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In this file photo from June 2014, Kent Eriksen fishes for king salmon with his grandson, Diego, 5, at the Fish Creek Pond.

Off the Trails: Finding arrowhead at Fish Creek Park

Fish Creek Park, a small City and Borough of Juneau park at the mouth of Fish Creek, is the site of intensive fishing and waterfowl… Continue reading

In this file photo from June 2014, Kent Eriksen fishes for king salmon with his grandson, Diego, 5, at the Fish Creek Pond.

Feds buy $4M of logged lands

JUNEAU — A $4 million deal between the U.S. Forest Service and a Southeast Alaska Native corporation will return 4,500 acres of heavily logged forest… Continue reading

Defense attorney and historian Averil Lerman talks about her research into the 1940s Juneau police blotter.

Prostitutes and police: Southeast Alaska’s hidden histories

Do you know which bar is the oldest in Alaska?How about what the relationship was, in the 1940s, between Juneau police and prostitutes?Historians, museum employees,… Continue reading

Defense attorney and historian Averil Lerman talks about her research into the 1940s Juneau police blotter.

Juneau musicians to perform for JAMM benefit

JUNEAU — The Con Brio Chamber Series will perform “For the Love of Music,” a program of chamber music for voice, flute, strings, and piano… Continue reading

Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival artistic director Linda Rosenthal to pass baton

Violinist Linda Rosenthal, founder and artistic director of the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival, announced that after 30 years, she will shift her focus back… Continue reading

On Writing: Still harping, Part 2

I want to clear up some confusion about that poor misunderstood verb “to be.” Strunk & White’s “Elements of Style” has some culpability in creating… Continue reading

This undated photo shows the Douglas Indian village.

Group talks about path to healing over village burned decades ago

Fifty-six years ago, the City of Douglas condemned, burned down and bulldozed Douglas Indian Village. The fire took 20 homes. It also took livelihoods.At the… Continue reading

This undated photo shows the Douglas Indian village.

Writers’ Weir: Untitled

Writing a poem is like love,it cannot be dragged in,it must want to be with you;Feel safe—be respected.After a poem is finishedit knows more about… Continue reading

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Juneau has got its first peek at what its new Juneau Arts and Culture Center may look like. If everything goes according to plan, you… Continue reading

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Prairie Home Companion to get new voice

One of public radio’s flagship programs, “A Prairie Home Companion,” will be having a new host, beginning Saturday, Oct. 15. After over 40 years —… Continue reading

Approaching the famed Northwest Passage: A high latitude sunset in Baffin Bay, just east of Lancaster Sound.

Traversing the Northwest Passage

Surreal: having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic.We all felt it —a strange and pervasive sense of giddiness as we stood on… Continue reading

Approaching the famed Northwest Passage: A high latitude sunset in Baffin Bay, just east of Lancaster Sound.

Forest Service purchases land in Cube Cove

Forest Service purchases land in Cube Cove, returning it to wildernessJUNEAU — Sept. 16 marked the completion of the purchase of the first two segments… Continue reading

Aspen branches lit by a campfire after dark.

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading

Aspen branches lit by a campfire after dark.

Extinguish hunger in Juneau

Until Oct. 15, the downtown and airport fire stations will be collecting food for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. The end goal is 28,000 pounds… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival Artistic Director plans to pass the baton

Violinist Linda Rosenthal, founder and Artistic Director of the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival, announced that after 30 years, she will shift her focus back… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

United Way leaders of Giving Campaign annouced

Peggy Cowan, a consultant in the field of education, and Warren Russell, Regional Vice President for GCI, have agreed to lead the United Way annual… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

Maritime apprenticeship offers new job opportunities for Alaskans

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is revitalizing a job training initiative to place Alaskans in credentialed positions in the U.S.-flag commercial maritime… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

Voter league to host suffrage-themed fundraiser

League of Women Voters of Juneau will host its second annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction Fundraiser from 5-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14 at… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

Juneau child achieves first-degree black belt

Eleven-year-old Micah Mende was awarded the rank of Shodan or first-degree black belt at the Regional Alaska Karate Camp in Birchwood following examinations with Sensei… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016

Giving kids a good start

Is the state accurately assessing whether a child is ready for kindergarten? And, how can bilingual children’s books give a boost to Alaska Native children… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016
  • By TRACY KALYTIAK