News
Gold Rush Days being held this weekend
Mining and logging are part of Juneau’s history, and both industries will be on display this weekend. The…
News
Police calls for Thursday, June 14, 2018
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Opinion
What ‘Blue Wave’?
We continue to hear that the “Blue Wave” is coming. Secular progressive liberals who are overwhelmingly Democrats would…
Opinion
Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs
We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t…
News
Correction: Gold Rush Days
In the Gold Rush Days special section that was inserted into Wednesday’s newspaper, the Empire gave the wrong…
Neighbors
Reflections of a Predator
The morning before I began a trek across Chichagof Island, I was so nervy I vomited. I came…
Neighbors
Fish Factor: Repurposing old fishing nets
Plastics in recycled fishing nets are being used to make an amazing array of products around the globe…
Neighbors
Remembering the sparks of the ‘Alaska Native Literary Renaissance’
Within the adzed, cedar walls of the Shuká Hít (clan house) in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Walter Sobeloff Building,…
Neighbors
Planet Alaska: Eat your trees
“Doesn’t Mummo know how to cook without spruce tips?” Grandson Jackson said to his mom, my daughter Brea.…
Neighbors
Visibili(T): Juneau Pride highlights the transgender community
It’s been a week of clouds and scattered rain showers, but Juneau has been filled with rainbows anyway.…
Opinion
Road rebuttal
Ben Brown in a June 3 My Turn put Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and the Juneau Access proposal…
Neighbors
What’s Happening the week of June 13-19
Beginning Caligraphy with Aimee Bib, Wednesday, June 13, 6-8:30 p.m., Color Wheel Arts Studio. In this workshop, learn…
Neighbors
Tongass Tiny Homes offers big sustainable solutions
On a Wednesday morning in late May, the sun streamed through the windows into the high-ceilinged, warehouse-like Career…
Neighbors
Craig – Then and Now: Mama Abel
It’s funny how a certain sight, sound or smell can take you back in time. I was coming…
Neighbors
Fish Creek wading
Last Monday, my friends Ian and Claire joined me on a mellow meander through the forest, out Fish…
Opinion
Salmon initiative risks Alaska’s economic future
A niece of mine and her husband have owned a restaurant in Homer for at least 20 years.…
Opinion
Vote Yes for Salmon this November
A thick skin is required for this business. Direct competition is part of the job. To survive in…
News
Police calls for Wednesday, June 13, 2018
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News
Capital City Coed Softball Tournament winners, MVPs
In this weekend’s Capital City Coed Softball Tournament, the upper-division Devil’s Hideaway Maniacs defeated The Viking Lounge 6-2…
Neighbors
Hiking Sheep Creek Valley
In early June, Parks &Rec hikers went up the Sheep Creek trail on a day of fitful rain…