Neighbors

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts, picks up a filled bucket from a customer on a Friday morning. Photo by Clara Miller of Capital City Weekly.

Juneau woman starts composting business

Instead of having biodegradable materials fill up the city’s landfill, Lisa Daugherty wants to take Juneau’s would-be-waste and turn it into something useful — so… Continue reading

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts, picks up a filled bucket from a customer on a Friday morning. Photo by Clara Miller of Capital City Weekly.

15th edition of Tidal Echoes to be released Friday

This Friday marks the 15th anniversary of “Tidal Echoes,” the Southeast Alaska literary and art journal produced by the University of Alaska Southeast. At the… Continue reading

Emma Lyddan geared up on Denali. Photo courtesy of Emma Lyddan.

From Cali girl to Denali apprentice guide

Freak weather and unforeseen hardships mean that only 58 percent of those who attempt to summit Denali succeed. Emma Lyddan, a 22-year-old Californian, is among… Continue reading

Emma Lyddan geared up on Denali. Photo courtesy of Emma Lyddan.
The Chilkats on an early spring day. Photo by Kerry Howard

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all photos include… Continue reading

The Chilkats on an early spring day. Photo by Kerry Howard

PSP and the food chain

Not long ago, I sat on a rock near Auke Rec, watching a squadron of scoters busily diving for mussels. They weren’t doing their coordinated,… Continue reading

Bird festival set to take place in Wrangell

Spring is coming, and so are the birds. With the spring migration of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to the Stikine River Delta, the 20th… Continue reading

Chinook salmon harvest limit drops by large margin

The limit for harvesting Alaska’s state fish is dropping by quite a bit this year. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) announced this… Continue reading

Nikita Zimov at a 2011 science conference in San Francisco. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure

More than 700 donors believe in an attempt to recreate the ice age in Siberia. The operators of Pleistocene Park have raised more than $100,000… Continue reading

Nikita Zimov at a 2011 science conference in San Francisco. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Wake up call for landscaping

Roll over in the deep dark bed, stretch and yawn, rub your sleepy eyes and poke your first little buds up out of the earth.… Continue reading

A raven perches with a frozen bagel on the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Manila Square in downtown Juneau on March 15, 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

‘Service’: A Vignette About a Raven

When I turned onto Whittier Street from Willoughby, I could see a black something in the street just beyond the parking lot entrance. Ravens were… Continue reading

A raven perches with a frozen bagel on the bust of Dr. Jose P. Rizal in Manila Square in downtown Juneau on March 15, 2013. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The new bookstore space is under construction. Submitted photo.

Glacier Visitor Center bookstore gets remodel, new local operators

The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center bookstore has new operators, and they’ve got changes in store. Starting in May, local nonprofit Discovery Southeast will begin operating… Continue reading

The new bookstore space is under construction. Submitted photo.
That’s not dog poop, it’s brown gold

That’s not dog poop, it’s brown gold

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Alaska is full of stunningly beautiful spots to take a dump. Seriously. I saw my first… Continue reading

  • Apr 8, 2017
  • By Geoff Kirsch
That’s not dog poop, it’s brown gold
Here’s looking at you! An eagle at C Dock in the downtown boat harbor on March 27. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all photos include… Continue reading

Here’s looking at you! An eagle at C Dock in the downtown boat harbor on March 27. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

Time to start planting your veggies

I’m not sure if March ended like a lamb. It certainly wasn’t worse than its entrance, but compared to the gentle, idyllic springs of the… Continue reading

A river otter munched on a sculpin, just before a thieving eagle snatched it from the otter’s grip. (Photo by Jos Bakker)

Beach-walking in late March

What’s a restless naturalist to do, when most of the ground in covered with soggy snow and strong signs of spring seem reluctant to appear?… Continue reading

A river otter munched on a sculpin, just before a thieving eagle snatched it from the otter’s grip. (Photo by Jos Bakker)
This image will be in the APAA spring show at KTOO. Image by Iris Korhonen-Penn.

First Friday fun

Featured artist: Guitar-maker George Gress Amalga Distillery 134 N. Franklin St. Reception: 4-7:30 p.m. Amalga Distillery isn’t yet open, but they’ll be offering an early… Continue reading

This image will be in the APAA spring show at KTOO. Image by Iris Korhonen-Penn.
A brown bear chases its prey at McNeil Falls. Photo by Larry Aumiller.

Life with Bears

In 1976, when Larry Aumiller was dropped off by floatplane for his first season to oversee the McNeil River Bear Sanctuary, he had little inkling… Continue reading

A brown bear chases its prey at McNeil Falls. Photo by Larry Aumiller.
The Hillbilly Honeys perform at Folk Fest in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Folk Fest: Where to listen, play and dance this week

The 43rd annual Alaska Folk Festival kicks off Monday. The festival runs April 3-9 and will showcase more than 450 musicians performing a range of… Continue reading

The Hillbilly Honeys perform at Folk Fest in 2016. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Hope for the homeless

Hope is a powerful thing. Hope is perhaps the only thing that can carry us through life’s inevitable storms, the storms of loss and addiction,… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2017
  • By MICHELLE STRICKLER
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Anniversary: Travis and Ashley Green celebrate 8 years

Travis and Ashley (Evans) Green were married in Juneau on April 4, 2009 and will be celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary after 11 years together.… Continue reading

  • Apr 1, 2017