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New York Times bestselling author makes stop in Juneau
Published 2:31am Friday, May 6, 2016New York Times bestselling author Jamie Ford will be coming to Juneau to speak on his award-winning novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and ... Read more
My Turn: The issues this legislative session
Published 8:04am Wednesday, May 4, 2016Four major themes define what must get done in the Legislature this year. They are fiscal, Medicaid, criminal justice, and oil and gas tax credit ... Read more
Fish Factor: Salmon season starts soon
Published 8:00am Wednesday, May 4, 2016FISH FACTOR: SALMON SEASON SOON TO START By Laine Welch In the face of Alaska’s multi-billion dollar budget shortfalls, state policy makers are putting the ... Read more
Soapy Smith’s parlor museum reopens with a bang
Published 8:00am Wednesday, May 4, 2016Skagway’s legendary outlaw, Jefferson Randolph Smith, gained his fame for cons like telling newly arrived Gold Rush stampeders that a family member had just telegraphed ... Read more
‘Scorching’ weather continues across Southeast Alaska
Published 8:01am Tuesday, May 3, 2016Well, it was scorching by Southeast standards. April 2016 was the warmest ever recorded in Juneau and Sitka, according to measurements taken by the National ... Read more
Hawaii church deploying igloos to house the homeless
Published 8:01am Friday, April 29, 2016HONOLULU — A church in Hawaii looking to address the state’s ongoing homelessness crisis has settled on a solution that on first look appears better ... Read more
Abroad, Trump seen as a danger
Published 8:01am Friday, April 29, 2016BRUSSELS — The world is fascinated by Donald Trump, just as blindsided as many Americans are about his rise and nearly at a loss to ... Read more
Wildfire season expected to be less severe
Published 8:02am Thursday, April 28, 2016DENVER — The upcoming wildfire season across the U.S. isn’t expected to be as bad as last year’s infernos, when a record 15,800 square miles ... Read more
Inaugural Sitka Arts & Science Festival Coming This July
Published 8:03am Wednesday, April 27, 2016SITKA — A new interdisciplinary festival in Sitka, Alaska on the historic Sheldon Jackson Campus will provide opportunity for tourists and locals to explore science ... Read more
New arts and science festival in Sitka this July
Published 8:02am Wednesday, April 27, 2016A new interdisciplinary festival in Sitka, Alaska on the historic Sheldon Jackson Campus this July will provide opportunity for tourists and locals to explore science ... Read more
Juneau entrepreneur looks to sell ocean water to California
Published 8:04am Friday, April 22, 2016KETCHIKAN — A Juneau entrepreneur is asking the state to approve his plan to collect fresh water from the Pacific Ocean south of Ketchikan and ... Read more
My Turn: ‘Yes we can’ get the change we work for
Published 8:04am Friday, April 22, 2016Our 2015-16 presidential campaign seems to herald a new change. There is an adage to apply: “If we always do what we have always done, ... Read more
Jewell: Oregon takeover among several threats to West
Published 8:04am Wednesday, April 20, 2016WASHINGTON — An armed takeover of an Oregon national wildlife refuge is part of a disturbing “extreme movement” to seize public lands and reject the ... Read more
Houston recovering from yet another deadly flood
Published 8:03am Wednesday, April 20, 2016HOUSTON — As more than a foot of rain deluged the nation’s fourth-largest city, inundating homes, shutting down major highways and leaving at least five ... Read more
China gay rights movement makes gains
Published 8:00am Monday, April 18, 2016CHANGSHA, China — For years, Chen Tiantian could only read about the gay rights movement in faraway places. She knew that there were activists in ... Read more
White creatures changing with the season
Published 8:00am Friday, April 15, 2016This morning, through the west window, I noticed a flash of white. I looked up from breakfast to see a short-tailed weasel popping from a ... Read more
Syrian official rules out Assad departure ahead of talks
Published 8:01am Thursday, April 14, 2016DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A top Syrian official urged the opposition to let go of its dream of easing President Bashar Assad out of power ... Read more
Syria pushes offensive on eve of elections, talks in Geneva
Published 8:05am Wednesday, April 13, 2016DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian government troops pushed an offensive Tuesday against militants in the country’s north on the eve of parliament elections — a vote ... Read more
Fish Factor: Hatchery hauls, herring and Dan Sullivan
Published 8:00am Wednesday, April 13, 2016Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan has scored seats on nearly every Congressional committee that deals with issues on, over and under the oceans. That fulfills a ... Read more
Sentinels of change: Gray whales in the Arctic
Published 8:00am Friday, April 8, 2016Gray whales do things differently. Gray whales look different, swim farther, and fight more fiercely than other whales. They owe their distinctive mottled look to ... Read more