ANCHORAGE — Researchers in Alaska will soon have access to the only complete humpback whale skeleton in the state, but they will have to wait… Continue reading
Out here, in a smooth plain stretching over Alaska’s wrinkled face, water and tree and mud dissolve to fuzz at each horizon. No hills or… Continue reading
STANLEY, Idaho — A couple of years ago, a group of us hiked to Kane Lake in the Pioneer Mountains in early October. It was… Continue reading
To a graffiti artist, a blank wall represents an opportunity for expression. For a prisoner, it’s the opposite of opportunity – walls are among the… Continue reading
Alaska House Fisheries Committee public hearing, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thomas B. Steward Legislative Office Building room 105. The committee will hear testimony… Continue reading
Note from the author: In order to capitalize on the unprecedented success of the Harry Potter play “Harry Potter And The Cursed Child,” as well… Continue reading
This past summer we lost the French poet and essayist, Yves Bonnefoy, some of whose lines have occasionally graced these columns. Considered by many to… Continue reading
“Most schools confiscate knives. ... At our school we pass them out — even to the kindergarteners!” is the title Sean Nielson gave his Facebook… Continue reading
A year ago, Trevor Sande wasn’t thinking much about seaweed.Early this November, however, he and the employees at Hump Island Oyster Company in Ketchikan, which… Continue reading
In February of this year, the red cedar log Steve Brown and his apprentices were working with was full of cracks. By the end of… Continue reading
The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of all levels of ability are invited to send in… Continue reading
I brushed away wood chips, brought your faceFrom the soft yellow cedar wood. Solitary atop the totem,I searched the cross channel, squinting into the fogTrying… Continue reading
Lions around the world are celebrating 100 years of service to their communities. Lions have been challenged to bring in new members, engage the youth… Continue reading
Nominations are now open for the Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence, a Univeristy of Alaska Foundation award.The honor, along with the $15,000 that goes… Continue reading
The Shrine of St. Therese was designated a National Shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Sept. 13. The official decree came out… Continue reading
The American Red Cross of Alaska is offering free smoke alarms to Juneau City and Borough residents as a part of the Home Fire Campaign.Seven… Continue reading
University of Washington School of Medicine fourth-year medical student, Kirsten Jorgensen of Juneau, has been accepted into the Washington Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)… Continue reading
In 1925, Helen Keller challenged the Lions to become “Knights of the Blind” in the crusade against darkness. The Juneau Lions have taken this crusade… Continue reading
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae, characterized by shaggy hair, stocky legs, long snouts and the uncanny ability to tell whether someone’s been sitting… Continue reading
I have always believed in God. I just have. My family did not attend church, but I always thought there was something to it. So… Continue reading
