Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has opened the application period for its Haa Shuká Community Language Learning Project, a new program designed to help revitalize the… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
On a June day 105 years ago, in a green valley where the Aleutians merge with the mainland, the world fell apart.Earthquakes swayed the alders… Continue reading
I’ve heard several people say “I hate mice!” I think they really mean that they, understandably, don’t want to share their houses with mice. But… Continue reading
Today, I’m proposing the revolutionary creation of a board of outdoor fashion. The idea came to me in the depths of winter while I was… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles. Another rejection. And another.That’s the high-flying but… Continue reading
SITKA — The Sheldon Jackson Museum’s January Artifact of the Month is an Inupiaq mask (SJ-II-DD-3). The museum has little information on the mask, but… Continue reading
On Friday, Jan. 13, in conjunction with the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Fireside Lecture Series, the US Forest Service will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for… Continue reading
Returning University of Alaska Southeast students for the spring semester may note that the entrance sign has been replaced with a larger one with a… Continue reading
This week we introduce a new column in the Capital City Weekly: “Southeast in Sepia.” (Thanks to Randi Spray for thinking of the name.)Southeast in… Continue reading
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway,In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 3, 1898, the first of a series of snow slides struck… Continue reading
“I think it’s powerful and addresses something that isn’t often talked about in public,” Lauren Brooks, a former advocate for Aiding Women in Abuse and… Continue reading
Coffee & Collections: Fumi MatsumotoOn Saturday, Jan. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon, local artist Fumi Matsumoto will discuss art and history during the Juneau… Continue reading
Woosh Kinaadeiyí hosts spoken word workshopOn Jan. 15, from 1-4 p.m. at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library, Woosh Kinaadeiyí will host a Spoken Word Workshop… Continue reading
SEARHC can help with health insurance before deadlineSouth East Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) can help people this month for open enrollment on the Health… Continue reading
Third Annual Platypus-Con last weekend of JanuaryPlatypus Gaming, a local non-profit, is running the third annual Platypus-Con: Board and Card Game Extravaganza. Platypus-Con is a… Continue reading
SEAS shows sailing documentarySouthEast Alaska Sailing Club will host a special showing of “The Weekend Sailor,” a documentary about how “in 1973, against veteran superstars… Continue reading
Days after the Winter SolsticeBY RICHARD STOKESEven if you listen carefullyyou will not hear the shift of breathingin buds tightly clenched against winter.Deep in alder… Continue reading
Craig Public Library awarded $1,000 NOAA PLACE GrantCRAIG — The Craig Public Library has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of the Public Libraries… Continue reading
AWARE recruiting volunteers for youth empowerment programsWith a new season soon approaching for Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies’ (AWARE) youth empowerment programs, Boys… Continue reading
