Sommer Ward of Juneau was one of 180 Cornell College students named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2016 semester.Sommer earned Highest Honors.Honors signifies… Continue reading
Alaska entrepreneurs can compete for an opportunity to sell their products on the Home Shopping Network television show “American Dreams.”The deadline to apply is July… Continue reading
The end of June is coming soon, and with it the deadline for turning in your Community Impact Grant application.United Way of Southeast Alaska is… Continue reading
This summer solstice it’s International Yoga Day. In celebration Rainforest Yoga teachers Theresa Soley and Bev Ingram will offer a free class from 5:30-6:30 p.m.… Continue reading
Class of 2013 Juneau-Douglas High School graduate Kyle Fagerstrom recently earned his dual degree in fire science/municipal fire control and paramedicine in May from the… Continue reading
Falls are one of the greatest risks to the health, independence and quality of life of older adults and many studies have shown that Tai… Continue reading
On behalf of the Juneau Meals on Wheels Program and the special people it serves, I would like to thank the Juneau Community Foundation’s Goldeneye… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — The Ranger Districts for the Tongass National Forest are switching their mailing list from snail mail to email.A Tuesday press release from the… Continue reading
Once, while camped in a valley in the Central Brooks Range, I dreamt I heard an old woman crying outside my tent. When I woke… Continue reading
Last year I switched growing my greens from the community garden to the back deck of the boat. I had thought that having lettuce at… Continue reading
In birds, mammals, some plants and many other organisms, biological gender is typically determined genetically. That is, biological sex of an individual is determined at… Continue reading
NY-ALESUND, Norway — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday visited Norway’s extreme north, viewing areas where climate change has melted ice and opened… Continue reading
Interior Alaska is a hungry place — lots of boreal forest and swampy wetlands with big, flat rivers winding through. Wildlife sightings, especially of big… Continue reading
Boaters from Homer to the Mat-Su valley can help protect salmon and other aquatic creatures and get discounts from popular businesses by doing so.A pilot… Continue reading
Summer time! Family’s coming to visit while you’re painting the house. You’re working, putting up fish, camping, celebrating your anniversary, Fourth of July, birthdays and… Continue reading
Ahhh…summer. Daylight seems to go on forever and on those rare, sunny days in Southeast Alaska time seems to stand still. As I write this… Continue reading
Juneau Lyric Opera announced auditions for Stephen Sondheim’s “Putting It Together” for their Fall 2016 production, directed by William Conrow.Auditions are at 6 p.m. Friday,… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor a lecture by two visiting scholars on the preliminary results from their study on Alaska Native identity involving participants recruited… Continue reading
There’s a great deal of doubt involved in matching historic Native jewelers with their creations, even in cases that seem straightforward like that of a… 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
