The Empire is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors Editor, outdoors@juneauempire.com. For all photos include… Continue reading
I’m not sure if March ended like a lamb. It certainly wasn’t worse than its entrance, but compared to the gentle, idyllic springs of the… Continue reading
What’s a restless naturalist to do, when most of the ground in covered with soggy snow and strong signs of spring seem reluctant to appear?… Continue reading
Featured artist: Guitar-maker George Gress Amalga Distillery 134 N. Franklin St. Reception: 4-7:30 p.m. Amalga Distillery isn’t yet open, but they’ll be offering an early… Continue reading
In 1976, when Larry Aumiller was dropped off by floatplane for his first season to oversee the McNeil River Bear Sanctuary, he had little inkling… Continue reading
The 43rd annual Alaska Folk Festival kicks off Monday. The festival runs April 3-9 and will showcase more than 450 musicians performing a range of… Continue reading
Hope is a powerful thing. Hope is perhaps the only thing that can carry us through life’s inevitable storms, the storms of loss and addiction,… Continue reading
Travis and Ashley (Evans) Green were married in Juneau on April 4, 2009 and will be celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary after 11 years together.… Continue reading
The Juneau Arts &Humanities Council will hold its annual Community Day on Campus: Carnival of the Arts from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 20… Continue reading
Douglas Island Neighborhood Association is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Douglas Library to discuss public safety meeting and ways… Continue reading
I am a sea lion hauled out here On this cobble, sand, and boulder rookery, This strand between cliff and water where The air is… Continue reading
Reader-submitted images of Mother Nature in Alaska Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or… Continue reading
Any observant dog owners can recognize the invitation-to-play posture of their dogs, sometimes addressed to persons, and sometimes to other dogs. Surely none of us… Continue reading
Reader submissions of art in unusual or unexpected places. Send images, with descriptions, to editor@capweek.com.… Continue reading
Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He’s fallen only once, and he has often returned to the… Continue reading
Git Hayetsk dancers from Metlakatla and British Columbia performed Saturday, March 25 for the University of Alaska Southeast’s first annual spring showcase. The group’s leaders… Continue reading
Most Alaskans are familiar with the work of Rie Munoz. But what of Dale DeArmond, a woodcut printmaker who was intrigued by Alaska Native myths… Continue reading
Here’s a name frequently seen in connection with music events around town, from the Juneau Cabaret to The Orpheus Project’s recent “Westside Story”: Taylor Vidic.… Continue reading
Ski lovers and fans of winter are enjoying the recent heavy snow. For the rest of us who are done with winter, here are some… Continue reading
Coeur Alaska Inc. has donated $40,000 to the UAS Coeur Alaska-Kensington Gold Mine Environmental Science Award this academic year. This brings Coeur’s total donation of… Continue reading
