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Fish Factor: Catch decline, crab prices, and gear for women

Alaska halibut is facing strong headwinds that have dampened the value of the catch shares needed to go fishing. Increasing imports of Atlantic halibut from… Continue reading

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What’s Happening the week of April 18-24

Events: Pillars of America Speaker Series- Todd Huston, Wednesday, April 18, 11:30 a.m.- 1:20 p.m., Centennial Hall Convention Center. The Pillars of America Speaker Series… Continue reading

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At the end of the song “Quiet,” chorus members hold up hastag signs to show all the ways they are no longer willing to be quiet. Photo by Kim Kiefer.

New director leads Juneau Pride Chorus’ coming of age concert

Kathleen Wayne has taken the reins from former music director Leslie Wood to lead the Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Juneau… Continue reading

At the end of the song “Quiet,” chorus members hold up hastag signs to show all the ways they are no longer willing to be quiet. Photo by Kim Kiefer.
Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly

Herring Camp: Teaching science and culture

In late March in Sitka, you never know what the weather will be. It can squall one moment, hail the next, and then the sky… Continue reading

Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly Chohla Moll, science teacher at Mount Edgecumbe, leads her students in collecting samples during Herring Camp. Bethany Goodrich | For the Capital City Weekly
A rescue helicopter takes off the remaining crew and passengers of the Prinsendam who weren’t able to get into a lifeboat. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Prinsendam’s unsung heroes

Accounts of the burning and sinking of the Holland America cruise ship Prinsendam in the Gulf of Alaska in the fall of 1980 all mention… Continue reading

A rescue helicopter takes off the remaining crew and passengers of the Prinsendam who weren’t able to get into a lifeboat. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Elizabeth Rumfelt, senior editor of the 2018 edition of “Tidal Echoes.” Jack Scholz | Capital City Weekly

Tidal Echoes launch celebrates the creativity of Southeast

The submission guidelines for “Tidal Echoes,” the literary and arts journal sponsored by the University of Alaska Southeast, are simple and few: live in Southeast… Continue reading

Elizabeth Rumfelt, senior editor of the 2018 edition of “Tidal Echoes.” Jack Scholz | Capital City Weekly
Basket made by Faye Kohrt filled with goose tongue. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

Planet Alaska: Foraging for goose tongue

I crouch down on the beach beside Grandson Jonah. A field of green clumps of grass-like plants we call goose tongue surrounds us. In Tlingit… Continue reading

Basket made by Faye Kohrt filled with goose tongue. Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Capital City Weekly

Sound Publishing buys Capital City Weekly

Seattle-based Sound Publishing, Inc., announced today its purchase of the Capital City Weekly and the Juneau Empire from GateHouse Media. Sound Publishing President Gloria Fletcher… Continue reading

Fred Hamilton Sr. of Ellis Airlines. Photo courtesy of Betty Marker.

Craig – Then and Now: The Age of Ellis Airlines

A few weeks ago I saw in the Prince of Wales Island Post that Island Air Express will begin flying from the Klawock Airport to… Continue reading

Fred Hamilton Sr. of Ellis Airlines. Photo courtesy of Betty Marker.
Outer Coast College core team during a meeting, from left to right: Cecilia Dumouchel, Erin Slomski-Pritz, Johnny Elliott, Bryden Sweeney-Taylor, and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

Rethinking the college experience in Sitka

Sitting down to a hot meal of baked salmon, freshly caught by fellow students in nearby Sitka Sound is part of the plan — and… Continue reading

Outer Coast College core team during a meeting, from left to right: Cecilia Dumouchel, Erin Slomski-Pritz, Johnny Elliott, Bryden Sweeney-Taylor, and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Wilson’s warbler. Photo by Bill Heard.

What’s Happening the week of April 11-17

Raincounty Flyfishers Meeting, Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School library. George Elgee will present a slide show on his trip to Greenland… Continue reading

Wilson’s warbler. Photo by Bill Heard.
Jamie watches as his dog Moby notices the cat (out of frame). Photo courtesy of Tara Neilson.

Alaska for Real: Bridging the wilderness

One year we lived in the only remaining, standing building in the old, burned cannery where I grew up. We were fixing up our floathouse… Continue reading

Jamie watches as his dog Moby notices the cat (out of frame). Photo courtesy of Tara Neilson.
Jeff Lund holds a fish from a fishing trip. Jeff Lund | For the Capital City Weekly.

This is fun…right?

“This is the expectation, man. For steelhead fishing in late March, this is what it’s about.” It was around noon and Rob was at a… Continue reading

Jeff Lund holds a fish from a fishing trip. Jeff Lund | For the Capital City Weekly.

The first-timer’s guide to Folk Fest

There’s no music more real than the kind found at a real live folk festival. It’s the kind of place where genuineness is more valued… Continue reading

Pharis and Jason Romero. (Courtesy image)

Folk duo Pharis and Jason Romero put down roots as Alaska Folk Fest guest artists

Folk music is a wide umbrella covering an enormous amount of genres and subgenres, so it’s of no small surprise that the answer musicians give… Continue reading

Pharis and Jason Romero. (Courtesy image)
Fiddlehead ferns. Photo by Vivian Mork Y&

Planet Alaska: Spring is sneaking into Alaska

Spring, Taakw eetí, is sneaking into Alaska again. Fairbanks and Juneau are still covered in snow. In Sitka, there are signs of spring. As I… Continue reading

Fiddlehead ferns. Photo by Vivian Mork Y&
Long Hill, Chilkoot Trail, looking southwest. This view shows the Chilkoot Railroad & Transport Company (CR&T) aerial tramway in operation. One of the CR&T tramway towers is in the background left and a canoe and crate are being hauled over the line toward the summit of the Chilkoot Trail. Two men, possibly tramway workers, are observing the load. This photograph was taken on Long Hill between Sheep Camp and the Scales between the spring-fall of 1898-1899. Image courtesy of the National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Candy Waugaman Collection, KLGO LH-68-8973.

Southeast in Sepia: The Chilkoot Railroad & Transport Company

The Chilkoot Railroad &Transport Company (otherwise known as the CR&T Company) was the longest, most sophisticated and best known of the three aerial tramways that… Continue reading

Long Hill, Chilkoot Trail, looking southwest. This view shows the Chilkoot Railroad & Transport Company (CR&T) aerial tramway in operation. One of the CR&T tramway towers is in the background left and a canoe and crate are being hauled over the line toward the summit of the Chilkoot Trail. Two men, possibly tramway workers, are observing the load. This photograph was taken on Long Hill between Sheep Camp and the Scales between the spring-fall of 1898-1899. Image courtesy of the National Park Service, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Candy Waugaman Collection, KLGO LH-68-8973.

What’s Happening the week of April 4-10

Partners in Healing, April 5, 5:15 p.m., Gold Town Theater. This film discusses the partnership between western medicine and other healing modalities to promote a… Continue reading

George Gress speaks with a reporter at his home in Juneau on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 about his three-year tenure making guitars for clients across the country. Richard McGrail | For the Capital City Weekly

Making sustainable music

A pallet, planks from an old dock in Dillingham, and a used skateboard are all things that George Gress has repurposed into guitars. He’s passionate… Continue reading

George Gress speaks with a reporter at his home in Juneau on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 about his three-year tenure making guitars for clients across the country. Richard McGrail | For the Capital City Weekly
Camp 18 sits on a rock knob above the Gilkey Trench, as students take in the sunset on the Juneau Icefield, July 2017. Photo by Ben Huff.

In focus: The Juneau Icefield Research Program

This summer, a group of about 30 students will step into the most unique classroom they will ever have: the Juneau Icefield. Every year, students… Continue reading

Camp 18 sits on a rock knob above the Gilkey Trench, as students take in the sunset on the Juneau Icefield, July 2017. Photo by Ben Huff.