From Empire columnist Bjorn Dihle: Two weekends ago my kayak class made an interesting find washed up on a beach during an outing to Berners… Continue reading
Two goat hunters, dehydrated after their water supply froze, were rescued from Blackerby Ridge by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter Tuesday evening. The men, ages… Continue reading
Peanut butter and jelly. Cookies and milk. Bagels and cream cheese. Coffee and beer? It’s a winning combination. Alaskan Brewing Company and Heritage Coffee Roasting… Continue reading
Human remains found by a duck hunter have been identified as missing Juneau hiker Teri Heuscher, police say. Heuscher, 53, was last seen on June… Continue reading
Armed with a .223-caliber rifle, a Kake man opened fire on a Secon construction company trailer from the driver’s seat of his Chevrolet pickup early… Continue reading
Nell McConahey entered her lilies at the state fair on a whim. She had no idea they would win Best of Show. McConahey, a Juneau… Continue reading
There’s a moment Dr. Jessica Zitter likes to recount. An “epiphany” precipitated by an experienced nurse when Zitter was a young doctor. She told the… Continue reading
The phrase “above and beyond” doesn’t quite cut it for David Hydock. A commercial fishing vessel examiner for the U.S. Coast Guard, Hydock works with… Continue reading
Alaska State Troopers haven’t disclosed any new details of an investigation into the suspicious death of a 19-year-old Kake woman found not breathing at home… Continue reading
Alicia Miller’s Juneau Community Garden plot overflowed with kale and swiss chard. Scattered in her four plots this year are garlic, sunflower, collard greens and… Continue reading
Locals Shari and Hugh Grant have been chosen as this year’s philanthropists of the year by the Juneau Community Foundation. Alaska Electric Light &Power/Avista Utilities… 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
In 1917, Charles C. and Florence Personeus, Christian missionaries from the then newly-formed Assembly of God, disembarked in Juneau on a rainy November day. “I… Continue reading
When it comes to a senior sales tax exemption, candidates for Juneau’s city Assembly didn’t split along ideological lines at Monday’s Juneau Votes! forum. Instead,… Continue reading
Former Alaska writer laureate and influential Tlingit scholar Nora Keixwnéi Dauenhauer died Monday at the age of 90. Dauenhauer, of the Haines-Yakutat Lukaaxádi (sockeye) clan,… Continue reading
It’s now possible to get green time and screen time simultaneously thanks to a new application for smartphones and mobile devices. The Mendenhall Glacier Recreation… Continue reading
The shooting death of a brown bear in the Tee Harbor area has neighbors frustrated over the city’s regulations governing chicken coops. Neighbors who believe… Continue reading
With nothing but a tent, a bike, some carbon fiber cycling cleats and about 25 pounds of gear, Chris Figureida is cycling from the northern… Continue reading
A Greens Creek Mine executive successfully lobbied to stall a resolution requesting federal government intervention in protecting Southeast waters from upriver Canadian mining projects. The… Continue reading
Coxcomb, antique red hydrangea, purple, overgrown kale heads — even chili peppers on a stem — you can find a lot of things at Frenchie’s… Continue reading
