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Mount Edgecumbe High School students examine a salmon stomach. Photo by Amelia Greenberg | For the Capital City Weekly

Sitka Tribe, Mount Edgecumbe school on hunt for microplastics

Each year, Alaska Native peoples head out to catch fish and hunt seals as they have for thousands of years. But if current worldwide trends… Continue reading

Mount Edgecumbe High School students examine a salmon stomach. Photo by Amelia Greenberg | For the Capital City Weekly
Mallards, sleeping in the snow bob. (Photo by Mary F. Willson)

Birds in winter’s cold

The temperatures plummet to single digits, and maybe the winds howl too, and even if the lovely sun is shining, the days are short, food… Continue reading

Mallards, sleeping in the snow bob. (Photo by Mary F. Willson)
This signed print from artist Glenn Ojard is one of 20 that will be given away at Harbor Tea & Spice Company in January’s First Friday. Courtesy image.

January First Friday listings

“Seeing Faces” Juneau-Douglas City Museum 114 W. 4th St. 4:30-7 p.m. The Juneau Douglas City Museum will host a solo artist reception for Tsimshian carver… Continue reading

This signed print from artist Glenn Ojard is one of 20 that will be given away at Harbor Tea & Spice Company in January’s First Friday. Courtesy image.

Here we go again

It’s that time of year again: time to make New Year’s resolutions. Do you feel like you just did that? Every year it’s the same… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017
  • By PEGGY MCKEE BARNHILL

Recent births

Recent births at Barlett Regional Hospital: On Dec. 23, a son, Clark Paul Hartman, weighing 9 pounds, 0 ounces, was born to Lesley Kalbrener and… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017

The strength of vulnerability

I have a virus. I won’t share the symptoms. It is never helpful to place blame, but a sick two-year-old who loves to curl up… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017
  • By Shannon Fisher

Canvas at REACH appreciative of gift

The Canvas at REACH extends our sincere appreciation to First National Bank Alaska for their generous year-end gift. FNBA funded our framing supplies for 2018,… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017

American Red Cross of Alaska: Thank you, Bob

As 2017 comes to a close, we at the American Red Cross of Alaska would like to express our appreciation and sense of loss for… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017

Thank you for attending Juneau Masonic Club’s Christmas party

On behalf of the Juneau-Douglas Shrine Club, we want to thank everyone who attended our inaugural Christmas party on Dec. 17 at the Juneau Masonic… Continue reading

  • Dec 30, 2017

Most read Neighbors articles of 2017

A pastor of 30 years comes clean; Geoff Kirsch’s controversial satire of Alaska Airlines boarding policies; Kerry Howard’s unpacking of “Juneau Style”; the things they… Continue reading

  • Dec 29, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

There is life in dead wood

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

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center releases 2018 Fireside Lecture schedule

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

The most remote places in Alaska. Map by Dorte Dissing.

The most remote place in the U.S.

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

The most remote places in Alaska. Map by Dorte Dissing.
The arrow points to where the reviewer grew up in the 1980s in conditions similiar to those in the book set in 1910. Photo by Tara Neilson.

The Awesome Alaska Book Review: ‘Hidden Harbor’ by Kathrene Pinkerton

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

The arrow points to where the reviewer grew up in the 1980s in conditions similiar to those in the book set in 1910. Photo by Tara Neilson.
Light streams in through the trees above Mickey’s Fish Camp in Wrangell. Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott.

Planet Alaska: Sharing Our Stories

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

  • Dec 27, 2017
  • By by Vivian Mork Yéilk’ and Vivian Faith Prescott
  • Arts and Culture
Light streams in through the trees above Mickey’s Fish Camp in Wrangell. Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott.

Recent births

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

  • Dec 23, 2017

Alaska State library currently accepting applications for summer internships

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

  • Dec 23, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

Nominees wanted for Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame

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

  • Dec 23, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

Avista announces 2017 philanthropy efforts

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

  • Dec 23, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

Planetarium shows ‘Christmas in space’

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

  • Dec 23, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire