News
Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018
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Opinion
Alaska should support existing National Park wildlife regulations
The current proposal by the Trump administration, in collaboration with the Walker administration, to permit unethical and unscientific…
Neighbors
Delicious & Sustainable: Sitka festival celebrates seafood
Held every August, the Sitka Seafood Festival is a summer tradition.
News
Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
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News
Authorities probe how airline employee could steal plane
Officials said Saturday that the man was a 3.5-year Horizon employee and had clearance to be among aircraft,…
Letters to the Editor
Opinion: Defend the First Amendment
I am disappointed in U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s silence in the wake of this administrations attacks on the…
Sports
Native Youth Olympics team shares season highlights
Sealaska Heritage Institute held a celebratory lunch for Juneau’s Native Youth Olympics team on Friday at the SHI…
Letters to the Editor
Empty piggy banks can’t pay dividends
Don’t blame Gov. Bill Walker for cutting the dividend; blame Mike Dunleavy and State Senate Majority who let…
Neighbors
Thanks from the 21st CCLC LEAP Afterschool Program
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers LEAP Afterschool program would like to give a sincere and heartfelt thank…
Neighbors
Off the Beaten Path: The meditative quality of butchering deer meat
A stiff southeasterly set the dark, wet woods of Douglas Island whispering.
Letters to the Editor
Gov. Walker supports killing bear mothers and cubs in dens
The killing of a mother black bear and her “shrieking” cubs at their snow-covered den in Prince William…
Neighbors
Buzz, chirp, squeak: How and why insects make sound
Back in the Midwest, in the summers I listened to cicadas calling and crickets chirping — sounds that…
News
Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
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Neighbors
Thank you to Taku Fisheries from Juneau Raptor Center
Thanks again to the continuing generosity of Taku Fisheries, the Juneau Raptor Center’s permanent and rehabilitating eagles will…
News
Fire destroys trailer, kills dog
A Saturday morning blaze in Switzer Village resulted in the total loss of a double-wide trailer. The home…
News
Next phase of downtown construction to start
This Wednesday, the fall phase of work on the City and Borough of Juneau’s Downtown Street Improvements Project…
News
Police and fire for Monday, Aug. 13, 2018
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Neighbors
Summer boating: Adrift, aground, flipped, sunk
It was a sunny beautiful day and my parents and I took my brother Jamie’s little boys, Sterling…
Neighbors
Fish Factor: Tiny cod fish reappearing around Kodiak
Tiny cod fish are reappearing around Kodiak.
Opinion
Clean up that damn mine
The Tulsequah Chief mine has been polluting the Taku Watershed with acid mine drainage (AMD) for over 60…