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Weird world of northern dinosaurs coming into focus

During Patrick Druckenmiller’s not-so-restful sabbatical year, he is flying to museums around the world. In Alberta a few weeks ago and London now, the University… Continue reading

Online threats against blacks net arrest at Missouri campus

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged… Continue reading

SEACC director, facing cancer, resigns

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council executive director Malena Marvin is resigning amid a personal health crisis.The news was first reported by Ed Schoenfeld of CoastAlaska public… Continue reading

A conversation with John Straley

One morning in Ketchikan, Sitka writer John Straley climbed down a barnacle-encrusted ladder at low tide, a subpoena for a sleeping fisherman in his briefcase.A… Continue reading

Elizabeth Westermann

What’s happening this week, Nov. 11-17

EVENTS & PRESENTATIONSAn Evening with John Straley, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, Hangar on the Wharf Ballroom. The Friends of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum will… Continue reading

Elizabeth Westermann

Movie listings

JUNEAUGOLD TOWN NICKELODEONFor complete listings, visit www.goldtownnick.com.“Of Men and War” -- Wednesday Nov. 11, and Saturday. Nov. 14. Synopsis: Anger consumes a squad of combat… Continue reading

The city has closed Basin Road for the season. The road will reopen in mid-April.

Pure Sole: There will be snow

I predict there will be a lot of snowfall this season.I believe.Belief is a powerful thing. That, and the fact that the Gandalfian “you shall… Continue reading

  • Nov 10, 2015
  • By Klas Stolpe
The city has closed Basin Road for the season. The road will reopen in mid-April.
In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, smoke streams from the chimneys of the E.ON coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

In first, global temps could average 1.8 degrees higher

STOCKHOLM — This year is on track to be a record 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 19th-century average, hitting a symbolic milestone in the… Continue reading

In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, smoke streams from the chimneys of the E.ON coal-fired power station in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
In this Oct. 20 photo, Carolyn Reilly, bottom center left, and her husband, Ian, bottom center right, and their children, clockwise from bottom left, Jonas, Elliot, Evelyn and Joy pose for a photo as they display their signs protesting the proposed natural gas pipeline at their home in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Keystone off the table, but pipeline fight builds

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — Carolyn and Ian Reilly and their four children left Florida’s sprawl in 2010 to farm 58 acres in rural Virginia, raising… Continue reading

In this Oct. 20 photo, Carolyn Reilly, bottom center left, and her husband, Ian, bottom center right, and their children, clockwise from bottom left, Jonas, Elliot, Evelyn and Joy pose for a photo as they display their signs protesting the proposed natural gas pipeline at their home in Rocky Mount, Virginia.

Polarized politics dictated Keystone call

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline has exposed an endlessly polarized Washington, and likely hardened its divides.Obama is… Continue reading

In this photo taken Oct. 19, children stand near the sea wall built by the Senegalese government to help stop rising water levels from destroying homes in Rafangue Village, Saloum Delta in Senegal.

Senegal’s islands on frontline of climate change

DIAMNIADIO ISLAND, Senegal — The place where Fatou Faye’s kitchen once stood is now outlined with short branches of mangroves, a small and perhaps futile… Continue reading

In this photo taken Oct. 19, children stand near the sea wall built by the Senegalese government to help stop rising water levels from destroying homes in Rafangue Village, Saloum Delta in Senegal.

NASA: Sun stripping away Martian atmosphere, left dry planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and water.On… Continue reading

Justin Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister

TORONTO — Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada’s new Liberal prime minister, and his new cabinet ministers vowed to honor campaign pledges to… Continue reading

Former state lawmaker Jackie Biskupski reacts as results come in at her election night party for Salt Lake City Mayor on Tuesday.

Salt Lake close to electing first openly gay mayor

SALT LAKE CITY — Vote tallies indicated Salt Lake City was poised to narrowly elect its first openly gay mayor in what would mark another… Continue reading

Former state lawmaker Jackie Biskupski reacts as results come in at her election night party for Salt Lake City Mayor on Tuesday.
Philadelphia Democratic mayoral candidate Jim Kenney gives a thumbs up while speaking during an election night event at the National Museum of American Jewish History, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Philadelphia. Kenney, a former longtime councilman, overwhelmed his Republican challenger, business executive Melissa Murray Bailey, in a city that hasn't had a GOP mayor since 1952. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

GOP wins Kentucky guv’s race in top state election

Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President… Continue reading

Philadelphia Democratic mayoral candidate Jim Kenney gives a thumbs up while speaking during an election night event at the National Museum of American Jewish History, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Philadelphia. Kenney, a former longtime councilman, overwhelmed his Republican challenger, business executive Melissa Murray Bailey, in a city that hasn't had a GOP mayor since 1952. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. TransCanada, the company behind the project, said Monday it had asked the State Department to suspend its review of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, citing uncertainties about the route it would take through Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Keystone backers eye Obama’s successor to make the call

WASHINGTON — The company pleading for permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline looked beyond President Barack Obama on Tuesday in apparent hopes a future… Continue reading

The Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. TransCanada, the company behind the project, said Monday it had asked the State Department to suspend its review of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, citing uncertainties about the route it would take through Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

My Turn: Investing in the state’s future through the Univeristy of Alaska

This week, as the University of Alaska Board of Regents prepares to consider a Fiscal Year 2017 proposed budget, I’m reminded of Winston Churchill, who… Continue reading

  • Nov 4, 2015
  • By JIM JOHNSEN

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."