Montana Creek Road beyond the Hank Harmon Rifle Range is now closed for the winter season; the road will reopen on May 1, 2016 or… Continue reading
The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos via email to: Outdoors editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com.… Continue reading
Lieutenant Gov. Byron Mallott on Monday shared with a citizens’ advisory group a draft copy of a statement of cooperation with British Columbia about an… Continue reading
British Columbian officials have told the owners of a long-closed mine polluting the Taku River to come up with a plan to fix the mine’s… Continue reading
Ed Berg has spent much of his life observing the natural happenings on a large peninsula (the Kenai) that juts from a larger peninsula (Alaska).… Continue reading
With the arrival of enough snow to cover Eaglecrest Ski Area from top to bottom, snow enthusiasts have been taking advantage of the additional outdoor… Continue reading
On day in early-mid November, I was splashing and splodging around in one of the campground lakes, noting signs of beaver activity. As I emerged… Continue reading
EVENTSWoosh Kinaadeiyí Open Mic, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, Mendenhall Valley Public Library, 3025 Dimond Park Loop. The event will be hosted by Dee Jay… Continue reading
In certain places, it’s easy to forget about Jordan Creek: its lower reaches run between parking lots, shopping complexes, and the airport.It’s also easy to… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute has partnered with a national arts program and local organizations to teach Southeast Native cultures to children annually at the Walter Soboleff… Continue reading
Fiber artist Kathryn Rousso will help students complete their unfinished Ravenstail weaving projects during a class held Dec. 7-12 at the Totem Heritage Center. She… Continue reading
Students from Angoon presented their original play “Raven Stole the Sun” Thursday in an all-school project led by Gustavus artist Sarah Campen through the Artists… Continue reading
Fair Trade I traded the swampfor mountains,but never left the coast I left the shrill cry of the cityfor the quiet hum of colored night skies, swimming in… Continue reading
“The Hunger Games” movies have unfolded in a relative blitzkrieg — four movies in four years — and in a fan-fueled fever that has masked… Continue reading
Literary Classics International Book Award and Reviews recently announced that Juneau author Annie Boochever’s “Bristol Bay Summer,” published by Alaska Northwest Books, was chosen as… Continue reading
At a retrospective in honor of the second annual Walter Soboleff Day, observed Nov. 14, speakers including family, friends and a pastor told stories that… Continue reading
Ask an outsider to name a few of the most life-threatening things in Southeast Alaska and you might get: man-eating grizzly bears, float plane crashes,… Continue reading
Fewer people may have registered as attending the Alaska Bald Eagle Festival in Haines this year, its 21st, but the rain and snow didn’t stop… Continue reading
Perseverance Theatre, the University of Alaska Southeast, and the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center will present “A Pain in the Crevasse: Short Plays on Climate Change”… Continue reading
Gustavus author Kim Heacox has won the National Outdoor Book Award for Fiction and Outdoor Literature for his novel, “Jimmy Bluefeather,” published by Alaska Northwest… Continue reading
