Human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Alaska have decreased by 8 percent since 1990, according to an updated report from the Department of Environmental Conservation… Continue reading
Capital City Fire and Rescue says relax. It could save your life. It’s good advice if you fall into the frigid waters of Mendenhall Lake… Continue reading
For the second year in a row, the Annual Spring King Salmon Derby has been canceled, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of… Continue reading
A group of 220 natural resource scientists urged Congress with a joint letter Friday not to eliminate the so-called “roadless rule” on Alaska’s Tongass and… Continue reading
The Alaska Board of Fisheries has passed an “action plan” to help conserve struggling king salmon stocks on Southeast rivers during their last day of… Continue reading
Will Funter Bay residents lose their subsistence hunting rights with the City and Borough of Juneau’s proposed annexation? Many residents moved to the small, remote… Continue reading
In a morning of controversial deliberations at the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting Tuesday, subsistence users weren’t successful in herring conservation measures to cut commercial… Continue reading
The National Weather Service has issued a tsunami warning for Alaska and British Columbia after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 (which was… Continue reading
It’s been a full year since demonstrators staged what is likely the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history, the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The… Continue reading
An Alaska Native leader has asked a non-indigenous shaman to cancel a pricey retreat to Juneau which she says amounts to cultural theft and the… Continue reading
The Alaska Board of Fisheries voted to ban spotter planes in Southeast salmon fisheries and provided some relief to struggling commercial troll fishermen on Friday,… Continue reading
“I have heard that the huge releases of hatchery pink and chum salmon are seriously reducing food for king and coho salmon. It would seem… Continue reading
A Southeast salmon fisherman forfeited his boat to the state of Alaska last week after being found guilty of fishing 65 miles into closed waters,… Continue reading
Some fresh faces are looking to make a living while increasing the amount of food grown in Juneau. At least, that’s the first thing you… Continue reading
The Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up four days of public testimony on Southeast fisheries Tuesday with most of the debate surrounding proposals to change… Continue reading
Local boy Graysen Fawcett is a pretty typical first grader. He’s a “rough and tumble” kid with a lot of energy, according to his mother.… Continue reading
Juneau Police Department officer John Cryderman’s neat uniform belied the controlled chaos in the hallways and classrooms of the Juneau Community Charter School on Wednesday.… Continue reading
If you’ve driven by the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery lately, you might have noticed a bit of construction work offshore. That’s because Douglas Island Pink and… Continue reading
The future of king salmon fishing in Southeast will change this week as the Board of Fisheries considers proposals to boost struggling Chinook stocks on… Continue reading
Peter Fellman’s friendly dog Bingo is an ambassador of sorts. He’s an easy-going “mongrel” of a mutt who earned his nickname calming canine tensions at… Continue reading
