Editor’s note: Read a book about Southeast Alaska or written by someone from the area and loved it? Think about writing a review for us.… Continue reading
Imagine finishing work for the day and pulling your mattress out of a closet, which you then have to put up in the morning when… Continue reading
There are a lot of stories in Southeast Alaska about lost gold mines, and lost, sunken ships full of gold, but I want to talk… Continue reading
One thing connects Maui, Hawaii, to Brighton, United Kingdom, to Fort Bragg, California, to Craig, Alaska: whale festivals. The Prince of Wales Whalefest in Craig… Continue reading
The Alaska Robotics Gallery brimmed with people coming to see Juneau artist Claire Scott’s work displayed on the walls and have their copies of her… Continue reading
My last column focused on the Dyea-Klondike Transportation Company (or DKT Company), the first and shortest of the three aerial tramway lines operating on the… Continue reading
Laurinne Balstad, a graduate of Juneau-Douglas High School, has been named to the dean’s list at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. The school said… Continue reading
Once again there was a fabulous old timers’ hockey game between the sister cities of Juneau and Whitehorse on Feb. 22, the beginning of the… Continue reading
A conference this week aims to bring people together across generations. The Association for Education of Young Children (AEYC) and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition… Continue reading
The Juneau Co-op Preschool would like to show their appreciation for the tremendous support given by our amazing community. Without the following businesses our fundraiser… Continue reading
Starting today, the Glacier Swim Club is diving into its annual fundraising event, Aqualaps. Over the next few weeks, swimmers in the program will collect… Continue reading
History and faith can teach us many things if we are willing to listen and learn. If we are brave enough to have them, discussions… Continue reading
Let me start by saying there’s nothing funny about gun violence. Well, except maybe that movie “The Naked Gun,” by the people who made “Airplane!,”… Continue reading
Peer pressure can be a positive force in a child’s life. For a year, my daughters were indifferent to the hit play “Hamilton.” I played… Continue reading
November of 2009 was the second time I had run California’s “Run the River” half marathon course, so I knew what to expect. The American… Continue reading
Last weekend, Kevin Maier’s University of Alaska Southeast Literature and the Environment class hiked out to Camping Cove cabin to continue building on class discussions,… Continue reading
One year before Alaska became part of America, 21-year old William Dall ascended the Yukon River on a sled, pulled by dogs. The man who… Continue reading
The northern hawk owl that has often been seen this winter, out at the edges of the wetlands, is a solitary hunter. It usually preys… Continue reading
Thank you, Sealaska Thank you, Gunalcheesh, Haw’aa, Ndoyk’shun. On March 1, Healing Hand Foundation Board held a celebratory luncheon to thank Sealaska for completing two… Continue reading
There are three species of Labrador tea. Rhododendron tomentosum (previously Ledum palustre), Rhododendron groenlandicum (previously Ledum groenlandicum), and Rhododendron neoglandulosum (previously Ledum glandulosum). The common… Continue reading
