With starts on my windowsill and any other place I can find to cram them in, I’m ready for the time to plant them outside.… Continue reading
About 1,000 years ago, Norse explorer Leif Ericson bumped into the New World at Newfoundland. The old world was filling up, with 300,000 people living… Continue reading
Gray whales do things differently.Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales.They owe their distinctive mottled look to a coat… Continue reading
For sport fishing of king salmon in Juneau, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Sport Fish regulations, is limiting fishermen to one… Continue reading
The Juneau Chapter of Trout Unlimited is working with the U.S. Forest Service to upgrade salmon rearing habitat and upgrade a trail on the east… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker proclaimed April to be Bear Awareness Month for good reason: bears have been roused earlier than usual from hibernation due to the… Continue reading
The Sixth Annual Yakutat Tern Festival is June 2–5. The festival is a celebration of the natural and cultural resources of Yakutat. Yakutat hosts one… 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
The first time Theo “FySH” Houck performed at the Alaska Folk Festival, he was only 12, and he’d moved to town less than a year… Continue reading
Juneau Jazz and Classics kicks off its 30th season on Friday, May 6, for two weeks of the nation’s best jazz, blues, and classical artists… Continue reading
Well, it’s finally happened. I actually went on a hike. Not a nice stroll on a trail, but an honest to goodness, bona fide hike.… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture on preliminary findings stemming from research on indigenous intellectual property rights by a visiting scholar from Norway.In… Continue reading
Esta en el aireUna luna derretiradaRespiro para dentroy no puedo exhalar... Estoy despuesta deAcariciar una sombraBesar la vaciedadAbrazar la obscuridadDuermo con un sueno... En el olor de… Continue reading
Ranking: 5 MooseThere’s a line in "The Smell of Other People’s Houses" in which one of the characters says “We don’t have to be blood… Continue reading
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska will host a Native Issues Forum on the topic of empowering tribal courts from… Continue reading
juneau’s undergoing a heating revolution.Ground source heat pumps have been making their way into commercial and institutional buildings in Juneau starting with AEL&P’s new headquarters… Continue reading
Airlift Northwest is opening its doors to the general public for a tour of its new hangar in Juneau. Visitors will get to see the… Continue reading
Registration is now open for the 2016 Totem Trot Half Marathon and 5K Walk/Run in Haines. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, Aug.… Continue reading
The Sitka version of “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” radio comedy news quiz show returns for its third iteration. April 15 at 7 p.m., doors… Continue reading
Twenty-one teens from all across the state, from Barrow to Unalaska to Anchorage, convened in Juneau March 28-31 to talk to their legislators about environmental… Continue reading
