“You better run — that’s a moose behind you!”Only in Alaska is this a realistic threat of motivation for a workout instructor (and in Canada… Continue reading
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, it is a good time to pause and reflect on blessings in life. Of course, this is not just something to… Continue reading
For years growing up in Juneau, Donovan Bell walked, drove and rode his bike past one of the most dynamic resources in his collegiate career,… Continue reading
The National Marine Fisheries Service has outlined rules to protect whales and other marine mammals during testing conducted by the U.S. Navy off the Pacific… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A professional skier who walked away after falling 1,600 feet down an Alaska mountain says the experience was “gnarly.”Video of Canadian skier Ian… Continue reading
During Patrick Druckenmiller’s not-so-restful sabbatical year, he is flying to museums around the world. In Alberta a few weeks ago and London now, the University… Continue reading
Juneau sees magpies in fall, winter, and early spring, outside of the nesting season. They come to us from nesting areas in the Interior. They… Continue reading
Thirty-one trap team athletes from Petersburg, Sitka, Haines, and Rabbit Creek, as well as the Houston Hawks, the Colony Knights (of Palmer), the Wasilla Warriors… Continue reading
Eaglecrest Ski Area is premiering Warren Miller Entertainment’s new snowsports film, Chasing Shadows, at the Rockwell Ballroom Nov. 15 - show times at 4 p.m.… Continue reading
The US Forest Service is hosting a family event at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14.… 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
Kindred Post, a neighborhood post office, gift shop, and community gathering space, will host a Tiny Post Office Concert on Friday, Nov. 13, with local… Continue reading
At his very first Native art show, David A. Boxley, now a renowned Tsimshian carver and culture bearer, carved Tlingit and Haida totem poles from… Continue reading
Back in my late 20s and early 30s, somewhere on the way to learning how to write like a grownup, I learned the rules for… Continue reading
Troy Quinn’s debut as Music Director of the Juneau Symphony Orchestra was a masterpiece. Here is one who couldn’t read music when he entered college,… Continue reading
Metro Parks Tacoma is seeking an artist or artist team for each of two opportunities for the new Aquarium at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium… Continue reading
The 21st Alaska Bald Eagle Festival is this week in Haines.The festival started Monday, Nov. 9. The celebration focuses on the thousands of eagles that… Continue reading
Angoon’s 65 K-12 students, along with Gustavus-based artist Sarah Campen, will on Thursday present “Raven Stole the Sun,” a play high school and junior high… Continue reading
One morning in Ketchikan, Sitka writer John Straley climbed down a barnacle-encrusted ladder at low tide, a subpoena for a sleeping fisherman in his briefcase.A… Continue reading
Trapping season in the Juneau area opened Nov. 1 and the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game would like to make sure that dog walkers,… Continue reading
