There was a time in Alaska when leadership was seized by those who had inexhaustible enthusiasm and strong motivation to address the challenges faced by… Continue reading
I would like to comment on the Letter to the Editor on Tuesday from Joel Bennett asking for the state to protect wolves crossing the… Continue reading
The message on prices for Alaska’s sockeye fishermen from Juneau economics firm McDowell Group this season is good, but not great.“Despite some positive developments, fishermen… Continue reading
With the region’s mild winter, wildfire season is starting early this year. As of Monday, there are more than one million acres nationwide that have… Continue reading
The Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric Project is nearing the end of its long federal permitting process. On the last day of May, the Federal Energy Regulatory… Continue reading
Kimbo Slice, the bearded street fighter who parlayed his internet popularity into a mixed martial arts career and worldwide fame, has died. He was 42.Slice,… Continue reading
Here in Alaska, we are blessed with the natural elements that people travel from all over the world to experience. For me, it is not… Continue reading
He was fast of fist and foot — lip, too — a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He… Continue reading
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Muhammad Ali rumbled in the African jungle, put on a thriller in Manila, charmed them in London and taunted them… Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. — Fresh charcoal gray NBA Finals cap on backward and wearing a wide grin, Stephen Curry summed up his wild, up-and-down postseason so… Continue reading
The issue of needless gun violence is endemic throughout our nation. Though Juneau, with its 30-mile berth, may not recognize the problem with such urgency,… Continue reading
CELEBRATION 2016 STUDENT ART SHOWJAHC GalleryJuneau Arts & Culture CenterReception: 4:30–7 p.m.Sealaska Heritage Institute’s eighth, biennial Juried Art Show opening next week will feature a… Continue reading
SEATTLE — After a massive toxic algae bloom closed lucrative shellfish fisheries off the West Coast last year, scientists are turning to a new tool… Continue reading
While boating down the Yukon River during the hottest summer recorded in Alaska (1915, when Fort Yukon reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit), missionary Hudson Stuck wrote… Continue reading
Alaska’s salmon season officially got underway on May 16 with the arrival of thousands of sockeye and king salmon at the Copper River near Cordova,… Continue reading
When botanist Janet Jorgenson first visited a patch of tundra east of Kaktovik in 1988, it was flat, dry and thick with 29 species of… Continue reading
DENVER — The upcoming wildfire season across the U.S. isn’t expected to be as bad as last year’s infernos, when a record 15,800 square miles… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Thousands of people visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward for a look at Steller sea lions or harlequin ducks.What’s in the basement… Continue reading
The first comic Dawson Walker ever drew, when he was around five, was called “Sam and Tim” and was all about a boy and his… Continue reading
Trailblazers for the U.S. women’s national team can’t believe their successors are still having the same debate over equal pay and treatment.Michelle Akers and Julie… Continue reading
