Creator of the Sham Jam fundraiser, Sen. Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage, presents the Canvas, an art studio and gallery in Juneau which welcomes artists living with… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital• A son, Jared Arkeen Coronel, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz., was born to Rhina and Ronie Coronel of Juneau… Continue reading
I’ve been with the Juneau Empire since August of last year, and am now assuming the role of Neighbors editor. When I first started at… Continue reading
Bartlett Regional Hospital would like to thank all those who helped make the Juneau Community Health Fair a success on March 19 at Thunder Mountain… Continue reading
The Juneau Arts & Humanities Council is looking for people from the community to serve on the annual City and Borough of Juneau arts grant… Continue reading
April 5 was the FIRST LEGO League Jr. Expo at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Over 100 people came together to celebrate the wrap of… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a lecture on preliminary findings stemming from research on indigenous intellectual property rights by a visiting scholar from Norway.In his… Continue reading
Thank you presenters, supporters, volunteers and guests for an extraordinary fifth year of the Wildlife Wednesday winter lecture series hosted by the Southeast Chapter of… Continue reading
The Juneau Community Foundation recently announced the Douglas-Dornan Foundation Fund is now accepting 2016 grant applications.The Douglas-Dornan Foundation awards financial grants one time each year… Continue reading
Many plants produce sticky or hooked hairs (technically called trichomes) that are useful in a dazzling array of ways. Some ways are quite straightforward, and… Continue reading
An avalanche roars down Mount Juneau on March 31.… Continue reading
With starts on my windowsill and any other place I can find to cram them in, I’m ready for the time to plant them outside.… Continue reading
About 1,000 years ago, Norse explorer Leif Ericson bumped into the New World at Newfoundland. The old world was filling up, with 300,000 people living… Continue reading
Gray whales do things differently.Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales.They owe their distinctive mottled look to a coat… Continue reading
For sport fishing of king salmon in Juneau, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish regulations, is limiting fishermen to one… Continue reading
The Juneau Chapter of Trout Unlimited is working with the U.S. Forest Service to upgrade salmon rearing habitat and upgrade a trail on the east… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker proclaimed April to be Bear Awareness Month for good reason: bears have been roused earlier than usual from hibernation due to the… Continue reading
The Sixth Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is June 2–5. The festival is a celebration of the natural and cultural resources of Yakutat. Yakutat hosts one… Continue reading
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
The first time Theo “FySH” Houck performed at the Alaska Folk Festival, he was only 12, and he’d moved to town less than a year… Continue reading
