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‘New generation’ has business owners optimistic during Alaska Startup Week
Published 2:30pm Tuesday, July 25, 2017Being from a mountainous area of Peru, Zia Boccaccio quickly developed an affinity for the mountains of Southeast Alaska. Boccaccio, who came to Juneau five ... Read more
Kayaker encounters
Published 6:15pm Thursday, June 22, 2017It goes without saying that I’m accustomed to having the wilderness entirely to myself. Which was why I was surprised one summer morning when I ... Read more
My Especially Alaskan Life
Published 10:20pm Sunday, June 11, 2017People often ask me what life is like in Alaska. Short answer: pretty much the same as the Lower 48, only with the ever-present possibility ... Read more
Wild edibles and Becoming an Outdoors Woman
Published 11:34pm Tuesday, June 6, 2017Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) celebrated 10 years in Southeast this year. The first event was up in Haines, followed by nine years at Echo ... Read more
Food drive a success with JESS
Published 7:55pm Monday, May 29, 2017Helping Hands volunteers would like to thank all the members of JESS for considering us and for the very successful food drive you had for ... Read more
Summer Reading, Alaska-style
Published 7:10pm Saturday, May 13, 2017Here at the Capital City Weekly, we get a lot of books for review. Sadly, we can’t write about them all. Instead, we try to ... Read more
15th edition of Tidal Echoes to be released Friday
Published 4:24pm Friday, April 14, 2017This Friday marks the 15th anniversary of “Tidal Echoes,” the Southeast Alaska literary and art journal produced by the University of Alaska Southeast. At the ... Read more
Git Hayetsk comes to Juneau
Published 5:19pm Thursday, March 23, 2017For the first time, the dance group Git Hayetsk will be performing in Juneau, where its leaders are making their new home. The dance group, ... Read more
Kate Troll’s memoir a call to action on climate change
Published 3:48pm Thursday, March 16, 2017In former Juneau Assembly member Kate Troll’s second book, “The Great Unconformity: Reflections on Hope in an Imperiled World,” she weaves “one part policy-philosophy, one ... Read more
Southeast Alaska woman lives alone in the wild for reality TV show
Published 10:19pm Friday, March 3, 2017In the summer of 2016, Carleigh Fairchild of Edna Bay carved a notch into the handle of her spoon for each day spent in the ... Read more
“West Side Story” comes to Juneau
Published 6:21pm Thursday, February 23, 2017Orpheus Project Artistic Director William Todd Hunt has wanted to bring a production of “West Side Story” to Juneau for years. “We’ve never really gotten ... Read more
Finding neighbors in the wilderness
Published 6:57pm Thursday, February 2, 2017As kids we lived so far out in the bush with only our family for companions that when my parents mentioned that neighbors would be ... Read more
Juneau Empire publisher Rustan Burton pursues new Midwest opportunity
Published 11:40pm Wednesday, January 4, 2017Rustan Burton, publisher of the Juneau Empire and Capital City Weekly in Juneau has stepped down to accept another job in the Midwest. The announcement ... Read more
Bright moments in the arts: 2016 in Southeast Alaska
Published 9:02am Wednesday, December 28, 2016BRIGHT MOMENTS OF 2016 From the editor: We’ve reached out to members of the arts community around Southeast Alaska for their thoughts on the year’s ... Read more
Minkie’s Coconut Cake: The Parthenon of delicacies
Published 9:01am Wednesday, December 28, 2016MINKIE’S COCONUT CAKE I RECENTLY HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF MUDROOMS. IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF MUDROOMS, IT’S A FANTASTIC MONTHLY ... Read more
Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit professor and writer from Juneau, selected as next Alaska State Writer Laureate
Published 9:00am Wednesday, December 28, 2016HAYES CHOSEN AS 2016-2018 WRITER LAUREATE BY MARY CATHARINE MARTIN Capital City Weekly Juneau writer and University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor of English Ernestine ... Read more
Season’s Reflection
Published 9:03am Wednesday, December 21, 2016Earth. Skies. Natures. Wonders. All creation. You’re above them all. Beauties. Bounties. Treasures. Wealth. You’re above them all. Times. Everything made and not ... Read more
From the editor: Teri Rofkar’s passing
Published 9:01am Wednesday, December 7, 2016I don’t write many columns as Capital City Weekly editor. There are too many interesting people and events in Southeast Alaska to write articles about. ... Read more
Yuletide in Skagway has an “old-world” feel
Published 9:01am Wednesday, December 7, 2016On a snaining Friday in early December, downtown Skagway was quiet — at least until Yuletide celebrators crowded the sidewalk and slushy streets of 5th ... Read more
Downtown Gallery Walk ushers in holiday season
Published 9:02am Wednesday, November 30, 2016It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Gallery Walk — the biggest, most popular First Friday of the year — is a festive ... Read more