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Wildlife spy: Sharing the forest with grouse

...fare, sooty grouse rely on the grit and gravel in their muscular crop, a chamber in the digestive system of birds that stores and grinds up food before it passes to the stomach. A grouse can snip off the tasty ends of the needles until its crop...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-12-07/wildlife-spy-sharing-forest-grouse
Outdoors
Building boom remakes Eagle River

...open a 6,000-square-foot store in mid-April, according to corporate spokesman Ray Pohlman, based in Memphis. That store will sit along the Old Glenn at the former location of Aztec's restaurant and Everything Under the Midnight Sun thrift...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-11/building-boom-remakes-eagle-river
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Historical photo: Hunting party

...Goldstein were part of a family of businessmen. The Goldsteins owned a store on Front Street in the early 1900s. That store was damaged by the "worst slide in the history of Juneau," which occurred at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 2...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-10-05/historical-photo-hunting-party
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Scientists testing Alaska salmon as possible space food

...freeze-dried salmon makes a tasty space meal.Oliviera came up with the idea to freeze-dry salmon after noticing that stores sold freeze-dried vegetables for babies. She found there wasn't much research about freeze-dried salmon, so...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-10-22/scientists-testing-alaska-salmon-possib
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Thank you, John Williams!

...know where things are. Invariably, I run into somebody I know and stop to chat and catch up. There's a good vibe in that store.So, I was watching the news about its sale closely. We don't have to worry about it being dark and shuttered now...

http://juneauempire.com/blog-post/barb-belknap/2012-09-04/thank-you-john-william
Natural gas glut means drilling boom must slow

...explosive growth, natural gas producers are retrenching.The underground salt caverns, depleted oil fields and aquifers that store natural gas are rapidly filling up after a balmy winter depressed demand for home heating.The glut has benefited businesses...

http://juneauempire.com/jonathan-fahey/2012-04-09/natural-gas-glut-means-drillin
Kodiak Coats reopens in new location

...one in the present Harley Davidson spot and, most recently, on the second floor of the Emporium Mall. After closing that store in 2008, the multi-faceted Milligan devoted herself to another love: old boats. Over the past few years she's...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2011-06-08/kodiak-coats-reopens-new-location
Art
Some rural Alaska communities banning home-brew supplies, along with booze

...individual's purchase of pseudoephedrine - a key ingredient in meth known by its brand name, Sudafed - and mandate that stores must keep it locked up. Similarly, yeast is often locked up behind a village storekeeper's counter, along with...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-19/some-rural-alaska-communities-banning-h
State
Making Figment a reality

...true test," Medel said, "But then after that, I feel like if we get through this winter, we'll be able to have that store open for the rest of our lives. I want to. I never want to close it. I'm having too much fun."

http://juneauempire.com/art/2011-08-24/making-figment-reality-juneau-couple-open
Art
Bird brains: Feathered friends that boast incredible memories

...but remember specific locations and can find caches quickly when they return. How do they do it? It's thought birds that store caches use objects to remember the locations. Possibly they orient by landscape features, then by local ones such as...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-03-02/bird-brains-feathered-friends-boast-
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