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Published 9:06am Wednesday, March 2, 2016Writing Skills Class, 9:15-10:45 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Improves skills for work, school or testing. Free. Details: 586-5718. Using iPads and other ... Read more
My Turn: University of Alaska research and education
Published 9:05am Wednesday, March 2, 2016To survive the present and thrive in coming years, Alaska must transition its economy — transition from a state which derives most of its capital ... Read more
February is second-warmest on record
Published 9:08pm Tuesday, March 1, 2016Juneau’s warm trend continued into the second month of the year as the capital city recorded its second-warmest February since accurate recordkeeping began. According to ... Read more
Around Town
Published 9:01am Tuesday, March 1, 2016Writing Skills Class, 9:15-10:45 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Improves skills for work, school or testing. Free. Details: 586-5718. Using iPads and other ... Read more
Rally to close Fourth Street
Published 9:03am Sunday, February 28, 2016A rally at noon Monday will close Fourth Street in front of the Alaska Capitol for about an hour on Monday, Feb. 29, the Juneau ... Read more
The many signs of northern change
Published 9:00am Friday, February 26, 2016In anticipation of an arctic science conference happening next month in Fairbanks, an editor asked me to write a column on climate change in the ... Read more
My Turn: Top 10 qualities of an Educaiton Commissioner
Published 9:05am Wednesday, February 24, 2016With news of Alaska Commissioner of Education Mike Hanley’s departure, I’m wondering where our state is headed as the Board of Education forges a new ... Read more
Admired but depressed
Published 9:00am Monday, February 22, 2016The National Park Service turns 100 this year. As the agency celebrates its centennial, it finds itself in a seemingly paradoxical circumstance: widely admired but ... Read more
My Turn: Is Murkowski’s energy bill a monumental contribution?
Published 9:01am Sunday, February 21, 2016At the end of 2015, Sen. Lisa Murkowski moved the first major energy bill since 2007 out of committee and onto the Senate floor by ... Read more
From rock to forest: Southeast’s carbon sink
Published 9:04am Friday, February 19, 2016To talk with local scientists about the Tongass National Forest is to become aware of how much lies literally beneath its surface. It’s a lot, ... Read more
On the Trails: Murrelets
Published 9:04am Friday, February 19, 2016If you venture out on the water, you will see small, dark brown birds that dive with a flick of their wings or take off ... Read more
Pope vs. Trump: ‘Not Christian’ to only build border walls
Published 9:00am Friday, February 19, 2016ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he ... Read more
Investigation continues into walrus deaths on Alaska shore
Published 9:00am Friday, February 19, 2016ANCHORAGE — Five months after 25 Pacific walrus were found dead on a remote northwest Alaska beach, including some that were missing heads and tusks, ... Read more
The heat goes on: Earth sets 9th straight monthly record
Published 9:03am Thursday, February 18, 2016WASHINGTON — The January figures are in, and Earth’s string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: ... Read more
Migrants find refuge in Arctic
Published 9:00am Thursday, February 18, 2016HAMMERFEST, Norway — After hiding below the horizon for two long months, the sun has finally risen in Hammerfest, casting a pale pink hue over ... Read more
Study shows beluga whales dive to great depth to catch cod
Published 9:04am Wednesday, February 17, 2016ANCHORAGE — Beluga whales off Alaska’s northern coast target Arctic cod and will dive to great depths to reach them, according to data collected over ... Read more
Alaska Editorial: PFD checks shouldn’t be a budget priority
Published 9:02am Wednesday, February 17, 2016The following editorial first appeared in the Peninsula Clarion: What’s more important, a big permanent fund dividend or more teachers in public school classrooms? How ... Read more
Two rallies planned for Capitol
Published 9:01am Monday, February 15, 2016The Juneau Police Department has announced that Fourth Street will be closed between Main Street and Seward Street for about an hour on two days ... Read more
White House: Scrap drilling revenue sharing with Gulf states
Published 9:02am Thursday, February 11, 2016NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s U.S. senators and environmental groups are blasting the White House for proposing to help Alaska deal with rising seas by taking ... Read more
Obama budget: Money for icebreaker, villages
Published 9:04am Wednesday, February 10, 2016ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan praised the inclusion of Alaska items in President Barack Obama’s proposed $4.1 trillion federal budget but said Tuesday he ... Read more