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Above and Beyond Alaska tour guides Ben Hines, left, and Sarah Galvin, middle, talk with tourists Miguel Faur and Maria Isabel Ramos in the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves on Wednesday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

Treading on Blue Ice

We pulled our 20-foot canoe onto a rocky beach about 100 yards from the western edge of the Mendenhall Glacier. Our tour guide, Above and… Continue reading

Above and Beyond Alaska tour guides Ben Hines, left, and Sarah Galvin, middle, talk with tourists Miguel Faur and Maria Isabel Ramos in the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves on Wednesday. (Kevin Gullufsen | Juneau Empire)

Juneau hits 70 degrees for the first time in 2017

Alaska’s capital city saw a high temperature of 71 degrees Tuesday, hitting the 70-degree mark at Juneau International Airport for the first time in 2017.… Continue reading

No representation without taxation

As of Mother’s Day, we now know that our Senate in Alaska has voted down an income tax option as one of the means to… Continue reading

  • May 17, 2017
  • By Richard Seifert
Some of the books that have recently arrived on the Capital City Weekly’s bookshelf. Mary Catharine Martin | Capital City Weekly

Summer Reading, Alaska-style

Here at the Capital City Weekly, we get a lot of books for review. Sadly, we can’t write about them all. Instead, we try to… Continue reading

Some of the books that have recently arrived on the Capital City Weekly’s bookshelf. Mary Catharine Martin | Capital City Weekly

Offshore announcement a win for Alaska families

After years of limitations on natural resource development in our state, President Trump’s decision to revisit and reverse federal roadblocks to domestic offshore energy development… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2017
  • By AVES THOMPSON

9 nonreligious reasons to come to church

You’re not religious? You don’t believe in a Great White Father in the Sky who watches everything you do and is just waiting to pounce… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2017
  • By REV. CAROLINE F. MALSEED

The high cost and low benefits of state timber sales

In his State of the State Address, Gov. Bill Walker said that Alaska should export finished products, not raw resources. I couldn’t agree more. Processing… Continue reading

  • May 9, 2017
  • By ERIC HOLLE

Budget cuts to schools are unacceptable

The budget cuts that have been reducing funding for Alaska’s schools are unacceptable. For students to succeed and seek a higher education so they can… Continue reading

  • May 8, 2017
Blame the glacier? One popular video posits that glacier rebound is responsible for more earthquakes. Here, the entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves is seen in May 2015. (Emily Russo Miller | Juneau Empire File)

Earthquakes caused by melting glaciers?

Were Monday’s earthquakes caused by climate change? At least one internet personality seems to think so. In a video viewed 92,000 times since Monday, Youtuber… Continue reading

Blame the glacier? One popular video posits that glacier rebound is responsible for more earthquakes. Here, the entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier ice caves is seen in May 2015. (Emily Russo Miller | Juneau Empire File)
Heidi Pearson

The Science of Sustainability

What is sustainability, why does it matter, and how can we work to promote a more sustainable Alaska? These issues form the foundation for this… Continue reading

  • May 5, 2017
  • By HEIDI PEARSON
Heidi Pearson

Know your butterfly species (or at least these 4)

Starting in mid-April this year, we began to see a few species of early-flying butterflies. In general, Juneau is not blessed with a great diversity… Continue reading

In Alaska, mosquitoes bite where Zika won’t

In Alaska, mosquitoes bite where Zika won’t

Mosquitoes bite. In Alaska, Zika won’t. That’s the conclusion of the state’s medical experts, a week after a third Alaskan was identified to have the… Continue reading

In Alaska, mosquitoes bite where Zika won’t

Save ‘Shangrilaska’ and fight climate change

On April 7, 2017 Gov. Bill Walker met with China’s President Xi Jinping in Anchorage. During a tour of Beluga Point, Xi spoke in awe… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2017
  • By Elaine Schroeder
Heather Dillon, who will be showing her work at Shoefly on First Friday, uses electricity to create interesting designs on jewelry made from Devil’s club. Courtesy image.

First Friday features Tlingit masks, devil’s club earrings

First Friday, Juneau’s monthly art gallery walk, takes place on the evening of May 5. Tlingit artwork from local weaver Lily Hope and devil’s club… Continue reading

Heather Dillon, who will be showing her work at Shoefly on First Friday, uses electricity to create interesting designs on jewelry made from Devil’s club. Courtesy image.
Philip Richards, research supervisor for the Department of Fish & Game, talks about the declining king salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

What’s causing the Taku king salmon’s decline?

Facing a forecasted second-straight year of record low salmon returns and the closure of the first two months of summer fishing, Juneau’s fishermen want answers.… Continue reading

Philip Richards, research supervisor for the Department of Fish & Game, talks about the declining king salmon stocks in Southeast Alaska on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Climate March

To begin with, no civilized human being recognizes themselves as The Creator, The Divine, the Maker of All, and since no organic creation has achieved… Continue reading

  • Apr 28, 2017

Veggies for Juneau

The wave of Grow it Yourself is breaking over Southeast Alaska, a flood of seed starting, indoor seedling gardens and raised bed building is filling… Continue reading

A cockle-collector in Sitka holds up a cockle. Bethany Goodrich | Capital City Weekly

Southeast’s shellfish safety squad

Katlian Street in Sitka is a bustling cultural and fishing hub. Along this winding harbor-side road, tightly squeezed between fishing gear shops, processing plants, and… Continue reading

A cockle-collector in Sitka holds up a cockle. Bethany Goodrich | Capital City Weekly

Arctic oil and gas activity essential to building Alaska’s future

Alaska received a C-minus for the general condition of its infrastructure on its most recent report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers, and… Continue reading

  • Apr 26, 2017
  • By ROBERT DILLON
Drawing by Nina Elder, one of the traveling artists on the Tidelines Journey tour. Courtesy image.

Artist tour of Southeast holds discussions on signal-to-noise in communities’ lives

This week, a group of five artists are sleeping in a ferry’s solarium, chatting with strangers and admiring the mountains and waterways of the Inside… Continue reading

Drawing by Nina Elder, one of the traveling artists on the Tidelines Journey tour. Courtesy image.