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Best Starts for Juneau supporters Kevin Ritchie and Joy Lyon discuss the program outside of Assembly Chambers Monday, June 25. (Gregory Philson | Juneau Empire)

Funding of new pre-K program could be on October ballot

A new pre-kindergarten program for Juneau youth is still in the works, but funding the program may be up to voters this October. The City… Continue reading

Best Starts for Juneau supporters Kevin Ritchie and Joy Lyon discuss the program outside of Assembly Chambers Monday, June 25. (Gregory Philson | Juneau Empire)
In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Progress is coming for Southeast Alaska

The economic health of our Southeast communities is vital not only for our citizens who live here, but for our whole state.

  • Jun 26, 2018
  • By Sen. Dan Sullivan
In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Best Starts for Juneau supporters Kevin Ritchie and Joy Lyon discuss the program outside of Assembly Chambers Monday, June 25. (Gregory Philson | Juneau Empire)

Funding of new pre-K program could be on October ballot

A new pre-kindergarten program for Juneau youth is still in the works, but funding the program may be up to voters this October. The City… Continue reading

  • Jun 25, 2018
  • By Gregory Philson Juneau Empire
  • Local News
Best Starts for Juneau supporters Kevin Ritchie and Joy Lyon discuss the program outside of Assembly Chambers Monday, June 25. (Gregory Philson | Juneau Empire)

Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do

Propaganda is, by definition, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.… Continue reading

  • Jun 25, 2018
  • By DAN MICHELS

Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do

Propaganda is, by definition, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.… Continue reading

  • Jun 25, 2018
  • By DAN MICHELS
In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Progress is coming for Southeast Alaska

Whenever I return to Southeast Alaska, I’m always filled with a renewed sense of optimism and awe for our state. Our beautiful landscapes draw tourists… Continue reading

  • Jun 22, 2018
  • By SEN. DAN SULLIVAN
In this Feb. 26 photo, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, gives a thumbs up while speaking about the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling during his annual speech to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi

Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi

The indigenous communities of Alaska have been living with these plants and this land for millenia.

  • Jun 19, 2018
  • By Erin Anais Heist Juneau Empire
  • Local News
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi

Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi

I grew up here in Southeast Alaska with a childhood full of blueberries, huckleberries, high-bush cranberries, salmon berries, spruce-tip jelly, sea lettuce and beautiful wild… Continue reading

  • Jun 18, 2018
  • By ERIN ANAIS HEIST
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable.

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable. This was evidenced by swelling prison rolls and alarming rates… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOTT
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Sam Cotten
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • By SAM COTTEN
Teacher Mike Vieira and students in Sitka High’s Advanced Construction class with the Tongass Tiny Home they helped build. Maia Mares | For the Capital City Weekly

Tongass Tiny Homes offers big sustainable solutions

On a Wednesday morning in late May, the sun streamed through the windows into the high-ceilinged, warehouse-like Career and Technical Education Center at Sitka High… Continue reading

Teacher Mike Vieira and students in Sitka High’s Advanced Construction class with the Tongass Tiny Home they helped build. Maia Mares | For the Capital City Weekly
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Juneau needs to plan now for 2019 tourism growth

It’s time for Juneau to make plans for 1.31 million visitors in 2019 and beyond, a massive 20 percent growth from 2017. The Mendenhall Glacier… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Michael Hekkers
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Hagfish. Image courtesy of ADF&G.

Fish Factor: Hagfish, also known as ‘slime eels,’ have many uses

Hagfish is the real name for what is commonly called slime eels and it could become a viable fishery with ready markets standing by. Little… Continue reading

Hagfish. Image courtesy of ADF&G.

My son’s ocean

My son has fished with me since he was five months old. He was not much help then, but he was on the boat that… Continue reading

  • Jun 4, 2018
  • By Linda Behnken
Accept the economic reality of Juneau Access

Accept the economic reality of Juneau Access

As a lifelong Alaskan born in Anchorage, I grew up hearing about how the capital move — moving the capital from Juneau to elsewhere —… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2018
  • By Benjamin Brown
Accept the economic reality of Juneau Access
Hands hold freshly harvested berries. Photo by Vivian Mork Y&

Planet Alaska: Sustainable harvesting and the Alaskan foodie

My mother squished a blueberry and put it in my mouth. Everything was new. I was new. She walked me through the forest, setting me… Continue reading

Hands hold freshly harvested berries. Photo by Vivian Mork Y&