Opinion
Opinion: The mirror’s reflection Trump and Vance can’t see
While speaking with reporters on Tuesday after a meeting with the King of Jordan, President Donald Trump tried…
Sports
Alaska Science Forum: When the Civil War came to Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were…
Sports
Pure Sole: A first love
An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman…
Sports
Pure Sole: My Mudrooms
A friend of mine from the Haa Yaitx’u Saiani’s Kin Support Program asked me to speak at the…
Sports
On the Trails: Tree bark
The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed…
Neighbors
Living and Growing: The light of the world
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you.”
Opinion
Opinion: Dismantling the government. And the Bill of Rights
President Donald Trump has asked more than two million federal employees to consider resigning. If they leave their…
Sports
Alaska Science Forum: The threat within an Alaska mountain
Mount Churchill stands in a white corner of the Alaska map, deceptive in its cold, windblown silence. At…
Opinion
Opinion: To make Juneau affordable, grow our economy
Based on the deluge of comments on social media, recent proposals by the city to dramatically escalate debt…
Sports
On the Trails: Some January observations
One day, late in January, a friend and I watched two Steller sea lions swimming near Pt. Louisa.…
Sports
Alaska Science Forum: Thirty years of writing about Alaska science
When I was drinking coffee with a cab-driving-author friend of the same vintage last week, he said of…
Sports
I Went to the Woods: Tie one on
As a kid I threw spinners and spoons, and didn’t bother to learn the impact of bugs in…
Neighbors
Living and Growing: Watching our words for other people
I could be wrong, but the only time Jesus directly talks about Hell is in Matthew 5:22, “But…
Opinion
Opinion: Sen. Sullivan doesn’t know the meaning of leadership
Last Wednesday, Sen. Dan Sullivan should have been prepared for questions about President Donald Trump’s pardons of the…
Sports
Pure Sole: Denali has always answered
Call it what you will, Denali or Mount McKinley, it still rises majestically toward the heavens.
Sports
On the Trails: Northern flickers visit Juneau
There are over a dozen species of flicker, living in various parts of the Americas. The species we…
Neighbors
Gimme A Smile: Help me up
I fell on the ice the other day. One minute, I was carefully picking my way along the…
Sports
Alaska Science Forum: Dangerous cold across the land
In late January 2025, meteorologists from the National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, are predicting…
Opinion
Opinion: Sen. McConnell, not God, made Trump’s retribution presidency possible
I’m not at all impressed by President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at maximizing the development and production…