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SAIL honors two disability-rights advocates

Southeast Alaska Independent Living will honor two disability-rights advocates: Tim Huber and Lynn Marvel.Huber will receive the SAIL Consumer Advocate of the Year award. He… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016

Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners: Thanks Safeway

The Southeast Alaska Master Gardeners would like to thank Dawn Wheeler, Juneau Manager of Safeway, Inc. for allowing us to use a portion of the… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016

Living & Growing: Days of Awe

The 10 days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are referred to as the Days of Awe. This holiday begins the Jewish spiritual and religious… Continue reading

  • Oct 2, 2016
  • By CHAVA LEE
Mycologist and author Lawrence Millman gives a presentation at Creamer's Field in Fairbanks.

Alaska Science Forum: Fungus Man and the start of it all

Alaskans love fungi. This was evident one Saturday when author and mycologist Lawrence Millman offered a mushroom walk at Creamer’s Field on one of the… Continue reading

Mycologist and author Lawrence Millman gives a presentation at Creamer's Field in Fairbanks.
In this Aug. 3, 2015 photo, chum salmon swim beneath the surface of Salmon Creek.

After ruling, next step in salmon management unclear

State and federal managers don’t yet know what to expect after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2011 decision by the North… Continue reading

In this Aug. 3, 2015 photo, chum salmon swim beneath the surface of Salmon Creek.

It’s time to talk crab season projections

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council will meet in Anchorage from Oct. 5-11 to overview crab season projections, hear further discussions of halibut management, and… Continue reading

In this file photo from June 2014, Kent Eriksen fishes for king salmon with his grandson, Diego, 5, at the Fish Creek Pond.

Off the Trails: Finding arrowhead at Fish Creek Park

Fish Creek Park, a small City and Borough of Juneau park at the mouth of Fish Creek, is the site of intensive fishing and waterfowl… Continue reading

In this file photo from June 2014, Kent Eriksen fishes for king salmon with his grandson, Diego, 5, at the Fish Creek Pond.

Feds buy $4M of logged lands

JUNEAU — A $4 million deal between the U.S. Forest Service and a Southeast Alaska Native corporation will return 4,500 acres of heavily logged forest… Continue reading

Defense attorney and historian Averil Lerman talks about her research into the 1940s Juneau police blotter.

Prostitutes and police: Southeast Alaska’s hidden histories

Do you know which bar is the oldest in Alaska?How about what the relationship was, in the 1940s, between Juneau police and prostitutes?Historians, museum employees,… Continue reading

Defense attorney and historian Averil Lerman talks about her research into the 1940s Juneau police blotter.

Juneau musicians to perform for JAMM benefit

JUNEAU — The Con Brio Chamber Series will perform “For the Love of Music,” a program of chamber music for voice, flute, strings, and piano… Continue reading

Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival artistic director Linda Rosenthal to pass baton

Violinist Linda Rosenthal, founder and artistic director of the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival, announced that after 30 years, she will shift her focus back… Continue reading

On Writing: Still harping, Part 2

I want to clear up some confusion about that poor misunderstood verb “to be.” Strunk & White’s “Elements of Style” has some culpability in creating… Continue reading

This undated photo shows the Douglas Indian village.

Group talks about path to healing over village burned decades ago

Fifty-six years ago, the City of Douglas condemned, burned down and bulldozed Douglas Indian Village. The fire took 20 homes. It also took livelihoods.At the… Continue reading

This undated photo shows the Douglas Indian village.

Writers’ Weir: Untitled

Writing a poem is like love,it cannot be dragged in,it must want to be with you;Feel safe—be respected.After a poem is finishedit knows more about… Continue reading

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Juneau has got its first peek at what its new Juneau Arts and Culture Center may look like. If everything goes according to plan, you… Continue reading

Conceptual design out for the new Juneau arts complex

Prairie Home Companion to get new voice

One of public radio’s flagship programs, “A Prairie Home Companion,” will be having a new host, beginning Saturday, Oct. 15. After over 40 years —… Continue reading

Approaching the famed Northwest Passage: A high latitude sunset in Baffin Bay, just east of Lancaster Sound.

Traversing the Northwest Passage

Surreal: having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic.We all felt it —a strange and pervasive sense of giddiness as we stood on… Continue reading

Approaching the famed Northwest Passage: A high latitude sunset in Baffin Bay, just east of Lancaster Sound.

Forest Service purchases land in Cube Cove

Forest Service purchases land in Cube Cove, returning it to wildernessJUNEAU — Sept. 16 marked the completion of the purchase of the first two segments… Continue reading

Aspen branches lit by a campfire after dark.

Art in Unusual Places

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

Aspen branches lit by a campfire after dark.

Extinguish hunger in Juneau

Until Oct. 15, the downtown and airport fire stations will be collecting food for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. The end goal is 28,000 pounds… Continue reading

  • Sep 25, 2016