While driving our son to school the other day my husband asked me “Why are you going this way?” No matter the time of day,… Continue reading
Amber Frommherz has been promoted to head the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Head Start program, the council announced Jan.… Continue reading
Andy Wink, a seafood economist for the McDowell Group, is leaving the group to form his own firm. Wink’s new firm, Wink Research & Consulting,… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer pesticide applicator certification training Jan. 30 to Feb. 1 to communities across Alaska. The training… Continue reading
Marie Drake Planetarium is Jan. 16 hosting a presentation on gravitational waves. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity in 1916 but… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Jan. 2, a daughter, Fathom Mae Jarvill, weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces, was born to Bonnin and… Continue reading
The U.S. Forest Service announced a change of schedule for the first Fireside Lecture at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Photographer Mark Kelley is not able… Continue reading
In September of 2014, my girlfriend MC and I met a First Nations man at a gas station in the Yukon village of Teslin. We… Continue reading
Want to influence Alaska’s hunting regulations? The Alaska Board of Game has called for proposed changes to hunting and trapping rules for Southeast and Southcentral… Continue reading
Over the course of the last 45 years, Juneau author, contractor and fisherman Eric Forrer has published a novel (“From the Nets of a Salmon… Continue reading
Petersburg’s filled with artists, like many of our neighbors here in Southeast. Painters and potters, some who draw freehand with ink and others who construct… Continue reading
During the Klondike gold rush, three aerial tramways and several surface hoists operated over the Chilkoot Pass. The aerial tramways were significant engineering feats. The… Continue reading
In Alaska many of us spend all spring and summer harvesting foods so we can enjoy good food and nutrition all winter. We enjoy salmon,… Continue reading
There are no photographs of bison spilling by the thousands across the Great Plains. By the time cameras came along, most of the bison were… Continue reading
1. What happened to the snow? 2. Also, what happened to Snow? You know, the Canadian reggae singer who scored a hit in 1992 with… Continue reading
Jocelyn Clark grew up in Juneau and now teaches Eastern studies at Pai Chai University in South Korea, where she has made a name for… Continue reading
When Juneau spoken word artist Christy NaMee Eriksen’s friend since childhood, Amy SoHee Henderson-Llanto, passed away Nov. 6, 2017 after a five-month battle with a… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Dec. 23 a daughter, Olive Jane Sund, weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces, was born to Heidi Drygas… Continue reading
A recent spell of very cold weather made me think about (among other things) bears hibernating in their dens, keeping warm by using the fat… Continue reading
Coming out of Christmas I’ve been thinking about angels. Not too long ago during a children’s message we talked about angels. I did the typical… Continue reading