Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation thanks First Bank for the generous $5,000 community development grant to continue the baby box program at Bartlett Beginnings. First Bank… Continue reading
Imagine you are sitting in your home here in Juneau. You suddenly hear deafening sounds coming from outside. You open the front door and see… Continue reading
The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in downtown Juneau contributed to Juneau’s Year of Kindness with a bake sale and canned… Continue reading
Now, I’m bald … or, as some of us prefer to be called, “Hairless-American.” Indeed, I have been for decades, long before Samuel L. Jackson… Continue reading
The Learning Connection in Juneau is now taking applications for Southeast-wide college and career-counseling program for adults. Called Making Academics, Training and Careers Happen (MATCH),… Continue reading
On March 3, the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will hold a First Friday opening from 4:30-7 p.m. highlighting the museum’s 12x12 Community Art Exhibit. For 13… Continue reading
On Feb. 24, 1987, Former Gov. Jay Hammond defended the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend at the Alaska Legislature Monday. Hammond, who was Governor from 1974… Continue reading
Today, I’m offering you the chance to make the woods of North America safe again! Before I delve too deep into my pitch, I want… Continue reading
On Feb. 17, 1987, the Canadian precision aerobatic team, the Snowbirds, were set to perform over Juneau the weekend of May 8. Their seventh visit… Continue reading
On a recent hike, I heard a volley of high-pitched screams coming from a thick stand of small spruces just beside the trail. They sounded… Continue reading
Those in the Alaskan fishing community can now get up-to-the-minute updates straight to their phones. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport… Continue reading
Juneau naturalist Bob Armstrong is the Fireside Lecturer on Friday, Feb. 24 at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. His presentation, “Coping with Weather,” highlights wild animal’s… 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
When they launch, the four rockets now pointed northward from Poker Flat Research Range will add to the 345 that have arced over northern Alaska… Continue reading
On February 13, 1987, University of Alaska President Donald O’Dowd spoke from Fairbanks with Southeast Alaska educational leaders about merging Ketchikan and Islands (Sitka) community… Continue reading
After the flurry of Christmas celebrations, many Petersburg residents go into full-blown hibernation. A few find warmer places to be. But for those who stay,… Continue reading
Courtesy of the Sitka History Museum In July, an international team of archaeologists returned to the coast of Kruzov Island in their search for the… Continue reading
Tlingit elders came together to share their cultural knowledge with the public in the first event of the Art of Place series on Feb. 17… Continue reading
Discrimination can be an ugly subject but we all do it — we all discriminate. I for one never liked Brussels sprouts even though (or… Continue reading
Orpheus Project Artistic Director William Todd Hunt has wanted to bring a production of “West Side Story” to Juneau for years. “We’ve never really gotten… Continue reading
