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Hannah hits the docks in style in XtraTufs and a flannel shirt — always a Juneau classic! What I like about her outfit is her… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
  • By Kerry Howard
Juneau Style

Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Sept. 25, a son, Valor Raphael Ukatish, weighing 9 pounds, was born to Sequoia Miller and Timothy… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017

Teachers, students celebrate arts

During National Arts In Education Week, Sept. 10-16, 2017, Any Given Child Juneau invited every classroom teacher in the Juneau School District to celebrate the… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

Models wanted for ‘frugal fashion show’

The Women of the Moose, Juneau Chapter #439, need models for its sixth annual Frugal Fashion show and Tea, which will take place Oct. 22… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

New group forms for STEM fun

A new Juneau organization, SouthEast Exchange, is hosting a kickoff event: “S.E.E. 2017: STEM,” a networking event for teachers and STEM community members, on Tuesday,… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire

Thanks for the pizza

On behalf of the Southeast Alaska Food Bank Board of Directors and all our volunteers, I want to thank Josh at Papa John’s Pizza for… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017

Thank you from the Food Bank

On behalf of the Southeast Alaska Food Bank board of directors, our volunteers, our member agencies, and the clients we serve, we thank the E&M… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017

Special Olympics fundraiser taking place Saturday

For those interested in helping support the Juneau Special Olympics Bowling Team, Thunder Mountain High School is the place to be this weekend. From 4:30-7… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017

UAS adds program to address psychological distress on campus

College can be a stressful time, and those at the University of Alaska Southeast will soon be able to better identify signs of psychological distress.… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017

Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority hires new CEO

The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority board of trustees Oct. 4 announced the hiring of Mike Abbott as Chief Executive Officer. Abbott is currently the… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
  • By Juneau Empire
Students walk to the Gastineau School on Wednesday, Oct. 4 to celebrate International Walk to School Day. The day is meant to celebrate safe pedestrian schools and remind drivers to be aware of those walking to school. (Photo courtesy of Marcheta Moulton)

Event raises awareness of pedestrian habits, car safety

This past Wednesday, students across the state, including those at Gastineau Elementary School, participated in International Walk to School Day. The day, which was expected… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
Students walk to the Gastineau School on Wednesday, Oct. 4 to celebrate International Walk to School Day. The day is meant to celebrate safe pedestrian schools and remind drivers to be aware of those walking to school. (Photo courtesy of Marcheta Moulton)
Peggy Cowan will be one of the co-chairs of United Way Southeast’s annual giving campaign. (Photo courtesy of United Way)

United Way names co-chairs for annual donation campaign

United Way of Southeast Alaska’s annual giving campaign now has two co-chairs ready to lead the effort. Peggy Cowan and Tom Sullivan will lead the… Continue reading

  • Oct 8, 2017
Peggy Cowan will be one of the co-chairs of United Way Southeast’s annual giving campaign. (Photo courtesy of United Way)

Photo Contest: Changing seasons

There are many ways to mark the change of seasons in Juneau: When the fireweed blooms, fades to white fluff, then disappears altogether; when devil’s… Continue reading

A squirrel out on the trail to Nugget Falls. (Photo by Janice Gorle)

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska

The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all… Continue reading

A squirrel out on the trail to Nugget Falls. (Photo by Janice Gorle)
UAF graduate student Claire Montgomerie handles a lynx kitten she found at a den site near Wiseman this summer. Photo courtesy Claire Montgomerie. (Courtesy of Claire Montgomerie)

Finding a far-north lynx den

In her study of one of the farthest north lynx populations in North America this summer, Claire Montgomerie used her ears. While looking at the… Continue reading

UAF graduate student Claire Montgomerie handles a lynx kitten she found at a den site near Wiseman this summer. Photo courtesy Claire Montgomerie. (Courtesy of Claire Montgomerie)

The high cost of being a bird

If you walk along a shore beside a channel where salmon run in late summer, you may find the trees full of shabby, tattered eagles… Continue reading

Group organizes events around fish, food and the future

Each academic year, the University of Alaska Southeast Sustainability Committee determines how best to serve the university community through outreach and educational events related to… Continue reading

Playwright Vera Bedard speaks as poet Joan Naviyuk Kane listens at a 49 Writers Crosscurrents panel on Friday, Sept. 29. Bedard, who is currently a three-year resident at Perseverance Theater, wrote the 2016 Perseverance-produced play “Our Voices Will be Heard,” which addressed childhood sexual abuse. She was born in Craig and has Tlingit and Dena’ina heritage. Kane is the author of “Milk Black Carbon,” “Hyperboreal,” “The Cormorant Hunter’s Wife,” and “The Straits.” She is Inupiaq, with family in King Island and Mary’s Igloo.

Discussing an Alaskan apocalypse

Zombies, North Korea’s threats, a rogue virus: the end of the world may not be upon Juneau at the moment, but the community is discussing… Continue reading

Playwright Vera Bedard speaks as poet Joan Naviyuk Kane listens at a 49 Writers Crosscurrents panel on Friday, Sept. 29. Bedard, who is currently a three-year resident at Perseverance Theater, wrote the 2016 Perseverance-produced play “Our Voices Will be Heard,” which addressed childhood sexual abuse. She was born in Craig and has Tlingit and Dena’ina heritage. Kane is the author of “Milk Black Carbon,” “Hyperboreal,” “The Cormorant Hunter’s Wife,” and “The Straits.” She is Inupiaq, with family in King Island and Mary’s Igloo.
Skagway Burlesque twirls into Juneau

Skagway Burlesque twirls into Juneau

Five mudboot-clad, umbrella-twirling women danced their way onto the stage of the Red Dog Saloon as the opening act for Skagway Burlesque’s colorful, creative show… Continue reading

Skagway Burlesque twirls into Juneau
Aroon on the Isis with Megan and JoDean on the Westerner in the background. (Photo by Tara Neilson)

Boat parties at remote docks

The axis around which our rural community of Meyers Chuck revolves is the state-installed dock. So we decided to have a boat party at it… Continue reading

Aroon on the Isis with Megan and JoDean on the Westerner in the background. (Photo by Tara Neilson)