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Thank you to Mathcounts volunteers, congrats to winners

A team of middle school mathletes from Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School won the Southeast Regional Mathcounts Competition held on Feb. 10. Mathcounts competitions are organized… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018

Thanks for Capital students-capitol visits

For the third consecutive year, all of Juneau’s 8th graders (approximately 375 students) and their teachers had an opportunity to learn how state government operates… Continue reading

  • Feb 18, 2018
Junior Alejandro Soto is currently pursuing a degree in environmental studies and society with a social science concentration and minor in political science, as well as serving as a representative for Arctic issues in Alaska Geographic’s Arctic Youth Ambassadors program. (Photo courtesy Alejandro Soto)

How two UAA students are raising awareness at home, abroad on Arctic issues

In 2015, the Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program was established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of State in partnership with… Continue reading

Junior Alejandro Soto is currently pursuing a degree in environmental studies and society with a social science concentration and minor in political science, as well as serving as a representative for Arctic issues in Alaska Geographic’s Arctic Youth Ambassadors program. (Photo courtesy Alejandro Soto)
Ronalda Cadiente Brown. Photo by Stasia Skonberg.

Brown promoted to UAS Assistant Dean for Indigenous and Multicultural Education

Ronalda Cadiente Brown has accepted the position of Assistant Dean for Indigenous and Multicultural Education at the University of Alaska Southeast. She will assume new… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Ronalda Cadiente Brown. Photo by Stasia Skonberg.

Happy (late) Valentine’s Day! Or Singles Awareness Day. Or Galentine’s Day

Most importantly, though, happy Elizabeth Peratrovich Day. That’s a holiday everyone in Southeast knows. In elementary school, I remember hearing about her fight against discrimination… Continue reading

  • Feb 16, 2018
  • By TASHA ELIZARDE

Backyard bird count starts today

The 21st annual Great Backyard Bird Count starts today and goes through Feb. 19. Help the Juneau Audubon Society catalog and track local bird populations… Continue reading

Aurora is space weather made visible. Photo by Ned Rozell.

Space weather: Havoc caused by the sun

Space weather affects snowplow drivers carving through Thompson Pass in a whiteout, Iowa farmers dropping seeds of corn, and wedding planners who release white doves… Continue reading

Aurora is space weather made visible. Photo by Ned Rozell.
Zach Brown. Courtesy image.

Inian Islands Institute a reality

Three years and a million dollars later, Zach Brown’s dream is coming to fruition. The Inian Island Institute, an educational hub for researchers, conservationists, and… Continue reading

Zach Brown. Courtesy image.
Gary Neilson has to chop through snow and ice to pull the plug in his skiff. He’ll let the saltwater in to melt the snow and ice that’s accumulated in the bottom. The seats and bow will have to be shoveled off before the skiff can be used to go get mail and groceries.

‘Chionomisia’ for the win

Snow. Chiono is Greek for snow; phobia is Greek for fear. While there is definitely anxiety involved when I hear that there is a big… Continue reading

Gary Neilson has to chop through snow and ice to pull the plug in his skiff. He’ll let the saltwater in to melt the snow and ice that’s accumulated in the bottom. The seats and bow will have to be shoveled off before the skiff can be used to go get mail and groceries.
University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of Alaska Native Languages Lance Twitchell teaches a basic Northwest Coast Formline Art workshop at UAS on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Michael Penn | For the Capital City Weekly

Art of Place: Spirit through form(line)

Northwest Coast Art is an easily distinguished and recognizable art form, and formline is its foundation, seen on cultural objects from blankets to screens. So… Continue reading

University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of Alaska Native Languages Lance Twitchell teaches a basic Northwest Coast Formline Art workshop at UAS on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Michael Penn | For the Capital City Weekly

What can an owl’s face tell you about its habits?

There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy… Continue reading

Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Feb. 2, a daughter, Athena Terese Ortiz Lopez, weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces, was born to Mackenzie… Continue reading

  • Feb 13, 2018
Group picture of families attending the 20th Anniverary Dinner of the Juneau Community Charter School at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018.

Thank you from the charter school

The Juneau Community Charter School expresses its gratitude to the many organizations and individuals who offered assistance and support for its recent 20th anniversary celebration.… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
Group picture of families attending the 20th Anniverary Dinner of the Juneau Community Charter School at Juneau-Douglas High School on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018.

Umpires needed for upcoming Adult Slow Pitch Softball season

The Juneau Douglas Officials Association and Juneau Softball Association are looking for slow-pitch softball umpires for the upcoming season. Starting next month, umpire training will… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
The Juneau School District gratefully accepted almost 250 pair of new winter boots from Juneau Fred Meyer to distribute to schools for children in need.

Thank you Fred Meyer

The Juneau School District appreciates the generous donation of winter boots from Juneau Fred Meyer. Our Juneau Fred Meyer store donated nearly 250 pair of… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
The Juneau School District gratefully accepted almost 250 pair of new winter boots from Juneau Fred Meyer to distribute to schools for children in need.

I kind of love that Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday

I lean toward melancholy so I love Russian authors, cloudy days, a good drizzle, and Ash Wednesday. These things make my heart sing not because… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
  • By PASTOR TARI STAGE-HARVEY

Free lunches offer info on homelessness, mental health, more

Starting soon, monthly luncheons will seek to educate members of the public about social issues facing the community. The National Association of Social Workers Alaska… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Yulia Galysheva, of Kazakhstan, jumps during the women’s moguls finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (Gregory Bull | The Associated Press)

Olympic-in’ and Grinnin’

This past Friday, the world took a break from humanitarian strife, economic tumult and that whole “dueling memos” thing and shifted its gaze to PyeongChang,… Continue reading

  • Feb 11, 2018
  • By Geoff Kirsch
Yulia Galysheva, of Kazakhstan, jumps during the women’s moguls finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (Gregory Bull | The Associated Press)
Ed Shanley and Dennis Hall ski along the northern side of the Taku Range on the Juneau icefield. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

Chose your own adventure on the Juneau Icefield

Juneau has some serious perks. The best, in my opinion, is that we have a 1,500 square mile icefield on one side of town and… Continue reading

Ed Shanley and Dennis Hall ski along the northern side of the Taku Range on the Juneau icefield. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

The story behind these elegant spider webs

One fine, cold day in late January, I took a stroll on crunchy snow. In a couple of places, I ventured off-trail a little way,… Continue reading