empire jumps on a political bandwagon that is totally crowded with ultraconservatives. Like a well-heeled producer, she champions the film “Not Evil Just Wrong,” a film made with real-estate money by an Irish filmmaking couple. It was shown at a weekly Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon recently.

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Juneau-Douglas will find out exactly where it fits into the greater scheme of Alaska girls’ basketball this week after competing in the 2010 Dimond Lynx Prep Shootout basketball tournament in Anchorage.

When Juneau-Douglas tips off against Thunder Mountain at JDHS for the first time ever in boys’ basketball on Friday, there will be a lot of familiar faces down the benches, starting with the men leading each program.

The smell and sight of a toddler with dog poop all over his pants, and of his mother trying to wipe it off, would have made even the most careless dog owner wince.

We know that Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to hold hearings on Prince of Wales Island for her bill, S881, that would turn more than 80,000 acres of federal land near Point Baker in the Tongass to the private Sealaska Corp.

FAIRBANKS – It’s that time of year, when Alaskans can profit from their extensive knowledge of ice.