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Southeast in Sepia: Skagway tourism
Tourism in Southeast Alaska dates back to the 1880s with cruises up the Inside Passage to see the…
News
Kindred Post anniversary party comes with music, photos, deals
After four years of being in business, Kindred Post is throwing a party.
Neighbors
Alaska for Real: The ferry way
The ferry crewmember shared a conspiratorial smile with me as we crept up on the lounge. We peeked…
Neighbors
Fish Factor: Shellfish and seafood businesses growing
As Gov. Bill Walker prepares to sign a bill this week enacting the Alaska Mariculture Development Plan, 16…
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
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith brings poetry to the people
The end of Tracy K. Smith’s reading in the Father Andrew P. Kashevaroff building sounded more like the…
News
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…
Opinion
Opinion: PFD must be constitutionally protected
I moved to Alaska in 1979. As a place, Alaska was awesome. Big mountains, vast distances, awesome wildlife,…
Neighbors
Friends of the SLAM invite authors, artists to exhibit
The Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives & Museum invite Alaskan authors and artists to submit an…
Neighbors
Real Music: Tony Tengs finds new songwriting inspiration in retirement
Tony Tengs employs the double negative when it comes to his relationship with songwriting. He can’t not think…
News
Property taxes due Oct. 1
Property taxes are due Oct. 1, and there’s a new option for Juneau property owners to pay those…
Neighbors
Southeast in Sepia: The Dyea townsite
Dyea was one of the major towns to grow into prominence as a result of the Klondike gold…
News
Late summer flowers
One sunny day, I sat in a small meadow in the Kowee Creek drainage, just taking in the…
News
Reflection from a salmon stream
Dozens of decomposing pink and chum salmon, their eyes plucked by birds, lay strewn in the shallows of…
Opinion
Opinion: Oil companies aren’t stealing your PFD
I hear it all the time: “The oil tax giveaway created our budget problems;” “We wouldn’t have a…
News
Photos: Biking and hiking Herbert Glacier
Over the weekend Katie McCaffrey and I spent almost eight hours approaching and exploring the Herbert Glacier at…
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Doc on local mine pollution released online
A documentary critical of the environmental practices of Hecla Greens Creek mine will debut online today.
News
Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
Opinion
Opinion: Please vote ‘yes’ on Ballot Measure 1
This year’s Stand for Salmon initiative, Ballot Measure 1, is a long-overdue measure that will help restore balance…