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Unit 4 Brown Bear Season to end

SITKA — The brown bear registration hunt RB077 in Unit 4 (Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof Island) will end Dec. 31. Successful hunters must submit hunt… Continue reading

Unit 4 State Deer Season to end

SITKA — The Sitka black-tailed deer state hunting season in Unit 4 will end Dec. 31. Unit 4 includes all of Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof… Continue reading

Juneau area closed to personal shrimp fishing

The sport and personal use shrimp fisheries in the Juneau area will remain closed in 2017 until further notice, according to the Alaska Department of… Continue reading

Carver James Hart greets the hundreds gathered on Bartlett Cove's shore in Tlingit. These three boats paddled from Hoonah to Glacier Bay.

Bright moments in the arts: 2016 in Southeast Alaska

BRIGHT MOMENTS OF 2016From the editor: We’ve reached out to members of the arts community around Southeast Alaska for their thoughts on the year’s “bright… Continue reading

Carver James Hart greets the hundreds gathered on Bartlett Cove's shore in Tlingit. These three boats paddled from Hoonah to Glacier Bay.
Approaching , by Kathleen Wiest.

City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artists

City museum acquires work from Tenakee Springs, Juneau artistsThe Juneau-Douglas City Museum has been awarded money from the Museums Alaska Art Acquisition Fund, supported by… Continue reading

Approaching , by Kathleen Wiest.

Minkie’s Coconut Cake: The Parthenon of delicacies

MINKIE’S COCONUT CAKE I RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MUDROOMS. IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF MUDROOMS, IT’S A FANTASTIC MONTHLY… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: What We Wouldn’t Give

WHAT WE WOULDN’T GIVEBY W.S. MERK, 12.16.2016What wouldn’t we giveTo walk that backward route,Each step pulling like a slipper from the sand,Waves unrolling the beach,White… Continue reading

Stokes releases new chapbook

Stokes publishes new chapbookJuneau poet and Writers’ Weir contributor Richard Stokes has a new chapbook out. It’s called “Sip and Savor” and is named for… Continue reading

From left to right, pickled herring competition winners Sig Mathisen, Bob Olsen, Carolyn Kvernvik and Adam Swanson (standing in for his dad Rob) pose with their trophies.

Getting pickled and smoked in Petersburg

GETTING PICKLED AND SMOKED IN PETERSBURGBY CHELSEA TREMBLAYFor the Capital City WeeklyOn a cold December morning in Petersburg, KFSK radio station development director Orin Pierson… Continue reading

From left to right, pickled herring competition winners Sig Mathisen, Bob Olsen, Carolyn Kvernvik and Adam Swanson (standing in for his dad Rob) pose with their trophies.

Farr North: Goodbye and Hello

GOODBYE AND HELLOBY CLINT J. FARRFor the Capital City Weekly2016 did not suck. My daughters come across magazines and my items on my Facebook feed… Continue reading

The art of Scott Severance: From new brewery labels to the fantastical

THE ART OF SCOTT SEVERANCEBY CLARA MILLERCapital City WeeklyThis January, Husky IPA, a spring seasonal brew by the Alaskan Brewing Co., will be released to… Continue reading

Ernestine Hayes laughs at a Sept. 2015 49 Writers Crosscurrents panel called "Shaped by the North."

Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit professor and writer from Juneau, selected as next Alaska State Writer Laureate

HAYES CHOSEN AS 2016-2018 WRITER LAUREATEBY MARY CATHARINE MARTINCapital City WeeklyJuneau writer and University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of English Ernestine Hayes, author of… Continue reading

Ernestine Hayes laughs at a Sept. 2015 49 Writers Crosscurrents panel called "Shaped by the North."

22nd Sitka Jazz Festival scheduled

Sitka Jazz Festival scheduledSITKA— The 22nd Sitka Jazz Festival will be Feb. 2-4, 2017. It will consist of an array of artists, starring the Tierny… Continue reading

Puggy Nelson, a foreman at the Juneau cold storage, 20 years ago gave Dick Callahan this African blackwood bagpipe practice chanter.

Woodshed Kings: Big Pug’s pipes

BIG PUG’S PIPESBack in the early 1980s, when Juneau’s waterfront was between the mining boom and the cruise ship boom, Puggy Nelson and I would… Continue reading

Puggy Nelson, a foreman at the Juneau cold storage, 20 years ago gave Dick Callahan this African blackwood bagpipe practice chanter.

Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital:• On Dec. 12, a son, Cameron Ellis Deitz, weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces, was born to Brittnie Cooper of… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016

Christmas in Space

“Christmas in Space,” a humorous look at the holiday season, will be presented at the Mare Drake Planetarium at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 27. This… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016
Pictured are Tim McLeod, President AEL&P, Jessie Wuerst, Senior Communications Manager, Avista Corporation, Amy Skilbred, Executive Director, Juneau Community Foundation, and Jamie Waste, Program Director, Juneau Community Foundation.

Juneau Community Foundation thanks Avista Corporation

The Juneau Community Foundation thanks the Avista Corporation for a recent donation of $20,000. The Avista Corporation, parent company of AEL&P, focuses their community philanthropy… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016
Pictured are Tim McLeod, President AEL&P, Jessie Wuerst, Senior Communications Manager, Avista Corporation, Amy Skilbred, Executive Director, Juneau Community Foundation, and Jamie Waste, Program Director, Juneau Community Foundation.
Dean Heard photographs the Mendenhall glacier on Dec. 22, 2016. Heard said, "I like to come out here every day, just to look. Even if the weather's not so nice."

Photo: Never tired of that Juneau look

Dean Heard photographs the Mendenhall glacier on Thursday. Heard said, “I like to come out here every day, just to look. Even if the weather’s… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016
Dean Heard photographs the Mendenhall glacier on Dec. 22, 2016. Heard said, "I like to come out here every day, just to look. Even if the weather's not so nice."

Eaglecrest Foundation thanks Alcohol Beverage Retail Association

The Alcohol Beverage Retail Association has made a $5,000 donation to the Eaglecrest Foundation in support of youth programs and other efforts supporting Eaglecrest. The… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016

Gimme a Smile: What do you like about Christmas?

“What do you like about Christmas?” Little Eir asks this question in Deborah Brevoort’s oratorio, “King Island Christmas,” and the villagers respond with delightful aspects… Continue reading

  • Dec 25, 2016
  • By PEGGY MCKEE BARNHILL