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Multicultural dance group Yees Ku Oo performs at the Dec. 4 fundraiser for Tlingit playwright Frank Kaash Katasse's upcoming play, "They Don't Talk Back."

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How to support Alaska Native theatre in Juneau

Perseverance Theatre on Dec. 4 held a fundraiser for Juneau playwright Frank Henry Kaash Katasse’s upcoming play, “They…

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Midwinter concert upcoming

Registration for Juneau Lyric Opera’s midwinter vocal festival is now open. The vocal festival for 28 years has…

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Thanks for supporting JCP pie sale

The Juneau Coop Preschool would like to thank our amazing community for another wonderfully successful Thanksgiving Pie Sale…

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Helping Hands for the holidays

Helping Hands would like to thank the community for all the support they have provided for our organization…

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Recent births

Recent Births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On Nov. 18, 2016, a son, Mason Rock Roomsburg, weighing 7…

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Slacktide: Make America thankful again

You know, there’s more to Thanksgiving than gravy stains and grease fires. For instance: it’s the official kick-off…

Pictured are the winners of the Juneau Public Libraries' Bookmark Contest.

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Bookmark Contest winners announced

The Juneau Public Libraries celebrated the Bookmark Contest in November, a favorite with Juneau kids. This is sponsored…

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Scouts converge for Merit Badge Fair

Have you ever wondered if there was a place in Juneau where Boy Scouts could earn up to…

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Guy About Town: On radio and frost

It’s that time of year again. Actually, it’s always that time of year again. It’s never been “that…

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Gimme a Smile: A day in the life of a procrastinator

I would love to see statistics on what percentage of people identify as procrastinators, those lovable people who…

Eskimo hunters have found six ancient harpoon points in bowhead whales since 1981, two made of slate, two of other stone, a metal blade, and an ivory harpoon head tipped with metal.

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Alaska Science Forum: Bowhead whales may be world’s oldest mammals

As biologist Craig George was helping Native whale hunter Billy Adams cut sections of blubber from a bowhead…

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Off the Trails: November musings and mysteries

November brought many small delights and some puzzles along the trails. On the first day of November, near…

In this June 2016 photo, halibut is offloaded at the Pacific Seafoods plant in Kodiak . With the halibut stock stabilizing and bycatch at a historic low point, fishery biologists are optimistic that the worst of a decade-long decline in the harvest has passed.

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Halibut stock stable, flat harvest likely

ANCHORAGE — Stocks have stabilized and bycatch is as low as it’s been since 1960, however the halibut…

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Pebble suits proceeding; DNR rebuts reclamation report

ANCHORAGE – Pebble Limited Partnership is asking for legal fees to wrap up one lawsuit against the Environmental…

Thunder Mountain viewed through a winter wonderland on Nov. 26.

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Wild Shots

Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or…

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Wildlife Wednesdays: Beavers at Mendenhall

The Alaska Wildlife Alliance presents its speaker series, Wildlife Wednesdays, at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library from 7-8…

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Glacier Bay National Park gets app

Glacier Bay National Park now has its own app. The program, called “Glacier Bay National Park Chimani,” runs…

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Writers’ Weir: Morning, November 9, 2016

I will wrap myself in a soft silky scarf   Take my dog to walk my favorite forest…

Corin Hughes-Skandijs performs as a member of Club Baby Seal at the sold out stand up comedy performance at Gold Town Nickelodeon in October.

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Club Baby Seal: Juneau’s local comedy group set for more shows

In late spring, five comedians, almost all new to stand up comedy, came together for their first performance…

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Coffee & Collections highlights Tlingit language learners

JUNEAU — The Juneau Douglas City Museum will host the Tlingit Language Learners group for a discussion of…