Deadwood — every bureaucracy has some! Yet each “deadwood” individual supports a vibrant community of personal bacteria, and perhaps a fungus or a tapeworm. And… Continue reading
The Tongass National Forest has released the schedule for the 2018 Fireside Lectures at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. Local photographer Mark Kelley will start the… Continue reading
Richard Forman, a Harvard professor of landscape ecology, once visited a mangrove swamp in the Florida Everglades that he described as the most remote place… Continue reading
All we had for transportation, when we first lived way out in the bush when I was a kid, was a thirteen-foot Boston Whaler powered… Continue reading
Planet Alaska began as a desire to share and celebrate the diversity of Alaska from Ketchikan to Utqiagvik. Planet Alaska is two writers/artists, a mother/daughter… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Dec. 11, a son, Hugh Edward Cavellier, weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces, was born to Lisa and… Continue reading
The Alaska State Library is accepting applications for three summer internships in public libraries. Interns will receive travel reimbursement, a $4,000 honorarium and free housing… Continue reading
The Alaska State Committee for Research is soliciting nominations for the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame. The hall recognizes individuals “who put Alaska on the… Continue reading
Eight organizations and the Juneau School District are receiving seasonal contributions from the Avista Foundation and Avista Corp. in support of the City and Borough… Continue reading
The day after Christmas, stargazers at the Marie Drake planetarium will learn how aliens and astronauts celebrate Christmas and how Christmas is celebrated on the… Continue reading
A medical student from Juneau has completed the foundations of clinical medicine phase of his training and received an award from the Washington, Alaska, Montana… Continue reading
This past summer Fairweather Equitation Center hosted three horse shows. Riders ranged in age from 7 to 73, and they rode horses of various breeds… Continue reading
Bianca Eagan, a student at Juneau-Douglas High School, has been named one of Alaska’s two delegates to the Senate Youth Program by Alaska Education Commissioner… Continue reading
The good snow was long gone, leaving only some soggy snowplow berms along the roads, where moose and wolves had left their marks days ago.… Continue reading
Edward Abbey, the iconic wilderness writer, called Alaska “the last pork chop” in an essay based around a float trip he made in the Arctic… Continue reading
Ah, the holidays: the most festive time of year. And nothing spells fun like writing lists… especially lists of empty promises to suddenly improve every… Continue reading
When we moved to the remote, abandoned cannery where I grew up, I was nine years old and had some vestigial memories of civilization. My… Continue reading
During World War II, the Sitka Chapter of the American Red Cross (ARC) worked to support the military personnel stationed at the Sitka Naval Operating… Continue reading
Whether it is watching a movie or reading a book about mysteries, I find myself drawn into the story trying to figure out the mystery… Continue reading
NEW ORLEANS — At this gathering of thousands of scientists at a horseshoe bend of the lower Mississippi River, a few talked about a far… Continue reading
