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Outside editorial: Take tobacco out of the game

...tear up the base paths. And ballplayers' chewing habit goes back more than a century, to a time when baseball diamonds were dustier places - and a bit of "dip" helped keep the mouth moist. But given what's known today about the dangers of oral cancer...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022211/opi_789085138.shtml
Opinion
Pets of the week: Dusty and Louise

Dusty is the gentle kitty king of the cats at the Gastineau Humane Society. He...the peace between the older cats and makes every room he enters his own. Dusty needs a home where he will receive an abundance of attention and love. Louise...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/020809/nei_385923882.shtml
Photo: A fish tale to believe

Dusty Ahrens displays a king salmon he caught at the Fish Creek pond on Wednesday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-26/photo-fish-tale-believe
Local
Kasilof man revving for another Iron Dog run

...one's body and often leaves the rider baked in his coat, saut?©ed in sweat.Racing snowmachines at such speeds forces Dusty VanMeter to quickly adjust to changing conditions, endure long periods of physical exhaustion paired with sleep deprivation...

http://juneauempire.com/brian-smith/2013-01-06/kasilof-man-revving-another-iron-
Togo tales: US electoral admiration in Africa

...the months leading up to the election I was hounded by questions from people at work, in classrooms, or even randomly on the dusty streets. My Togolese colleagues were updating me with campaign news even before I had a chance to read it myself! The election...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-02-10/togo-tales-us-electoral-admiration-
Neighbors
In Afghan Taliban birthplace, US troops step back

...Afghanistan out of an international force totaling about 102,000.The work of training Afghan army units being done at this dusty base in the Zhari district of Kandahar province and at other bases scattered around the country will help shape Obama's decision...

http://juneauempire.com/patrick-quinn/2012-12-24/afghan-taliban-birthplace-us-tr
Confessions of a fisherwoman

...gardening, but no, I have not been fishing. My trusty fly rod - "Joan" - sits neatly in the rod holder in a corner of our dusty garage. My waders and boots are coated in last year's mud and bug repellent; the smell of deet puts my mind at the river's...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-05-11/confessions-fisherwoman
Outdoors
UAF researchers focus on better, less expensive roads in rural Alaska

...years working to transform powder into rock. "We're taking this," said AUTC director Billy Connor, sifting a handful of dusty gray material through his fingers, "and turning it into that," he said, tossing a cylinder of hardened earth onto a lab...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-10/uaf-researchers-focus-better-less-expen
State
Confessions of a fisherwoman

...gardening, but no, I have not been fishing.My trusty fly rod - "Joan" - sits neatly in the rod holder in a corner of our dusty garage. My waders and boots are coated in last year's mud and bug repellent; the smell of deet puts my mind at the river's...

http://juneauempire.com/blog-post/abby-lowell/2012-05-11/confessions-fisherwoman
High winds prompt air quality advisories

ANCHORAGE - Strong, gusty winds are creating unusually dusty conditions in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The dusty air has prompted Anchorage and the Mat-Su to issue air quality advisories because officials say airborne particles...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092610/reg_712342215.shtml
Regional News

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