The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Alaskan panhandle, at the geographic equivalent of where the grip meets the… Continue reading
Imagine how kids feel when that last bell rings to herald the start of summer vacation. Words like “elation,” “relief,” and “wild celebration” come to… Continue reading
High school seniors across the country are donning their caps and gowns to step from one phase of their lives into the next. The Capital… Continue reading
The way that fisheries are managed determines the daily tempo for fishing families’ lives. Managers set the dates and time, the whens and wheres and… Continue reading
I have often justified the consumption of unhealthy food on camp outs using the Camping Act. The Camping Act was adopted long ago when camping… Continue reading
Just before the gloaming hour, while I waited outside the Juneau airport at the designated area for taxi and shuttle pick-ups, I noticed a couple… Continue reading
Moving with the Mind of Meditation, Thursday, May 24, 5:30-7 p.m., Juneau Shambala Center. A book club for runners and walkers. Each meeting will starts… Continue reading
BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin museum has returned ancient wooden masks, an idol and other spiritually significant artifacts plundered from graves by an explorer to… Continue reading
SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A group of kids gathered in the Japonski Island boathouse, sporting safety goggles and noise-canceling earmuffs, to begin to assemble pieces… Continue reading
Deep in the coastal rainforest of Prince of Wales Island, the Haida village of Kasaan prepares for the 5th Annual Kasaan Community Harvest. This event… Continue reading
As Jeff and Kristi Wilcheck of Anchorage arrived in Petersburg this past weekend, they received an unexpected welcome. “When I was getting off the plane,… Continue reading
This October, Juneau voters will elect a mayor, two City and Borough of Juneau Assembly members and three Juneau School District Board of Education members.… Continue reading
Almost 100 years ago the Princess Sophia was sailing from Skagway along the Lynn Cana bound for Vancouver. But before the ship reached its destination,… Continue reading
Birds are usually very choosy about where to put their nests. Some species prefer a site right next to a tree trunk where the nest… Continue reading
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so… Continue reading
Alaska’s 2018 salmon season officially gets underway this week with the first 12-hour opener on May 17 for sockeyes and kings returning to the Copper… Continue reading
Brown Bag Concert, Wednesday, May 15, 12-1 p.m., State Office Building atrium. Music for your lunch time enjoyment performed by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman & William… Continue reading
“Art is everywhere in the forest,” my dad says as we drive slowly along the logging roads. With our Forest Service permit, we are heading… Continue reading
Most music-readers play instruments that require only one line of music, and they don’t complain. It starts getting complicated for piano players, who get two… Continue reading
Every Southeast Alaskan fisherman knows not to “cry halibut” when they very well could have snagged the bottom. It’s a lesson that took Bjorn Dihle,… Continue reading
