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Safe Home Food Preservation Certification workshop available

Want to learn how to safely preserve Southeast Alaska’s local food resources? Well now you can and get certified at the same time.Through the Juneau… Continue reading

Fly tying get together

The Raincountry Flyfishers will hold a fly tying and social meeting on Wednesday Feb. 24 starting at 7 p.m. in the Thunder Mountain High School… Continue reading

Crude Magazine launches

Juneau local Cody Liska, along with friends and Southeast Alaskan business, has recently launched a magazine called “Crude.” (The logo is in all caps, with… Continue reading

National Forest Service awards honor two Tongass employees

Two Ketchikan Forest Service employees, Dennis Landwehr and Ron Medel, are being nationally recognized for their outstanding contributions to protect and restore fisheries and watershed… Continue reading

Celestial myths, busted

The universe is massive and mysterious, and astronomers are still trying to grasp its true nature, so it’s no wonder that many sky watchers tend… Continue reading

Wrangell Ranger District requests public input on Anan Wildlife Observatory

Till March 1, the public can give their say on the Draft Anan Recreation Plan, which is for the Anan Wildlife Observatory.In a statement on… Continue reading

“Thinking photos” with Mark Kelley

At this Friday’s Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center Fireside Lecture, award-winning photographer Mark Kelley will discuss how he conceptualizes a photo and explain his thinking process… Continue reading

Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards nominations open

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for the 2016 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards. The deadline to submit nominations is April 12,… Continue reading

Pacific Seafood Processors Association names vice president for Alaska branch

The Pacific Seafood Processors Association selected Nicole Kimball as vice president – Alaska. Kimball will be based in Anchorage and will start in mid-March.For the… Continue reading

Public comment deadline nears for Tongass management plan

The last day to comment on amendments to the 2008 Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan Tongass Plan is Feb. 22. Find out more at… Continue reading

Fireside Lecturer Mark Kelley to present “Thinking Photos” on Feb. 19

Award-winning Juneau photographer Mark Kelley is the featured Fireside lecturer at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Friday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 pm and 8 pm.In… Continue reading

Adriane Honerbrink models her "Aluminum Raven" made of recycled aluminum cans, pvc pipe and recycled fabric at the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday.

Photos: Wearable Art 2016: Reflections

All photos by Michael Penn / Juneau Empire… Continue reading

Adriane Honerbrink models her "Aluminum Raven" made of recycled aluminum cans, pvc pipe and recycled fabric at the Wearable Art Extravaganza 2016 at Centennial Hall on Sunday.
Polk Camp, now Prince of Wales most popular cabin last year, was slated for destruction before volunteers and the local Forest Service ranger worked to renovate the structure into a cabin.

Polk Camp: From destruction to success

Just a few years ago, the Craig Ranger District Forest Service remote administrative camp on Polk Inlet on Prince of Wales was slated for destruction.… Continue reading

Polk Camp, now Prince of Wales most popular cabin last year, was slated for destruction before volunteers and the local Forest Service ranger worked to renovate the structure into a cabin.

Letter from the CCW editor: Southeast Alchemy

This week’s issue of the Capital City Weekly is devoted to an art form that has become strongly associated with Southeast Alaska: wearable art. With… Continue reading

What’s happening this week, Feb. 17-23

  FILMDocumentary Premiere & Forum: The Flying University, 6:30-8 pm, Thursday, Feb. 18, KTOO building. The premiere of „The Flying University,‰ a short film that takes… Continue reading

Museums of the world film series begins at Gold Town

If you’re hungry for a bit of “cinematic brain food,” join the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives, and Museum for the Great Museums… Continue reading

Deadline reminders for February and March

 Feb. 17: SHI Juried Art Show applications dueSealaska Heritage Institute is accepting applications from artists who want to compete in its eighth biennial Juried Art… Continue reading

Free Tai Chi classes for people over 60 begin March 1

A new series of free Tai Chi classes for Juneau citizens, age 60 and older, is now open for registration, with the first class beginning… Continue reading

First Lady Donna Walker, left, Andrus Award winner Laraine Derr, center, and AARP Alaska State President Terry Snyder are shown Feb. 10 after Derr received the 2015 AARP Alaska Andrus Award for Community Service.

AARP Alaska Recognizes Laraine Derr for her commitment to community service

ANCHORAGE – Juneau resident Laraine Derr has been selected by AARP, the nonprofit organization for people 50 and older, to receive the 2015 AARP Alaska… Continue reading

First Lady Donna Walker, left, Andrus Award winner Laraine Derr, center, and AARP Alaska State President Terry Snyder are shown Feb. 10 after Derr received the 2015 AARP Alaska Andrus Award for Community Service.

Record number of visitors traveled to Alaska in summer 2015

The recently released Alaska Visitor Statistics Program VI Interim Visitor Volume Report Summer 2015 shows that the state welcomed 1.78 million out-of-state visitors between May… Continue reading