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US seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land, arguing… Continue reading

Surviving western and mountain hemlock at Goose Cove, Peril Strait, Alaska appear as green trees among the numerous dead yellow-cedar trees, illustrating a successional shift in tree species in response to yellow-cedar decline.

Report: Some yellow cedars to remain healthy through 2100

It turns out polar bears and yellow cedar trees have something common. So do ice seals and red cedars. That commonality: One is negatively impacted… Continue reading

Surviving western and mountain hemlock at Goose Cove, Peril Strait, Alaska appear as green trees among the numerous dead yellow-cedar trees, illustrating a successional shift in tree species in response to yellow-cedar decline.
Sea ice floats off the coast north of Barrow.

The case for rallying around sea ice

The ice floating on top of the world covers pretty much the entire Arctic Ocean in midwinter. By late summer it shrinks to half that… Continue reading

Sea ice floats off the coast north of Barrow.

Girls on Ice accepting applications

Girls on Ice, a free wilderness education program, is accepting applications now through Jan. 29. Each year, two teams of nine teenage girls and three… Continue reading

NOAA, NASA: 2015 was Earth’s hottest by a wide margin

WASHINGTON — Last year wasn’t just the Earth’s hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.The National… Continue reading

Temperature depends on where you put thermometer

WASHINGTON — When it comes to measuring global warming, it’s all about altitude.Temperature readings taken close to Earth’s surface — about 6 feet off the… Continue reading

Study: Man-made heat put in oceans has doubled since ’97

WASHINGTON — The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a study released Monday showed.Scientists have long known that… Continue reading

Common murres swim in Auke Bay in December. Local birder Gus van Vliet counted between 3,000 and 4,000 of the birds in Auke Bay in late November and early December. A large number have also been gathering at the mouth of Glacier Bay. Usually, this time of year, the birds winter away from coastal areas, but thousands have been washing ashore, dead, in Prince William Sound and Southcentral Alaska. Some dead birds have also been recorded in Sitka and Glacier Bay.

Murres in Southeast affected by die-off

One of Alaska’s most common seabirds is dying off in unusually high numbers, and though the majority of common murres found dead have been in… Continue reading

Common murres swim in Auke Bay in December. Local birder Gus van Vliet counted between 3,000 and 4,000 of the birds in Auke Bay in late November and early December. A large number have also been gathering at the mouth of Glacier Bay. Usually, this time of year, the birds winter away from coastal areas, but thousands have been washing ashore, dead, in Prince William Sound and Southcentral Alaska. Some dead birds have also been recorded in Sitka and Glacier Bay.

New report provides conservation and management strategies for climate-sensitive yellow-cedar in Alaska

The U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station Wednesday released a new report that outlines a climate adaptation strategy for yellow-cedar in Alaska. The report,… Continue reading

From left to right, freshman Briannah Letter, senior Rebecca Hassler, and junior and Palestinian exchange student Yara Dgeish practice a short reader's theater play for Drama, Debate and Forensics at Thunder Mountain High School. Dgeish is one of four students in Juneau this year with the YES program, which brings students from countries with significant Muslim populations to the US.

Different place, same world

The four Muslim high school students on exchange in Juneau for this academic year from Indonesia, Palestine, Egypt and Turkey have gotten at least one… Continue reading

From left to right, freshman Briannah Letter, senior Rebecca Hassler, and junior and Palestinian exchange student Yara Dgeish practice a short reader's theater play for Drama, Debate and Forensics at Thunder Mountain High School. Dgeish is one of four students in Juneau this year with the YES program, which brings students from countries with significant Muslim populations to the US.
In this Thursday photo, dead common murres lie on a rocky beach in Whittier. Federal scientists in Alaska are looking for the cause of a massive die-off of one of the Arctic's most abundant seabirds, the common murre.

Starvation suspected in die-off of seabirds

ANCHORAGE — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend’s boat and spotted white… Continue reading

In this Thursday photo, dead common murres lie on a rocky beach in Whittier. Federal scientists in Alaska are looking for the cause of a massive die-off of one of the Arctic's most abundant seabirds, the common murre.
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, left, announces hiring and travel restrictions during a news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Anchorage. Sheldon Fisher, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration, right, appeared with Walker at the news conference. The prohibitions came the same day an agency lowered Alaska's credit rating because of continued low oil prices.

State’s credit downgrade timed on bond sales, continued oil decline

Standard & Poor’s Jan. 5 downgrade of Alaska’s credit ratings, which caught many state leaders by surprise, was triggered by upcoming bond sales, according to… Continue reading

Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, left, announces hiring and travel restrictions during a news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 5, in Anchorage. Sheldon Fisher, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration, right, appeared with Walker at the news conference. The prohibitions came the same day an agency lowered Alaska's credit rating because of continued low oil prices.

Filling a vacancy

Today at 4:30 p.m. the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly will interview five people who applied to fill the vacant District 1 CBJ Assembly… Continue reading

Lawmakers pre-file 31 bills

The Alaska Legislature’s preseason has begun with 24 House bills and seven Senate bills released in the first round of prefiled legislation.Prefiling is the annual… Continue reading

Kate Troll

My Turn: Find the good, grow the good

The inspiration for this column comes from two places. One is that it’s the end of year and the second is from Haines writer and… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2016
  • By Kate Troll
Kate Troll

Fish Factor: Fishing picks and pans for 2015

2016 marks a quarter of a century for this weekly column that targets Alaska’s seafood industry. At the end of every year, I proffer my… Continue reading

Coping with low-snow winters in Alaska takes extra effort

ANCHORAGE — When the early-season snow melted this winter and left Anchorage’s ski trails covered in ice, Lauren Fritz, a professional cross-country skier, went out… Continue reading

Family members of Jordon J. Sharclane, 37, including his mother, Myrna Brown, center, and his wife, Jenny Sharclane, right, gather together at the Mountain View apartments on Dec. 3 after learning about Sharclane's death and his son, Michael, injuries. The father and son were stabbed at the Cedar Park apartment complex early Thursday morning. Juneau police on Thursday arrested 19-year-old Kevin Scott Nauska for first-degree murder in connection to Sharclane's death and attempted first-degree murder for stabbing Michael.

2015: Juneau’s year of gloom

It was a grim year for Juneau.The list of the Empire’s top 10 stories of the year includes the death of the capital city’s just-elected… Continue reading

Family members of Jordon J. Sharclane, 37, including his mother, Myrna Brown, center, and his wife, Jenny Sharclane, right, gather together at the Mountain View apartments on Dec. 3 after learning about Sharclane's death and his son, Michael, injuries. The father and son were stabbed at the Cedar Park apartment complex early Thursday morning. Juneau police on Thursday arrested 19-year-old Kevin Scott Nauska for first-degree murder in connection to Sharclane's death and attempted first-degree murder for stabbing Michael.

Israel rejects book on Jew-Arab love for school curriculum

JERUSALEM — Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country’s high… Continue reading

Chris Hinkley takes advantage of high winds from the north to surf off Lena Beach on Feb. 5.

Outdoors year in review

2015 was another great year to be hiking, boating and in general being in Southeast Alaska (well… aren’t they all?) But as we looked through… Continue reading

Chris Hinkley takes advantage of high winds from the north to surf off Lena Beach on Feb. 5.