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Courtesy Photo | Grace College  Megan Gunkel

Local featured in Grace College senior thesis show

Megan (Wall) Gunkel, a Glennallen High School graduate from Juneau, will be featured in the first Grace College Senior Thesis Show of 2018. The show… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Courtesy Photo | Grace College  Megan Gunkel

Thank you to Girl Scout helpers

Fourth graders Sofia Jordan and Miranda Stichert were some of the first children to enroll in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library when the program started… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2018
Sawmill Creek waterfall in all of its glory. (Gabe Donohoe | For the Juneau Empire)

Photo blog: Sawmill Creek Falls in the winter

In the past I’d only ever been to Sawmill Creek, north of Juneau, by kayak in the summer. I thought it was inaccessible by land… Continue reading

Sawmill Creek waterfall in all of its glory. (Gabe Donohoe | For the Juneau Empire)
A Sitka blacktail fork-horn. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)

Meditations on deer hunting

A few mornings ago, I saw the fresh tracks of a big buck in a creek bed at the base of a mountain. I was… Continue reading

A Sitka blacktail fork-horn. (Bjorn Dihle | For the Juneau Empire)

Anan visitor permits go on sale Feb. 1

Permits to visit Anan Wildlife Observatory near Wrangell will go on sale at 8 a.m. Feb. 1 for the summer 2018 season, the U.S. Forest… Continue reading

Brant Secunda, as pictured on the Dance of the Deer Foundation website.

Shamans and Shenanigans

Some news events stick with you forever: 9/11, Fall of the Berlin Wall, the expansion of Subway’s Sub-of-the-Day to include both six-inch and foot-long options.… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • By Geoff Kirsch
Brant Secunda, as pictured on the Dance of the Deer Foundation website.
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Beware the Cord Cataclysm

Seven. That’s the number of cords that I can see without turning my head or getting up from my chair at the dining room table.… Continue reading

  • Jan 25, 2018
  • By PEGGY MCKEE BARNHILL
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Beginning Tlingit materials. Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott

Learning how to speak Tlingit

The Tlingit language is such an elaborate language. It needs to be lived: It is a living language — Vivian Mork Yéilk’ I was afraid.… Continue reading

Beginning Tlingit materials. Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott
Sherri McDonald sits in her room of inspiration at Color Wheel Arts. Clara Miller | Capital City Weekly

New art studio opens on Douglas Island

As a Douglas resident of 20 years, Sherri McDonald had wanted a studio on the island for some time for her paper art. She finally… Continue reading

Sherri McDonald sits in her room of inspiration at Color Wheel Arts. Clara Miller | Capital City Weekly
Eli Lawrence holds a hemlock branch covered in herring eggs, haaw, pulled from Crow Pass. Photo by Bethany Goodrich

Activist group fights to conserve Sitka’s herring

SITKA — On Jan. 14, more than 200 people crowded inside the oldest ANB Hall in Alaska to partake in a koo.éex’. Koo.éex’ is Tlingit… Continue reading

Eli Lawrence holds a hemlock branch covered in herring eggs, haaw, pulled from Crow Pass. Photo by Bethany Goodrich
In this Dec. 2016 photo, a partially-frozen Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Lake. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Lakeside findings

Sometime in mid-January, after a nice cold snap, the temperatures soared into the fifties; even near the glacier it was in the balmy forties. Near… Continue reading

In this Dec. 2016 photo, a partially-frozen Nugget Falls at Mendenhall Lake. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

The Juneau Sikh community

Mukhya Kaur and Hari Dev Singh Khalsa are easy to spot. Following the 5 k’s of Sikh tradition, both wear a turban, also called a… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • By CORINNE CONLON

Thank you from the Flying Lions

The Flying Lion Valley Chapter would like to thank Randy’s Rib Shack, Alaska Brewing, and McGivney’s for all the help and support in our annual… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018

Juneau community foundation thanks avista

The Juneau Community Foundation thanks Avista for a recent donation of $10,000. Avista, parent company of AEL&P, focuses its community philanthropy on education, vulnerable populations,… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018
Buddhist Lama Khentrul Lodr&

Buddhist Lama to teach in Juneau

The first week in February, Tibetan Buddhist Lama Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche will be in Juneau to offer Buddhist teachings and a look into his… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
Buddhist Lama Khentrul Lodr&
The Juneau School District Board of Education honors Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Principal Kristy Germain (center right) as she received an award for Assistant Principal of the Year presented by Dr. Lisa Skiles Parady, Executive Director of the Alaska Council of School Administrators (center left). (Courtesy photo | Juneau School District)

Dzantik’i Heeni assistant principal wins statewide award

After an increase of activities available to Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Students in recent years, a statewide organization recognized the efforts of the school’s assistant… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018
  • By Juneau Empire
The Juneau School District Board of Education honors Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Principal Kristy Germain (center right) as she received an award for Assistant Principal of the Year presented by Dr. Lisa Skiles Parady, Executive Director of the Alaska Council of School Administrators (center left). (Courtesy photo | Juneau School District)

Thank you to the Holiday Village

Thank you Tamala Booten and the staff at Timberwolf, as well as Samantha Adams and everyone associated with the Juneau Holiday Village, for raising $1,034… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018

New hire at GIS

Resource Data, a custom software development, geographic information system (GIS) and IT consulting firm, has hired Chad Millen as Senior Programmer/Analyst to its Juneau branch.… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018

Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Jan. 10, a son, Mateo Allan Echave, weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce, was born to Katy and… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018

Thank you to our Alaska legislators

As the legislature and their staff across our state return to our state capitol to start work on the important priorities in our state, the… Continue reading

  • Jan 21, 2018