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Your Weekend Guide: Choirs, concerts ski training and more
Your Weekend Guide: Choirs, concerts ski training and more
A little brown bat. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Department of Fish and Game)

Dogs make the best bat-scent detectors, helping local researchers

The excellent noses of dogs are put to work in bat research.

A little brown bat. (Courtesy Photo | Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
Opinion: Tongass Roadless Rule reversal threatens brown bear populations

Opinion: Tongass Roadless Rule reversal threatens brown bear populations

Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.

  • Dec 1, 2019
  • By LaVern Beier
Opinion: Tongass Roadless Rule reversal threatens brown bear populations
Underneath dark premise, ‘With’ is an incredibly sweet, funny play
Underneath dark premise, ‘With’ is an incredibly sweet, funny play
A hydro generator from 1950’s is still in use at the Gold Creek Power Plant in this file photo from 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Precipitation levels gain ground on long-lasting drought

Southeast Alaska is improving, but Juneau is still dryer than usual

A hydro generator from 1950’s is still in use at the Gold Creek Power Plant in this file photo from 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
What killed the world’s giants?

What killed the world’s giants?

Lions in Alaska? Yes, it’s a thing.

What killed the world’s giants?
The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Roadless areas of the Tongass are good for wildlife and people, and they ought to be protected

How much of the Tongass will a dying industry mow down on its way out?

  • Nov 21, 2019
  • By Austin Williams
The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The Tongass National Forest sign stands near the Auke Village Recreation Area. (Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: I hope inclusion of the Tongass under the Roadless Rule is maintained

I retired at the end of March after 28 years as a research social scientist with the USDA Forest Service. Over the course of my… Continue reading

  • Nov 18, 2019
  • By Linda Kruger
The Tongass National Forest sign stands near the Auke Village Recreation Area. (Juneau Empire File)
Alaska Natives, Tlingit women to testify before Congress on Roadless Rule
Alaska Natives, Tlingit women to testify before Congress on Roadless Rule
Members of the Juneau Community Foundation receive a donation from First Bank in support of the Youth Equity Project. Pictured from left: Luliia Segal, First Bank, Jamie Waste and Jenna Rutecki, Juneau Community Foundation, and Bob Anderson, First Bank. (Courtesy photo | First Bank)

Neighbors News: Red Cross seeks volunteers, two groups get grants, applications open for scholarship

Neighbors News in Brief for Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.

  • Nov 10, 2019
  • Juneau Empire
Members of the Juneau Community Foundation receive a donation from First Bank in support of the Youth Equity Project. Pictured from left: Luliia Segal, First Bank, Jamie Waste and Jenna Rutecki, Juneau Community Foundation, and Bob Anderson, First Bank. (Courtesy photo | First Bank)
Marine scientist Molly Zaleski gives public comment during a hearing held by NOAA on proposed whale habitats being created in the coastal waters of the West Coast at University of Alaska Southeast on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)
Marine scientist Molly Zaleski gives public comment during a hearing held by NOAA on proposed whale habitats being created in the coastal waters of the West Coast at University of Alaska Southeast on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (Michael S. Lockett | Juneau Empire)
What can trees tell us about avalanche history? Quite a bit.
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What can trees tell us about avalanche history? Quite a bit.
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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Investing in fisheries pays off

Alaskans know just how essential fisheries are to life in the 49th state.

  • Nov 7, 2019
  • By Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Empire Live: Alaska Roadless Rule public hearing
Empire Live: Alaska Roadless Rule public hearing
Southeast tribes unite to oppose lifting Roadless Rule

Southeast tribes unite to oppose lifting Roadless Rule

Fishermen and the city of Skagway also weigh in on divisive issue.

Southeast tribes unite to oppose lifting Roadless Rule
‘Vanguards’ of climate change action, Southeast tribe shares ambitious plan
‘Vanguards’ of climate change action, Southeast tribe shares ambitious plan
Vivian Faith Prescott shows how thick red huckleberries can get on a branch. (Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Juneau Empire)

Planet Alaska: Red Huckleberries: Food for Songbirds

They’re something to sing about.

Vivian Faith Prescott shows how thick red huckleberries can get on a branch. (Vivian Faith Prescott | For the Juneau Empire)
Here’s the Halloween weather forecast

Here’s the Halloween weather forecast

Juneau hasn’t had dry holiday since 2005.

Here’s the Halloween weather forecast
Kirby Day speaks after being given the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award during the Chamber’s annual dinner at Centennial Hall during last year’s dinner in October 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Kirby Day speaks after being given the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award during the Chamber’s annual dinner at Centennial Hall during last year’s dinner in October 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: Ocean acidification requires less talk, more action

Opinion: Ocean acidification requires less talk, more action

It’s time to commit.

  • Oct 22, 2019
  • By Danielle Meeker
Opinion: Ocean acidification requires less talk, more action