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
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
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
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
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
I’ll say this for the 2017-18 Perseverance Theatre season: it certainly starts off with a bang. Actually, not a bang, but a “Power Bomb,” the… Continue reading
From sea to summit, Yakutat’s horizon boasts the tallest, most rapidly ascending mountain on Earth. It is here, below Mt. Saint Elias (Was’eitushaa), where the… Continue reading
On Wednesday Sept. 27, the Alaska National Guard Counterdrug Support Program conducted a very successful food drive at Super Bear IGA and Foodland IGA. This… Continue reading
At some point we all experience our own crisis or that of a family member, friend, or co-worker. Some forms of crisis are newsworthy and… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Sept. 18, a daughter, Grace Bahiyyih Bauer, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, was born to Sydney and… Continue reading
If you can remember back to our so-called summer, you may remember seeing little clots of whitish bubbles on some of the vegetation. Those bubble… Continue reading
Juneau trails have been improved with new bridges, brushwork and replaced boardwalk this summer. Trail Mix, Inc., a local nonprofit that contracts with the City… Continue reading
Rhododendrons are generally immune to most insect pests, the concentration of toxic substances in their leaves is so great that most insects avoid eating them.… Continue reading
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
Alaska Native and conservation groups asked the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to investigate six hard-rock mines in British Columbia this week. The groups, which include… Continue reading
Goat hunting has closed in a management area near Skagway, the Alaska Department of Fish & Game announced Wednesday. Resident and nonresident goat hunting seasons… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 species of fish, mussels and other sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific Ocean on debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, washing… Continue reading
My friend back East cautioned me against mushrooms. She told me of someone she knew, a lifelong wild mushroom enthusiast, who ate the wrong one… Continue reading
Jews around the world are celebrating the High Holy Days. These 10 Days of Awe begin with Rosh Hashanah, (the Jewish New year) and end… Continue reading
For the past several years, Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) Camp 70 and Alaska Native Brotherhood Camp 70 have partnered with businesses and organizations through the… Continue reading
