Streptopus amplexifolius has long been one of my favorite plants to munch. In the spring, I like to pick the curled leaves with their strong… Continue reading
The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) and Alaska Children’s Trust (ACT) on May 4 announced the 2017 recipients of grants to support youth suicide prevention in… Continue reading
Break out the white wine and Dansko clogs — it’s Mother’s Day 2017. Today, we honor the women who gave us life (and mom jeans),… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Southeast has announced its Faculty of Excellence for 2017. Five professors and instructors were awarded, four from the Sitka campus and… Continue reading
Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: • On May 1, Hans Creighton Daugherty, weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces, was born to Sonja Henricksen and Elias… Continue reading
On May 6, the Juneau community and Gov. Bill Walker joined AWARE to celebrate the accomplishment of students participating in the Girls on the Run… Continue reading
Friends of the Flags volunteers Mike Baxter, Don Beard, Bruce Botelho, Jim Carroll, Chad Cameron, George Fisher, Tom Gill, Dan Kenkel, Charles Payee, Eric Peter,… Continue reading
Discount Furniture here! Hello, Juneau! Did that get your attention? You know what season it is? No, not road construction. I’m talking about garage sale… Continue reading
It’s a miracle. I have two hands so I can type this with my prior speed and efficiency, rather than with my newfound skill: typing… Continue reading
On a sunny, Saturday morning, April 29, over 100 dedicated and hardworking community volunteers mobilized to remove approximately two and a half tons of trash,… Continue reading
Here at the Capital City Weekly, we get a lot of books for review. Sadly, we can’t write about them all. Instead, we try to… Continue reading
If there is one luxury bush dwellers envy city dwellers for, it’s pizza delivery. When I was a kid, every teacher of the bush school… Continue reading
More than 400 Alaskan artists applied for grants from the Rasmuson Foundation, and just 35 were chosen. Two of those artists are from Juneau, and… Continue reading
Note to reader: A lot of hard work has gone into restoring and enhancing the Treadwell Ditch Trail. It's well kept for around 10 miles… Continue reading
Saturday morning, the day before Mothers Day, at Safeway’s parking lot on the day of the big plant sale, the excitement is palpable as volunteers… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Southeast Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
On the next-to-the-lowest tide in late April, some friends and I explored the intertidal zone not far from town. We soon catalogued all the usual… Continue reading
Friends of the Flags volunteers who were instrumental in the raising of the state flags along Egan Drive on Saturday, April 29.… Continue reading
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium has opened a new children’s dental clinic in Juneau. The clinic is located on the first floor of the SEARHC… Continue reading
Thunder Mountain High School U.S. Government and Civics students toured the Alaska State Capitol, met with Gov. Bill Walker and had lunch with legislators from… Continue reading
