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City museum offers walking tours

Want to know more about how the Gold Creek watershed region grew from a seasonal fish camp to become the capital city of the State… Continue reading

Alaska State Council on the Arts names new interim executive director

Shannon Daut, Executive Director of the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), has accepted and will soon begin a new position leading the Cultural… Continue reading

Poet Diane DeSloover and artist Margie Beedle paired up for the KTOO poetry broadsides event this First Friday.

May First Friday listings

LORI STENBERG & CANDY BEHRENDSJAHC GalleryJuneau Arts & Culture CenterReception: 4:30–7 p.m.Stenberg and Behrends will display their painting and silk painting. JUNEAU BROADSIDESKTOO360 Egan DriveReception: 4:30… Continue reading

Poet Diane DeSloover and artist Margie Beedle paired up for the KTOO poetry broadsides event this First Friday.

Fish Factor: Salmon season starts soon

FISH FACTOR: SALMON SEASON SOON TO STARTBy Laine WelchIn the face of Alaska’s multi-billion dollar budget shortfalls, state policy makers are putting the onus on… Continue reading

A rosemary lemon drop martini, inspired by the creativity of Tommy Patrick, the new bartender at the Twisted Fish. Courtesy of Kelly "Midgi" Moore.

Meals with Midgi: Rosemary Lemon Drops

There’s a new kid in town and Juneau is lucky to have him. His name is Tommy Patrick and he is the latest addition to… Continue reading

A rosemary lemon drop martini, inspired by the creativity of Tommy Patrick, the new bartender at the Twisted Fish. Courtesy of Kelly "Midgi" Moore.
A Skagway School fourth-grader tells visitors about a coffee grinder in the Jeff Smith's Parlor Museum on Saturday, April 30.

Soapy Smith’s parlor museum reopens with a bang

Skagway’s legendary outlaw, Jefferson Randolph Smith, gained his fame for cons like telling newly arrived Gold Rush stampeders that a family member had just telegraphed… Continue reading

A Skagway School fourth-grader tells visitors about a coffee grinder in the Jeff Smith's Parlor Museum on Saturday, April 30.

Living & Growing: Rogation days – The care of creation

The Rogation Days entry in the glossary of the Episcopal Church says, “The term is from the Latin rogatio, asking.” There is a pinch of… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016
  • By GORDON BLUE

Japanese-American internment: ‘Ignorance of such stories may mean we repeat them’

Hailing from Kenmore, Washington, Newbery Honor-winning author Kirby Larson will be visiting Juneau to speak at local schools and to attend a book signing for… Continue reading

Recent Births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital• A son, Maddyx Lee Loges, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz., was born to Nicole Wooton and Aaron Loges of… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Senior Menu

Monday, May 2New England Clam ChowderCheese & Tomato SandwichRomaine SaladTuesday, May 3Roast PorkMashed Potatoes & GravySteamed CarrotsTossed SaladWednesday, May 4Sloppy JoesPotato SaladColeslawThursday, May 5Beef PaprikaSquashRiceBananas… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Fourth of July parade forms available

The Juneau Fourth of July parade entry forms are now available at Cycle Alaska and at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library.For more information, call 790-4444… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Nominate youth for their contribution to their community

Alaska Communications’ sixth annual Summer of Heroes program in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs – Alaska seeks nominations of Alaska youth for their contribution… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016
Conference volunteer for the Childhood Education Symposium Genevieve McLaughlin and her baby Scarlet.

Thank you for supporting social-emotional development in early childhood

The Association for the Education of Young Children (AEYC) recently held their annual Early Childhood Education Symposium in Juneau, called “Relationships and the Power of… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016
Conference volunteer for the Childhood Education Symposium Genevieve McLaughlin and her baby Scarlet.

Cruise for a Cause

If you wish to go cruising on Alaska waters and admire the scenery that shows up in author and nature photographer Bob Armstrong’s work while… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Methodist Camp: thank you for coming to our open house

The Eagle River United Methodist Camp (ERUMC) would like to thank the Juneau community for attending the open house at the camp on April 4.… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016
Mark Spangler, a UAF graduate student, is shown at a pond where wood frogs are singing on the UAF campus.

Alaska Science Forum: Calling frogs signal change of the season

NEAR BALLAINE LAKE — Over the blat of engines and hum of tires on nearby Farmers Loop, Mark Spangler hears the chuckles of the animal… Continue reading

Mark Spangler, a UAF graduate student, is shown at a pond where wood frogs are singing on the UAF campus.
A beaver carries a stick that provides both food and structural material for a dam or lodge. Beaver dams provide excellent habitat for young salmon.

Off the Trails: Anadromous fish in Dredge Creek

Dredge Creek begins in a long pond near the Glacier Spur highway, crosses under the road, and flows below the slopes of Thunder Mountain. It… Continue reading

A beaver carries a stick that provides both food and structural material for a dam or lodge. Beaver dams provide excellent habitat for young salmon.
Four humpback whales dive in front of a Allen Marine whale watching boat during the first day of the 69th annual Golden North Salmon Derby in August 2015.

NOAA’s Whale SENSE reaches one-year anniversary

Whale watching operators have noticed more communication, less crowding, fewer complaints and more awareness of speed and time spent with whales, according to feedback given… Continue reading

Four humpback whales dive in front of a Allen Marine whale watching boat during the first day of the 69th annual Golden North Salmon Derby in August 2015.
Cladonia Cristatella or British Soldiers is a lichens resembling English Revolutionary War soldiers.

Wild Shots

Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading

Cladonia Cristatella or British Soldiers is a lichens resembling English Revolutionary War soldiers.

Free screening of The Messenger

To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the International Migratory Bird Treaty, the Juneau Audubon Society invites Juneau to a free screening of the movie “The… Continue reading