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
On Feb. 23, 1987, Alaska House lawmakers voted 22-17 to transfer all of the $426 million from the Alaska budget reserve to the general fund… Continue reading
The “Signing of the Alaska Treaty,” widely considered Alaska’s most important historic painting, it will be displayed in Alaska for the first time. It arrived… Continue reading
Hey, all! I hope you’ve been having a healthy, enjoyable January despite the meteorological mood swings. Like seriously, it’s like it can’t decide whether it… Continue reading
Christopher M. Cummings Christopher M. Cummings of Juneau graduated from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, in the fall 2016 semester with a Bachelor of… Continue reading
Thank you to the staff and patients of Bartlett’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Department for their donation of baby food. This much-needed donation is critical for providing… Continue reading
Family Promise of Juneau Executive Director Joann Flora and Board Chairperson Tari Stage-Harvey receive a check for $3,500 from the Episcopal Deanery of Southeast Alaska… Continue reading
I hope you had opportunity to share love with someone special this past Valentine’s Day. Some kids were asked the question, “What is love?” This… Continue reading
