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Letter: Suicide is preventable

With the recent suicides and media coverage around the state, the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition wants to reassure community members there is hope. Sometimes when… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2015

What’s happening this week, Nov. 4-10

  EVENTS & PRESENTATIONSThe Revival of Tsimshian Art, 12 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, Walter Soboleff Building. Renowned Tsimshian carver and master artist David A. Boxley will… Continue reading

A still from "This Changes Everything."

Film Series raises awareness in advance of Paris climate talks

When international leaders meet in Paris at the end of this month to discuss a universal agreement on climate, a Juneau group will be raising… Continue reading

A still from "This Changes Everything."
Tlingit elder Marie Olson listens to recordings gathered as part of the Juneau LIbrary's ongoing Story Corps project, which focuses us Alaska Native experiences.

StoryCorps excerpt: ‘I want my son to know who he is’

As part of last week’s Tlingit Clan Conference at Centennial Hall, the Juneau Public Library set up a listening room where conference attendees could hear… Continue reading

Tlingit elder Marie Olson listens to recordings gathered as part of the Juneau LIbrary's ongoing Story Corps project, which focuses us Alaska Native experiences.

Trans-Canada asks US to suspend pipeline application review

TORONTO — TransCanada, the company behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the U.S Gulf Coast, has asked the U.S. State Department to… Continue reading

Rising seas, peat may have done in large ice age animals

ANCHORAGE — Woolly mammoths and other large ice age mammals thrived in northern Alaska until environmental changes turned grasslands into peat and rising sea levels… Continue reading

Around town for Monday, Nov. 2

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Digital World class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way. Course will include:… Continue reading

MRV Architects wins Merit Award for Walter Soboleff Center

MRV Architects won the Merit Award for their design of the Walter Soboleff Center as part of Alaska Architectural Firms’ 2015 Design Awards.AIA Alaska Design… Continue reading

  • Nov 1, 2015

My Turn: Our search for villains and heroes

Americans love political villains. For some on the left, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., accommodated that need last week. His statement that he wouldn’t accept the… Continue reading

  • Oct 30, 2015
  • By Rich Moniak

Appeals filed in water reservation case

JUNEAU — Business and industry groups have appealed a state agency decision to grant a water reservation to conservationists who want to protect fish from… Continue reading

The Hunchback of Notre Dame will play Halloween weekend at the Gold Town Theater, accompanied by live music.

What’s happening this week

HALLOWEEN EVENTS Halloween party with haunted house, 2 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., The Canvas, Friday, Oct. 30: All ages event with a carnival from 2-6 p.m.,… Continue reading

The Hunchback of Notre Dame will play Halloween weekend at the Gold Town Theater, accompanied by live music.

My Turn: Best way to advance AKLNG is together

I was reminded recently, while viewing a short film produced by the Consumer Energy Alliance of the marvel that is our Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS).I… Continue reading

  • Oct 27, 2015
  • By Sen. Lisa Murkowski

My Turn: How did climate change affect Shell’s Arctic decision?

When Shell decided to suspend its Arctic exploration indefinitely, they said it was due to disappointing results, the high cost of the operation and “the… Continue reading

  • Oct 23, 2015
  • By Rich Moniak
Tlingit Tribe members from Klawock, Alaska Jonathan Rowan, left, and Lawrence Armour unveil a carved Alaskan storage box at the Honolulu Museum of Arts, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in Honolulu.   A totem pole, stolen by actor John Barrymore during a sailing trip to Alaska in 1931, was returned to the Tlingit Tribe by the Honolulu Museum of Arts today, where it was on display since the early 1980s.  The totem pole was carved by the ancestors of the Tlingit Tribe.  The box was a thank you gift for the return of their totem pole.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Alaska tribal members to get back totem pole taken by actor

HONOLULU — A stolen totem pole that went from the garden decor of two golden-age Hollywood actors to the basement of a Hawaii museum was… Continue reading

Tlingit Tribe members from Klawock, Alaska Jonathan Rowan, left, and Lawrence Armour unveil a carved Alaskan storage box at the Honolulu Museum of Arts, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in Honolulu.   A totem pole, stolen by actor John Barrymore during a sailing trip to Alaska in 1931, was returned to the Tlingit Tribe by the Honolulu Museum of Arts today, where it was on display since the early 1980s.  The totem pole was carved by the ancestors of the Tlingit Tribe.  The box was a thank you gift for the return of their totem pole.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Israeli man shot dead after being mistaken for attacker

JERUSALEM — A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli soldiers who suspected he was a Palestinian attacker, police said… Continue reading

Army intelligence system down during hospital attack

WASHINGTON — The Army’s $5 billion intelligence network, designed to give commanders battlefield awareness but criticized for years as a boondoggle, was not working in… Continue reading

Canada to return to its honest broker role

TORONTO — The stunning victory of Justin Trudeau will reverberate beyond Canada’s borders after the Liberal Party leader emphatically ended a decade of rule by… Continue reading

Letter: Time to change our ways on trapping

“She’s upset, she’s emotional about it,” said Zane Wilson, attorney for the trapper, in his closing arguments during last week’s court case involving sprung traps,… Continue reading

  • Oct 21, 2015

Corporation to hear pitches addressing climate change

JUNEAU — The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. has committed to hearing investment pitches from companies and projects working on ways to address climate change.Valerie Mertz,… Continue reading

Eaglecrest PFD sale fails to win back many season pass holders

Eaglecrest Ski Area is fighting an uphill battle to win back season-pass holders after last year’s record-shattering short season. So far, it’s losing.Despite cutting prices… Continue reading