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Alaskaepoedia — The Whale Edition

Alaskaepoedia — The Whale Edition

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about The Last Frontier … and less.

Alaskaepoedia — The Whale Edition

East Glacier Trail Tangle results

The Juneau Trail and Road Runners hosted the East Glacier Trail Tangle on Thursday night. Well over 60 runners participated in the 6.7 and 1-mile… Continue reading

Brice Norton, right, waits his turn as Coach Mark Kappler watches Mackenzie Lam practice trap shooting at the Juneau Gun Club on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Youth to test marksmanship at trap nationals

For the second year in a row, the Juneau Trap Shooting Team is sending four shooters to compete in the National Junior Clay Target Championships.… Continue reading

Brice Norton, right, waits his turn as Coach Mark Kappler watches Mackenzie Lam practice trap shooting at the Juneau Gun Club on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Police and Fire for Sunday, June 24, 2018

Police and Fire for Sunday, June 24, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police and Fire for Sunday, June 24, 2018
Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day

Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day

We don’t know what to wear.

Ten challenges Southeast Alaskans face on a sunny day
This so-called “Silent City” appeared above the Muir Glacier in late June every year, Juneau pioneer Richard “Dick” Willoughby claimed. This photograph was circulated far and wide as people sought to get a look at the mirage. (Alaska State Library, Historical Collections | Courtesy Photo)

The glacial hoax that captured the nation’s attention

Richard “Dick” Willoughby was the kind of person to gaze into a raincloud and see the sun. One of the most colorful characters in Juneau’s… Continue reading

This so-called “Silent City” appeared above the Muir Glacier in late June every year, Juneau pioneer Richard “Dick” Willoughby claimed. This photograph was circulated far and wide as people sought to get a look at the mirage. (Alaska State Library, Historical Collections | Courtesy Photo)

There’s no such thing as a nonprofit

The news about furloughs at Perseverance Theatre isn’t good, especially for the employees who will be missing out on regular paychecks. The possibility the theater… Continue reading

Shaken System: Alaska’s disaster warning program has critical flaws, documents reveal

Shaken System: Alaska’s disaster warning program has critical flaws, documents reveal

On the night of Jan. 23, Alaskans across the Gulf Coast were awakened by one of the most significant earthquakes to hit Alaska since the… Continue reading

Shaken System: Alaska’s disaster warning program has critical flaws, documents reveal
Pirates’ first baseman Mason Ackman fields a Red Sox infield hit at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6 on Friday and 14-3 on Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Little League: Pirates surge past Red Sox for title

Gastineau Channel Little League’s Flying Squirrel Pirates won the Junior Division championship on Saturday night at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field. Similar to the Pirates’ win on… Continue reading

Pirates’ first baseman Mason Ackman fields a Red Sox infield hit at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6 on Friday and 14-3 on Saturday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Red Sox player Eli Torres slides safely into third base in the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship game on Saturday at Miller Field. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)

Little League: Fick’s grand slam sends Marlins past Red Sox

The IBEW Marlins claimed the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship on Saturday evening at Miller Field. The Marlins won 21-20 over the Red… Continue reading

Red Sox player Eli Torres slides safely into third base in the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship game on Saturday at Miller Field. (Nolin Ainsworth | Juneau Empire)
Sealaska Corp. held its annual meeting Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Wrangell High School’s gymnasium. (Gloria Eyon | Sealaska courtesy photo)

Independent candidate Nicole Hallingstad elected to Sealaska board

Sealaska Corp. shareholders have elected an independent candidate to the board of directors that controls Southeast Alaska’s regional Native Corporation. Nicole Hallingstad received 823,055 votes… Continue reading

Sealaska Corp. held its annual meeting Saturday, June 23, 2018 in Wrangell High School’s gymnasium. (Gloria Eyon | Sealaska courtesy photo)
A char moves into Sam Creek along with hundreds of sockeye salmon. The char is skinny now, but will get fat gorging on salmon eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)

The impossible journey of the juvenile coho

Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification.

A char moves into Sam Creek along with hundreds of sockeye salmon. The char is skinny now, but will get fat gorging on salmon eggs. (Courtesy Photo | Jonny Armstrong)
A starfish on a recent low tide. (Kerry Howard | Courtesy Photo)

Low-tide explorations

June brought some good low tides, lower than minus four feet.

A starfish on a recent low tide. (Kerry Howard | Courtesy Photo)
Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Warming in the north continues as predicted

Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading

Frozen ground underlying the North Slope of Alaska is warming; much of it may thaw by the end of the century. (Photo by Ned Rozell)
Pirates’ Josh Carte steals second base as Red Sox’s Caden Mesdag fields the throw from home in the third inning at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Little League: Pirates force if-game with Red Sox

Every time the Red Sox chipped away at their lead, the Pirates answered. Kai Schmidt’s two-RBI single in the first inning spotted the Pirates an… Continue reading

Pirates’ Josh Carte steals second base as Red Sox’s Caden Mesdag fields the throw from home in the third inning at the Gastineau Channel Little League Junior Division Championship game at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Park on Friday. The Pirates won 8-6. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
In this file photo on March 20, 2014, Robert D. Kowalski appears in Juneau Superior Court for the murder of his girlfriend at a Yakutat lodge nearly 20 years ago. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Appeals court upholds Yakutat murder conviction

The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Washington state man for a 1996 murder in Yakutat.

In this file photo on March 20, 2014, Robert D. Kowalski appears in Juneau Superior Court for the murder of his girlfriend at a Yakutat lodge nearly 20 years ago. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Friday, June 22, 2018

Police calls for Friday, June 22, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Friday, June 22, 2018
Meghan Chambers, left, Shabadrang Khalsa, Grace Lee, Stacy Katasse and Mary Richey, right, pose for a picture before a film against the use of plastic straws at the Gold Town Nickelodeon on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The last straw: Juneau group’s environmental mission starts with a beverage

The movement started in a sea turtle’s nostril. Three years ago, a group of conservationists in Costa Rica pulled a struggling sea turtle from the… Continue reading

Meghan Chambers, left, Shabadrang Khalsa, Grace Lee, Stacy Katasse and Mary Richey, right, pose for a picture before a film against the use of plastic straws at the Gold Town Nickelodeon on Wednesday, June 20, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Brad Robbins, the new owner of the Hooked Seafood Company, holds a fresh king salmon at their Industrial Boulevard location on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Homesick for Juneau, Brad Robbins returns to Juneau to run Hooked Seafood

Brad Robbins was getting homesick for Juneau. After spending two and half years in Palmer, he finally got his chance to come back and do… Continue reading

Brad Robbins, the new owner of the Hooked Seafood Company, holds a fresh king salmon at their Industrial Boulevard location on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Curtail the sacred cow: the cruise industry

The dairies of Juneau are long departed, yet there remains one cow in town — a sacred cow that grows fatter every year. Our cow-to-be-worshipped… Continue reading