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Four islands closed to protect chicks

The National Park Service has temporarily closed four islands in Glacier Bay to foot traffic and instituted a minimum approach distance of 100 yards to… Continue reading

Skagway derby cancelled

Skagway derby cancelledSKAGWAY — Skagway’s Pat Moore Memorial Game Fish Derby has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to low returns… Continue reading

Arts Complex awarded $49,000 grant

The Juneau Arts and Humanities Council announced May 11 that it received a $49,473 grant from the Juneau Community Foundation’s Performing Arts Center Fund for… Continue reading

Twelfth grader Erin Buhler of TMHS got first place for Alaska in the National Jr. Duck Stamp competition.

TMHS student wins duck stamp competition

Thunder Mountain High School 11th grade exchange student Rosa Annina Hagedorn of Berlin has won “Best in Show” for Alaska in the National Jr. Duck… Continue reading

Twelfth grader Erin Buhler of TMHS got first place for Alaska in the National Jr. Duck Stamp competition.
Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner of Kindred post, performs one of her poems as Guy Unzicker accompanies her at a Tiny Post Office concert in September 2015. Eriksen this year received a Rasmuson Individual Artist Award. She'll use that award to create videos of her performing new and revised poems. Photo by Mary Catharine Martin.

Five Southeast artists receive Rasmuson awards

Five Southeast Alaskans received individual artist awards from the Rasmuson Foundation this year — Juneau photographer Ben Huff, Juneau photographer Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, Juneau poet… Continue reading

Christy NaMee Eriksen, owner of Kindred post, performs one of her poems as Guy Unzicker accompanies her at a Tiny Post Office concert in September 2015. Eriksen this year received a Rasmuson Individual Artist Award. She'll use that award to create videos of her performing new and revised poems. Photo by Mary Catharine Martin.
A member of the Geisan Dancers from Haines dances into the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor Center at its grand opening on Saturday, May 14.

Cultural heritage center opens in Klukwan

KLUKWAN — The community heritage center has been a long time coming for Klukwan, and they weren’t going to let 86-degree heat stop them from… Continue reading

A member of the Geisan Dancers from Haines dances into the Jilkaat Kwaan Cultural Heritage and Bald Eagle Preserve Visitor Center at its grand opening on Saturday, May 14.

Writers’ Weir: Outhouse Spider

You live with a part of meI cannot keep company with.Among snorts, sprays and smells,after disrobing and unloading,I leave you each morningwith yesterday’s remnantsin the… Continue reading

JAHC offers art walks

Explore Juneau’s downtown public art collection with the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, which is offering guided tours this summer, led by local artists. Learn… Continue reading

Jeff Lund on work vs. luck

I recently read an article in The Atlantic about the perception of luck and why it matters more than most of us think. In fact,… Continue reading

Fish Factor: The start of salmon season

Alaska’s salmon season has gotten underway with lots of optimism, a far cry from the bleak feelings of a year ago.Last year’s fishery was blown… Continue reading

Here are the tools and safety gear Dick Callahan used to cut the wood you see in the background. Photo by Dick Callahan.

Woodshed Kings: Wood heat part II

Wealth is different things to different people. When September rolls around two of the best things in the world are a freezer full of fish… Continue reading

Here are the tools and safety gear Dick Callahan used to cut the wood you see in the background. Photo by Dick Callahan.
The Tlingit cedar clan house represents Aak'w Kwaan moiety hosts with hats from other moieties inside on the benches that represent guests. The former clan house was a amalgam of several moieties and didn't really represent any one group. This time the museum is working hard to "get it right." The theme of the Native American section is 'Resilience" and will include recent art to show that Alaska Natives are still here, still creating. Photos courtesy of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.

Inside the SLAM: An exclusive preview

On June 4, Southeast residents have a chance at a date with history: an exclusive preview tour for 200 people inside the new Father Andrew… Continue reading

The Tlingit cedar clan house represents Aak'w Kwaan moiety hosts with hats from other moieties inside on the benches that represent guests. The former clan house was a amalgam of several moieties and didn't really represent any one group. This time the museum is working hard to "get it right." The theme of the Native American section is 'Resilience" and will include recent art to show that Alaska Natives are still here, still creating. Photos courtesy of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum.
People celebrating Kupreanof's 40th birthday gather on Petersburg Creek sandbars. Photo by Chelsea Tremblay.

Kupreanof, Alaska’s smallest city, celebrates 40 years

KUPREANOF — How does Alaska’s smallest city celebrate 40 years? By inviting the neighbors over for company. The community of Kupreanof offered free rides for… Continue reading

People celebrating Kupreanof's 40th birthday gather on Petersburg Creek sandbars. Photo by Chelsea Tremblay.

My Turn: Legislators should act for families of officers lost in the line of duty

When I discovered during my service as governor that an Alaska State Trooper who was killed on the job would not only leave a spouse… Continue reading

Juneau resident to receive doctorate

Matthew Josephson of Juneau will graduate today, May 15, with his Doctor of Philosophy in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the University of Kansas.… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016

Three Juneau residents selected for awards from Rasmuson Foundation

The Rasmuson Foundation selected 10 artists to receive Fellowship Awards ($18,000 each) and 25 who will receive Project Awards ($7,500 each). Of those, three are… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
Laurinne Balstad poses.

JDHS student to compete for Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Laurinne Balstad has been selected by Alaska Water Wastewater Management Association to represent Alaska at the National Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition this June at… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
Laurinne Balstad poses.
Ben Ng poses with frame at the Geo Bee.

Ben Ng wins Geo Bee for second consecutive year

Test your geography prowess and see if you could answer these questions without your smart phone and within 10 seconds.In the newest Star Wars movie,… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016
Ben Ng poses with frame at the Geo Bee.

Juneau resident to receive degree from Whitman College

Marlena Sloss is a 2012 graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School and will receive a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Whitman College in Walla Walla,… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016

Juneau resident gradautes with bachelor’s degree from UAA

Nathel Sims of Juneau graduated with her bachelor of arts in legal studies from the University of Alaska Anchorage on May 1. Her parents are… Continue reading

  • May 15, 2016