Tonight’s City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is the first meeting since the end of June, and will set up larger decisions down the line… Continue reading
Juneau residents get it. We see climate change around us — a retreating glacier, spruce aphids, more rain, less snow, etc. We see the need… Continue reading
I was asked why I am not in favor of taking stances on national or international issues on the Assembly such as Affordable Healthcare Act… Continue reading
Juneau. It was a cool and clear Bastille Day, July 14, 2017, when we entered the Tracy Arm and Ford’s Terror Wilderness Area on the… Continue reading
There is nothing new under the sun. So really, there are no new fishing columns. Unless of course you’re talking about new technology, which I… Continue reading
Robert Harris Edwardson has lived in Juneau on and off for about 20 years, and has considered running for an City and Borough of Juneau… Continue reading
The “silver tsunami” has arrived in Juneau. The term refers to the rising number of seniors around the country, and Juneau’s senior population is booming.… Continue reading
“All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.” -Mao Tse Tung (as quoted by Paul Theroux) Before we signed up for the North Words Writer’s Symposium,… Continue reading
Growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles, Father Andrew Bellisario has found that Alaska’s wild landscapes and bevy of outdoor activities are a bit… Continue reading
The inside of Phallon Tullis-Joyce’s yellow and black composition notebook is a collage of fish drawings and meticulous measurements and notes. Think of a diary… Continue reading
I was very excited to read that our small community of Juneau was one of 340 forward looking cities to support the Climate Mayors statement.… Continue reading
At the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS), signs of our changing environment surround us as glaciers melt, yellow cedars die off and tropical sea creatures… Continue reading
For the millions of environmentalists and scientists in the United States and abroad up in arms over the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris accord,… Continue reading
Lou Marincovich’s book “True North: Hunting Fossils Under the Midnight Sun,” published May 15, sheds light on the life of an adventure-seeking paleontologist who, as… Continue reading
Our Assembly is considering joining with other U.S. cities to endorse the Paris climate accord — a position recently abandoned by the Trump administration. A… Continue reading
This season has been filled with what the Irish call “fine soft days”, and a better climate for transplanting there has never been. This calm… Continue reading
For a moment, the City and Borough of Juneau was poised to join a national movement. Then it wasn’t. Near the end of Monday’s CBJ… Continue reading
Wet is the new dry. Bogs are the new Xtra Tuffs. Light is the new dark, which makes sleepy time the new playtime as far… Continue reading
May and June bring out all the new faces. The smaller the town the more noticeable you are; people can be curious about who you… Continue reading
The Juneau Assembly is talking about the AJ Mine again. It is shocking that, after all of the community effort on the mining ordinance and… Continue reading
