Wire Service

By Mary F. Willson For the Juneau Empire On Christmas day, a little group of friends walked along the airport dike trail. Loose snow had drifted over the trail in places and...

By Ned Rozell A recent winter storm that featured a heavy rainfall caused hardships for many animals of Interior Alaska, but some people found the event fascinating. Two men who live up here and...

By Jeff Lund For the Juneau Empire While biking, cool air turns cold, and cold air turns bitter, so the faster you go, the colder you get. I thought about this as I...

The Pacific Salmon Treaty is failing to protect North Coast and B.C. salmon from Alaskan commercial fisheries, a new report released jointly by Skeena Wild Conservation Trust and Watershed Watch Salmon Society on Jan....

By Mary F. Willson Surf’s up! In early January, high winds stirred the waters of Juneau, making boating an unpleasant if not downright dangerous proposition. The waves pounded the coastlines, roiling the waters...

By Ned Rozell A few hours of a December day may affect living things for years to come in the middle of Alaska. On Dec. 26, more than an inch of rain fell over...

By Bjorn Dihle At the beginning of June of 1912, Mount Katmai, a 7000-foot volcano 40-some miles from Bristol Bay, was showing signs of coming to life. On June 6, a new volcano...

By Mary F. Willson Snow, and more snow! The deep snows this winter are too much for these little snowshoes we usually use here—one just postholes, and the enlarged feet have a hard...