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Chamber looking for Citizen of the Year nominees

The Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce is looking for nominations for the annual Citizen of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards. The Citizen of the… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2018
  • Juneau Empire

Thank you to Douglas Dornan and the Juneau Community Foundation

The Southeast Regional Resource Center has been providing adult education services in Juneau for more than 30 years, today through the program called The Learning… Continue reading

Bridget McTague

Bridget Abroad: Next stop, France

“Should I bring the polar bear pins? Will French people know there aren’t polar bears in Juneau?” In the process of collecting pins, I spread… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2018
  • By Bridget McTague
Bridget McTague

We are all on the way to school

It is 5:30 a.m. and 11-year-old Jackson and his younger sister, Salome, begin a ten-mile journey through the Kenyan wilderness facing charging elephants and other… Continue reading

  • Aug 18, 2018
  • By Jacqueline Tupou

Alaska wild salmon: You’ve come a long way, baby

Editor’s note: This column was originally published in 2015. It has been tweaked with just a few updates, in honor of this year’s “Alaska Wild… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2018
  • By Geoff Kirsch For the Juneau Empire
  • Humorsalmon

Travel Juneau announces board election results

Travel Juneau has announced the results of its first board of directors elections since becoming a self-perpetuating board in November. Richard Burns of the Juneau… Continue reading

Thank you for helping with the Aukeman

The Aukeman Triathlon would like to thank all of the athletes who joined the 10th annual triathlon on Aug. 4, and a huge thanks to… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2018
Claressa Ullmayer is seen in a July photo. (Courtesy photo)

JDHS alumna graduates with master’s degree from Villanova

Claressa Ullmayer graduated with a Masters of Accountancy in Data Analytics degree from Villanova University School of Business in July. She is the daughter of… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2018
Claressa Ullmayer is seen in a July photo. (Courtesy photo)

Thank you for making Disability Pride Celebration a success

On July 21, a coalition of local volunteers launched the first Disability Pride Celebration. This event was not driven by a particular organization but was… Continue reading

  • Aug 11, 2018
California resident Cody Lee glasses the alpine for blacktail deer the evening before Opening Day near Ketchikan. (Jeff Lund | For the Juneau Empire)

I Went To The Woods: Mountain madness

As I was leaning against a tree wondering how squirrel tastes since no deer were stepping in front of me, I wondered if I really… Continue reading

California resident Cody Lee glasses the alpine for blacktail deer the evening before Opening Day near Ketchikan. (Jeff Lund | For the Juneau Empire)
The flower of northern grass-of-Parnassus, showing the staminodes with droplets at the tips, fat pollen sacs on the stamens, and a glimpse of a small insect crawling down to the nectar. (Bob Armstrong | Courtesy Photo)

On the Trails: Stories behind the names

‘Twas the last day of July, and the big meadow at Eagle Beach State Rec Area was decorated with white flowers. Tall, flat-topped inflorescences of… Continue reading

The flower of northern grass-of-Parnassus, showing the staminodes with droplets at the tips, fat pollen sacs on the stamens, and a glimpse of a small insect crawling down to the nectar. (Bob Armstrong | Courtesy Photo)
Rose Willard<span class='IDappliedStyle' title='InDesign: Book'> | Courtesy Photo</span>                                Sydney Johnson helps her brother Tristan with an art project at an Alaska Native culture camp on Thursday, Aug. 2.

This young Juneau artist is doing her part to keep Native artwork alive

On her first day of preschool, Sydney Johnson had a decision to make. During drawing time, she and other students had a wide array of… Continue reading

Rose Willard<span class='IDappliedStyle' title='InDesign: Book'> | Courtesy Photo</span>                                Sydney Johnson helps her brother Tristan with an art project at an Alaska Native culture camp on Thursday, Aug. 2.
Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery

YUKON RIVER — “She’s starting to wail,” Chris Florian says, referring to the worrisome shriek of a peregrine falcon across the river. Florian, her biologist… Continue reading

Eyewitness to the peregrine falcon’s recovery
Delicate seed pods, July 30. (Helen Unruh | Courtesy Photo)

Art in Unusual Places

The Capital City Weekly welcomes reader-submitted photos of art in unusual or unexpected places. To submit, email your photos and captions to editor@capweek.com. The Capital… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2018
  • Capital City Weekly
Delicate seed pods, July 30. (Helen Unruh | Courtesy Photo)
Fumi Matsumoto talks with visitors about her work printed on used tea bags at The Canvas during First Friday. (Michael Penn | Capital City Weekly)

Photos: First Friday

Scenes from the First Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, art walk in downtown Juneau.… Continue reading

Fumi Matsumoto talks with visitors about her work printed on used tea bags at The Canvas during First Friday. (Michael Penn | Capital City Weekly)
<span class='IDappliedStyle' title='InDesign: Demi'>Preston Singletary via Sealaska Heritage Institute</span> | courtesy photo                                A portion of the bronze and wooden house posts by TJ Young.

CCW news briefs: Cedar posts to be unveiled downtown

Three new bronzed cedar house posts will soon be part of the downtown Juneau streetscape. Sealaska Heritage Institute announced on Thursday that the posts —… Continue reading

<span class='IDappliedStyle' title='InDesign: Demi'>Preston Singletary via Sealaska Heritage Institute</span> | courtesy photo                                A portion of the bronze and wooden house posts by TJ Young.

Fish Factor: Wild Salmon Day, Blue Economy and the Endangered Species Act

Alaskans will celebrate Alaska Wild Salmon Day on Aug. 10, but plans also are underway for a much bigger celebration: the International Year of the… Continue reading

  • Aug 8, 2018
  • By Laine Welch For the Capital City Weekly
  • Alaskasalmon
Final product: Jarred dog salmon eggs (Vivian Faith Prescott | Capital City Weekly)

Planet Alaska: 13 ways of looking at dog salmon

Sitting on our fishcamp porch watching the ocean, my dad tells me how to identify a dog salmon.

Final product: Jarred dog salmon eggs (Vivian Faith Prescott | Capital City Weekly)

28th annual Gold Rush Days huge success

Juneau Gold Rush Days, Inc. would like to thank all the sponsors and volunteers that helped make the 28th annual Gold Rush Days a huge… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2018
Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines

We are proud to announce the completion and installation of a commemorative bench dedicated to the memory of Daniel “Danny” Hines at 4 p.m. on… Continue reading

  • Aug 5, 2018
Thanks for support in creating memorial bench for Danny Hines