Previous
Video: Juneau League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

More in Home2

Exhausted at the finish Colony senior third-place race finisher Ella Hopkins, JDHS senior second-place finisher Ida Meyer, and Anchorage junior fourth-place finisher Mia Stiassny hug as Wasilla sophomore race winner Hailee Giacobbe approaches to congratulate them at the Division I girls 2024 ASAA cross-country running state championships Saturday on the Bartlett High School Trails in Anchorage. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Pure Sole: Vomit, REI and a Diet Coke with a splash of lime

Only one time in my life have I run so hard that… Continue reading

(Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities photo)
My Turn: Time to revisit long-ago captain’s vision of ferry system with smaller, affordable day vessels

In the early 1950s, renowned Captain GD Gitkov commanded Alaska’s ferry system,… Continue reading

Spotted tussock moth caterpillars are the local version of woolly bears. (Photo by Bob Armstong)
On the Trails: Woolly bears and spider webs

It’s early fall and we sometimes enjoy seeing fuzzy orange and black… Continue reading

(Juneau Empire File)
Community calendar of upcoming events

This is a calendar updated daily of upcoming local events during the… Continue reading

A male peregrine falcon that hatched in 2023 looks at the biologist who captured him on South Padre Island in Texas in late 2023. (Photo courtesy Padre Island Peregrine Falcon Survey)
Alaska Science Forum: Alaska peregrine falcon numbers drop again

Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since… Continue reading

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks during the vice presidential debate against Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, Oct. 1, 2024. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Opinion: The American tradition of accepting defeat

Controversies have a way of motivating voters. I wondered how those surrounding… Continue reading

(U.S. Forest Service photo)
Living and Growing: Common ground. Common kindness.

I write this piece from the perspective of one who believes in… Continue reading

A young bleeding tooth mushroom sheds excess water in red drops. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)
On the Trails: Birds, leaves and mushrooms at the onset of autumn

On a dark and dismal day in late September, I cheered myself… Continue reading

Bartlett Regional Hospital has closed some programs in recent months due to ongoing budget shortfalls. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)
My Turn: Patient safety and quality come first at Bartlett Regional Hospital

As Paul Harvey used to say “here is the rest of the… Continue reading

Most Read