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JDHS Theatre Program receives national award

The Juneau-Douglas High School Theatre program has won the American High School Theatre Festival Award for the second time this year. The first time was… Continue reading

International Midwives Day

International Midwives Day is celebrated on May 5 in more than 50 countries to recognize and honor midwives who work to improve health education, wellness,… Continue reading

CCTHITA holds 81st annual tribal assembly

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Central Council) held its 81st Annual Tribal Assembly April 20-22, 2016 in the Elizabeth… Continue reading

Public review and comment on mining exploration near Haines

HAINES — The Bureau of Land Management Glennallen Field Office has opened a public review and comment period on the environmental analysis for Constantine Metal… Continue reading

Get $25 to pay for your whale pinger

Southeast Alaska Fishermen’s Alliance (SEAFA) would like to announce that the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation has awarded us a Hollings Grant to reduce whale entanglements… Continue reading

Spruce tips, a delicious and citrusy harbinger of spring, make wonderful jelly. Photo by Dick Callahan.

Woodshed Kings: This bud’s good for you

Spruce tips are out, and you can use them in jelly, spring tonics, gin and tonics, spruce salt, spruce sugar, spruce bud infused vinegar and… Continue reading

Spruce tips, a delicious and citrusy harbinger of spring, make wonderful jelly. Photo by Dick Callahan.

The case for cutthroat trout

THE CASE FOR CUTTSIt’s hard to explain the appeal of dry fly fishing for a 14-inch cutthroat trout because, well — it’s 14 inches.A 14-pound… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: Today I Cry

Today I cry! I cry for the worldI cry for myself, my family, my friends and those I do not know.Today I cry! I cry… Continue reading

Review: Stuart Archer Cohen's 'This is How it Really Sounds'

Review: Stuart Archer Cohen’s ‘This is How it Really Sounds’

From the very beginning of “This is How it Really Sounds,” you know you are entering a rare world – one created by an expert… Continue reading

Review: Stuart Archer Cohen's 'This is How it Really Sounds'

City museum offers walking tours

Want to know more about how the Gold Creek watershed region grew from a seasonal fish camp to become the capital city of the State… Continue reading

Alaska State Council on the Arts names new interim executive director

Shannon Daut, Executive Director of the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA), has accepted and will soon begin a new position leading the Cultural… Continue reading

Poet Diane DeSloover and artist Margie Beedle paired up for the KTOO poetry broadsides event this First Friday.

May First Friday listings

LORI STENBERG & CANDY BEHRENDSJAHC GalleryJuneau Arts & Culture CenterReception: 4:30–7 p.m.Stenberg and Behrends will display their painting and silk painting. JUNEAU BROADSIDESKTOO360 Egan DriveReception: 4:30… Continue reading

Poet Diane DeSloover and artist Margie Beedle paired up for the KTOO poetry broadsides event this First Friday.

Fish Factor: Salmon season starts soon

FISH FACTOR: SALMON SEASON SOON TO STARTBy Laine WelchIn the face of Alaska’s multi-billion dollar budget shortfalls, state policy makers are putting the onus on… Continue reading

A rosemary lemon drop martini, inspired by the creativity of Tommy Patrick, the new bartender at the Twisted Fish. Courtesy of Kelly "Midgi" Moore.

Meals with Midgi: Rosemary Lemon Drops

There’s a new kid in town and Juneau is lucky to have him. His name is Tommy Patrick and he is the latest addition to… Continue reading

A rosemary lemon drop martini, inspired by the creativity of Tommy Patrick, the new bartender at the Twisted Fish. Courtesy of Kelly "Midgi" Moore.
A Skagway School fourth-grader tells visitors about a coffee grinder in the Jeff Smith's Parlor Museum on Saturday, April 30.

Soapy Smith’s parlor museum reopens with a bang

Skagway’s legendary outlaw, Jefferson Randolph Smith, gained his fame for cons like telling newly arrived Gold Rush stampeders that a family member had just telegraphed… Continue reading

A Skagway School fourth-grader tells visitors about a coffee grinder in the Jeff Smith's Parlor Museum on Saturday, April 30.

Living & Growing: Rogation days – The care of creation

The Rogation Days entry in the glossary of the Episcopal Church says, “The term is from the Latin rogatio, asking.” There is a pinch of… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016
  • By GORDON BLUE

Japanese-American internment: ‘Ignorance of such stories may mean we repeat them’

Hailing from Kenmore, Washington, Newbery Honor-winning author Kirby Larson will be visiting Juneau to speak at local schools and to attend a book signing for… Continue reading

Recent Births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital• A son, Maddyx Lee Loges, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz., was born to Nicole Wooton and Aaron Loges of… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Senior Menu

Monday, May 2New England Clam ChowderCheese & Tomato SandwichRomaine SaladTuesday, May 3Roast PorkMashed Potatoes & GravySteamed CarrotsTossed SaladWednesday, May 4Sloppy JoesPotato SaladColeslawThursday, May 5Beef PaprikaSquashRiceBananas… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016

Fourth of July parade forms available

The Juneau Fourth of July parade entry forms are now available at Cycle Alaska and at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library.For more information, call 790-4444… Continue reading

  • May 1, 2016