Over the May 26-27 weekend, the stage of the Juneau-Douglas High School auditorium was transformed by an array of dancers into what some in the… Continue reading
Four baby juncos, in a nest tucked under a drooping clump of grass, lie low and are very quiet. Only when their parents come with… Continue reading
The Marie Drake Planetarium will present a talk on Tuesday, May 30, about the upcoming total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. This will be the… Continue reading
Matthew Staley (2012 Juneau-Douglas High School) recently graduated from Washington State University with a Master of Architecture. Matthew has been employed by BCRA Architects in… Continue reading
Helping Hands volunteers would like to thank all the members of JESS for considering us and for the very successful food drive you had for… Continue reading
Members of the Shattuck & Grummett Insurance Personal Lines Team, from left, Jocelyn Miles, Krysta Onstott, Thuy Nguyen, Kylie Wray, Erika Patch, and Donna Shelton… Continue reading
The Friends of Jensen-Olson Arboretum thanks Terry Goff, manager of Juneau’s Safeway store, for allowing the use of a portion of their parking lot again… Continue reading
Veronica Salter has been honored for her National Jr. Duck Stamp painting earlier this year. In addition to Salter’s “Best of Show,” the following Thunder… Continue reading
High school graduation is one of those milestones that people remember for the rest of their lives, right up there with their first kiss or… Continue reading
Join us at the Valley Library on Tuesday, June 6, from 7:30-8:30 p.m. for Mike Dunham’s free presentation: “Seward and the Tsar: Alaska and Emancipation.”… Continue reading
I felt mature for a moment. It has nothing to do with wandering around the house yelling about where my insoles, bunion protector, and bifocals… Continue reading
Composer John Williams has made some iconic themes for movies from the "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" trilogies to “E.T.” The Juneau Symphony, led by conductor… Continue reading
One day in late April, two friends and I scrambled up a steep stream-side slope to a perch on a cliff below a waterfall. We… Continue reading
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum has been awarded funds from the Museums Alaska Art Acquisition Fund, supported by the Rasmuson Foundation, to purchase artworks from two… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
I first visited the Pack Creek Brown Bear Sanctuary on Admiralty Island seven years ago during a kayak trip. It was the third week of… Continue reading
It may have slept at the bottom of the sea in a deteriorating hulk until rolled in a storm tide and set free to roam… Continue reading
I wonder what fishing with President Trump would be like. This isn’t a pseudo-political column meant to mock the President or degrade the office because… Continue reading
Since the Civil War, Americans have shown our respect for fallen military by visiting cemeteries, caring for graves, and caring for trees growing in the… Continue reading
Upon the edge of Kona town lies a reef of great renown. Waves well up out of the deep to crash upon this famous reef.… Continue reading
