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Juneau’s current City Hall is outdated, according to local municipal leaders who are hoping voters will approve funding to help pay for a new building. A bond providing such funding was rejected last year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

My Turn: Local leaders’ chatter about diversity and sustainability rings hollow

If you pay attention to the workings of the City and Borough of Juneau, one hears a great deal about sustainability and diversity. This is… Continue reading

Juneau’s current City Hall is outdated, according to local municipal leaders who are hoping voters will approve funding to help pay for a new building. A bond providing such funding was rejected last year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
Artwork for sale at the Sealaska Heritage Institute shop on Friday bears a label declaring it compliant with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. The federal government has filed several recent cases in Alaska for violations of the act. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

As Alaska tourism rebounds, state and federal officials crack down on fake Alaska Native art

It’s a federal crime to sell art that is falsely marketed as created by an Alaska Native or tribal member.

Artwork for sale at the Sealaska Heritage Institute shop on Friday bears a label declaring it compliant with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. The federal government has filed several recent cases in Alaska for violations of the act. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) hovering over a possible snack at Mendenhall Lake on June 13. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)

Wild Shots

Reader-submitted photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) hovering over a possible snack at Mendenhall Lake on June 13. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)

Letter: A safer alternative to Fred Meyer intersection

Regarding the dangerous intersection for left turns off Egan southbound, I didn’t see anything in your article about simply closing that left-turn lane. Drivers can… Continue reading

Letter: Assembly’s lack of action on short-term rentals irresponsible

I was sorry to read in the paper that the ordinance to register short-term rentals had been sent back to committee instead of being approved.… Continue reading

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, discusses the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump during a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau on Friday, June 9. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s non-defense of Trump

Referring the unsealed indictment of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said “the charges in this case are quite serious and cannot be casually… Continue reading

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, discusses the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump during a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau on Friday, June 9. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Wednesday, June 14, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
R.L. Phillips pauses with his “mosquito-proofed” horse Sparkplug on a gravel bar of the Tatonduk River, a tributary of the Yukon River, on June 17, 1930. (From the J.B. Mertie Collection of photos, U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, public domain)

Alaska Science Forum: Pound for pound, Alaska mosquitoes pack punch

Researcher calculates combined weight of Alaska’s yearly mosquito “crop” is 96 million pounds.

R.L. Phillips pauses with his “mosquito-proofed” horse Sparkplug on a gravel bar of the Tatonduk River, a tributary of the Yukon River, on June 17, 1930. (From the J.B. Mertie Collection of photos, U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, public domain)
Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

Law passed due to Alaska Native and other Indigenous children were taken from their homes

Demonstrators stand outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, as the court hears arguments over the Indian Child Welfare Act, Nov. 9, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children, rejecting a broad attack from Republican-led states and white families who argued it is based on race. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
South Franklin Street with the three-story Senate Apartments on the right, circa 1945. In the 1980s, Bruce Denton and the late Larry Spencer purchased the apartments, and gutted the building to remake it into retail and office space, renaming it the Senate Mall. (Photo credit Alaska State Library Historical Collections, Juneau Area Views, Franklin St. 01-2831)

Rooted In Community: The Senate Building and The Denton Family

Buying an aging historic property in downtown Juneau and running the Iditarod have two big things in common: confidence and ability. South Franklin Street’s Senate… Continue reading

South Franklin Street with the three-story Senate Apartments on the right, circa 1945. In the 1980s, Bruce Denton and the late Larry Spencer purchased the apartments, and gutted the building to remake it into retail and office space, renaming it the Senate Mall. (Photo credit Alaska State Library Historical Collections, Juneau Area Views, Franklin St. 01-2831)
Picking spruce tips in Wrangell. (Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott)
Features

Planet Alaska: The best day ever

“This is the best day ever,” Grandson Timothy exclaimed to me once after swimming in the ocean on a kingfisher blue day, then eating potato… Continue reading

Picking spruce tips in Wrangell. (Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott)
Rev. Teri Schwartz

Living and Growing: The Story of Norbert Čapek’s Flower Ceremony

His mother was a devout Catholic, his father agnostic. He became an acolyte at age 10 in 1890 at St. Martin’s Catholic Church. In the… Continue reading

Rev. Teri Schwartz
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Tuesday, June 13, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
An Alaska Airlines plane flies by a cellular tower. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Why did Alaskans statewide get an Amber Alert on Tuesday?

On Tuesday afternoon, cellphones across the state beeped with emergency tones as the Alaska State Troopers attempted to find two-year-old Karma Brown, who briefly went… Continue reading

An Alaska Airlines plane flies by a cellular tower. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
A voter joins a line of voters waiting to cast their ballots on Aug. 15, 2022, at the state Division of Elections office in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

New ballot measure seeks to restrict spending on Alaska elections

A group that brought ranked-choice voting to Alaska is now seeking to restrict big money campaign donations after a federal appeals court erased the state’s… Continue reading

A voter joins a line of voters waiting to cast their ballots on Aug. 15, 2022, at the state Division of Elections office in Anchorage. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Weaver and textile artist Lily Hope shows a group of students how to forage for horsetails Saturday near the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. They boiled the plants to make a natural dye. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska State Museum lesson weaves together art, science and culture

Six pots full of natural dye bubbled on the back patio at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau — deep red beet, yellow wolf lichen,… Continue reading

Weaver and textile artist Lily Hope shows a group of students how to forage for horsetails Saturday near the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. They boiled the plants to make a natural dye. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Monday, June 12, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Sunday, June 11, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Klas Stolpe / for the Juneau Empire Bob Barger tips his cap after being honored Saturday, June 3, at the 2023 Alaska School Activities Association Baseball State Championships on Sitka’s Moller Field for his lifetime of sports broadcasting in Alaska.

Bob ‘The Voice’ Barger retires

Announcer of Alaska high school sports ices vocal chords

Klas Stolpe / for the Juneau Empire Bob Barger tips his cap after being honored Saturday, June 3, at the 2023 Alaska School Activities Association Baseball State Championships on Sitka’s Moller Field for his lifetime of sports broadcasting in Alaska.
At the base of elderberry leaves there are extrafloral nectaries that may be part of the plant’s defense against insect herbivores. (Bob Armstrong photo)

On the Trails: Deciduous trees in Southeast — a perspective

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when… Continue reading

At the base of elderberry leaves there are extrafloral nectaries that may be part of the plant’s defense against insect herbivores. (Bob Armstrong photo)