Opinion
My Turn: Consider realities of present vs. past on Ship-Free Saturday initiative
I write to encourage all Juneau residents to deeply consider the implications of their vote on the Ship-Free…
Opinion
My Turn: Figuring out the Ship-Free Saturday ballot initiative
Opponents of Proposition No. 2 — Ship-Free Saturday make many bold, reference-free claims on the purported impacts of…
Sports
I Went to the Woods: Limited enthusiasm
The alpine deer cabbage was yellow and gold, a sign of the coming fall. From a distance even…
Neighbors
Living and Growing: Environmental stewardship — a Baha’i perspective
To begin, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory…
Opinion
Opinion: A school shooting exposes Republican impotence. Again.
“I don’t like to admit this. I don’t like that this is a fact of life,” Republican vice-presidential…
Opinion
My Turn: Supporting Angela Rodell for mayor due to financial expertise, questioning of status quo
I’m supporting Angela Rodell for mayor. Her experience as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue, and then…
Opinion
Opinion: Juneau voters weigh three ballot propositions
As the Juneau Assembly addresses several looming economic issues, voters will decide three significant ballot propositions in the…
Sports
On the Trails: Trailside flowers
On a gray morning in early September, with no cruise ships in town(!), I wandered up Basin Road…
Neighbors
Living and Growing: After the flood
It is Ordinary Time, the Season of Increase, the Season of Creation.
Sports
Alaska Science Forum: The lost world of northern dinosaurs
On a recent river trip in northern Alaska, scientists from the University of Alaska Museum of the North…
Opinion
Opinion: Schools alone aren’t the problem
According to the results of this year’s academic readiness tests only a third of all Alaska students are…
Opinion
My Turn: Poor taxation and spending policies by city leaders reason to vote no on bond measures
Is it coincidental that CBJ increased assessed values on private property when intending to sell bonds against property…
Opinion
My Turn: Cruise ships are shifting air pollution into Juneau’s marine waters
Cruise ships have been in the news a lot recently. In Barcelona, locals used water guns against tourists…
Sports
On the Trails: Bird activity, willow roses
I haven’t seen much bird activity along my mid-August trails recently, but here at home there is always…
Opinion
Opinion: Amid Juneau disaster recovery, attention turns to mitigation of future floods
By now most Alaskans have heard of a jökulhlaup, a phenomenon where unstable lakes are formed from retreating…
Sports
I Went to the Woods: Community anxiety cycle in Ketchikan after landslide
I felt like a lab rat pawing the lever.
Neighbors
Living and Growing: A life hack for happiness in a flooding river of change
Fall is upon us and with it change. School is starting, leaves are changing colors, schedules change and…
Opinion
Opinion: Ranked Choice – a scapegoat for losers
Turnout was understandably low in last week’s primary election. The results were almost meaningless. With the exception of…
Sports
On the Trails: A diversity of eyes
This essay was launched by reading an almost unintelligible (to me) scientific paper about chiton eyes. Nevertheless, that…
Opinion
My Turn: Nationwide shortage of pediatric inpatient psychiatric beds
In a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics titled: “Number of Pediatric Inpatient…