Environment

Sailing is thriving in the capital city through a club called Southeast Alaska Sailing, also known as SEAS.

The tallest peak in North America is not as tall as previously thought. Denali was measured at 20,237 feet – 83 feet shorter than maps indicate today.

Marine mammal responders have wrapped-up efforts to try and disentangle a southeast humpback whale after removing more gillnet from the animal late last week.

The National Weather Service said the early morning strong winds that blew through some parts of Juneau Sunday were just the prelude to fall. The highest gusts were reported at 12:35 a.m. at the Juneau airport.  Two brief and localized power outages were caused by a tree that fell on Davis Avenue and another on…

The Thunder Mountain Falcons fell to the Soldotna Stars 61 to 6 on a balmy and dry Friday evening in Juneau. In Palmer, the Juneau-Douglas Crimson Bears prevailed 33 to 24 over the Colony Knights. Neither was a conference game, so it doesn’t count toward the run toward playoffs in the Southeast Conference.  Soldotna is…

Forest Service’s Tom Tidwell says rising fire suppression costs are affecting other program budgets