The U.S. Forest service is offering free government contracting workshops in Juneau and Ketchikan for tribal governments and small businesses interested in contract work with… Continue reading
For the third season in a row, the world’s largest sockeye salmon run featured above-average numbers, a late run, and sub-average prices for the fishermen.… Continue reading
This summer, Sam Herreid has slept for 12 nights on these rocks that ride slowly downhill on a mass of ice. For a few days… Continue reading
Many of our muskegs are dotted with small ponds that are wonderful microcosms; I like to prowl around them, just to see what is going… Continue reading
When my daughter was little, I created the question game. Basically, it’s an either or game. Would you rather eat ice cream or cake? Go… Continue reading
A very large Admiralty Island brown bear, its bloated belly hanging low, waded down Pack Creek pouncing on the last of the year’s salmon. It… Continue reading
To me, fall is a time of decay. Growing up in Wisconsin, it meant a time when the leaves changed into a layered palette of… Continue reading
Juneau-Douglas High School graduate and Homer writer McKibben Jackinsky’s first book, “Too Close to Home? Living with ‘drill baby’ on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula” tells the… Continue reading
For years, Judith B. Aftergut searched for her path. It was Glacier Bay and the stories of many who have lived there that helped her… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The public is invited to be part of a TV audience for the taping of “The Alaska Legacy of William Seward,” a program… Continue reading
If you’ve been downtown in the last few months, you might have noticed — amidst all the tourists — a new zine has hit the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — In the first concert of its 13th season, Gold Street Music will feature The Huckleberry Pickers: Karen, Heather, Ciara, Sally and Anissa; Dara… Continue reading
Some may call Alaska “The Last Frontier,” but evidence of Alaska Natives’ thousands of years here is etched right into the rocks. Hundreds — perhaps… Continue reading
‘A LANDMARK ADDITION’ TO ALASKAN WRITINGBY CHELSEA TREMBLAYFor the Capital City WeeklyI was sitting on a mossy overlook watching Shakes Glacier up the Stikine River.… Continue reading
The first time I caught Matisyahu — Christmas Eve, 2003 at a club in Brooklyn — he was like nothing I’d ever seen. And musically,… 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
Truth, justice and the American Way. This was Superman’s catch-phrase, and has been in circulation for almost 80 years. It certainly has an appeal to… Continue reading
My hands were shaking. I couldn’t read my notes. I felt like doubling over and the act of speaking itself felt like trying to build… Continue reading
The St Vincent de Paul Mission is to provide material and spiritual charity and to work for social justice for all. To that end, through… Continue reading
Madeline Soboleff Levy (Shaa Xei di Tlaa / Gaayjuwaay) has accepted a new position as General Counsel to Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian… Continue reading
