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Kids go behind the scenes at job sites

Youth from kindergarten through fifth grade are invited the Juneau-Douglas City Museum to spend some or all of spring break as part of the Juneau… Continue reading

  • Mar 13, 2016
A grizzly eyes the author from the banks of a river. Photo by Bjorn Dihle

Off the Beaten Path: The Grizzly and the Summit

I used to want to be a bonafide mountain climber—you know, the type that hangs off cliffs, smokes hand-rolled cigarettes and utters cryptic wisdom so… Continue reading

A grizzly eyes the author from the banks of a river. Photo by Bjorn Dihle

Alaska Science Forum: Coyotes are everywhere, even in Alaska

Last Friday, an email popped up in all the mailboxes of people with the Geophysical Institute: Someone saw what might have been a wolf on… Continue reading

On the Trails: Light from life

Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This light is the result of a chemical interaction between certain kinds of molecules (called luciferins… Continue reading

You can always find somewhere to garden - even when you don't live on land. (Photo by Corinne Conlon)

Dirt Girl: Finding land – even when you don’t live there

Recently, I ran into someone who told me she’d read one of my articles on gardening — but she was confused. Her husband had told… Continue reading

You can always find somewhere to garden - even when you don't live on land. (Photo by Corinne Conlon)

New Shooter Orientation

The Juneau Gun Club has started a monthly orientation for new shooters. Attendees will learn how to shoot a shotgun, trap shooting and rules, and… Continue reading

Planetarium to present ‘The night sky’

The Marie Drake Planetarium will on Monday, March 14 present “The Night Sky Tonight,” covering current astronomical events including the recent detection of gravitational waves.… Continue reading

UA Foundation awards migratory bird research grant

The University of Alaska Foundation announced March 4 that Danielle Gerik, a graduate student in fisheries and ocean sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks,… Continue reading

Trap team spring season

The 2015 spring Juneau Trap Team program runs from March 20 to June 5. For those interested in finding out more, the team sign-up and… Continue reading

ACRC awarded $500,000 grant

In February 2016 the Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center was awarded a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and facilitate the Coastal… Continue reading

Tongass National Forest Draft Plan Monitoring Program requests comments

The Tongass National Forest is seeking comments on intended administrative changes to the Forest’s monitoring program. The intended changes modify the current program to meet… Continue reading

Mad world

There’s a lot of weird going on right now.Not that on any given day of any month in any decade or generation there isn’t, but… Continue reading

What’s Happening

EVENTS Mudrooms, Wednesday, March 9, 7 pm at Northern Light United Church. The theme for this month’s Mudrooms, in which seven people tell a story, each… Continue reading

JAHC presents ‘The Middle of Everywhere’

Juneau Arts & Humanities Council is delighted to present “The Middle of Everywhere,” performed by WONDERHEADS, a multi-award winning physical theatre company specializing in mask… Continue reading

Gun club begins new shooter orientation

The Juneau Gun Club has started a monthly orientation for new shooters. Attendees will learn how to shoot a shotgun, trap shooting and rules, and… Continue reading

Trap team spring season starts March 20

The 2016 spring Juneau Trap Team program runs from March 20 to June 5. For those interested in finding out more, the team sign-up and… Continue reading

Earthen Vessel worship service

Two World Youth Day Benefits will occur for the youth of the diocese of Juneau attending World Youth Day 2016. Both events are a musical… Continue reading

STEM summer program coming to Thunder Mountain High School

STEM summer program coming to Thunder Mountain High SchoolCamp Invention, a STEM summer program, is coming to Thunder Mountain High School the week of June… Continue reading

SHI accepting applications for new juried art youth exhibit

Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a new youth exhibit of Northwest Coast art during the biennial celebration in an effort to increase the number of… Continue reading

Up to $6,000 in scholarships for art students available

The Juneau Community Foundation and the Brady family of Skagway announced that the Margaret Frans Brady Fund will make available $6,000 in scholarship funding in… Continue reading