The discovery of an ancient fish trap last year placed Indigenous people near Prince of Wales Island around 11,000 years ago. New research may push that time back even further.
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Complaint against Juneau Fred Meyer will be heard this fall by state human rights commission
The issue relates to a 2020 incident when a sign posted at Juneau’s Fred Meyer stated that tribal IDs would not be accepted for tobacco sales.
Curious Juneau: How big is the Coast Guard’s presence in Juneau?
“It’s a major footprint. And then we also have people who work for the Coast Guard who are not active duty,” she said. “It does end up being a significant economic driver in the community.”
Filipino American History Month bill passes the Alaska Legislature
The Alaska Legislature passed HB 23 on Friday, establishing the month of October as Filipino American History Month in state statute.
Juneau musician Annie Bartholomew’s new album is a different kind of Alaska survival story
“Sisters of White Chapel” is about the Klondike Gold Rush, from the perspective of the women and sex workers who lived in the mining towns.
What history’s hidden grandmother of climate science teaches us today
Today, most climate science is done with satellites, sensors and complicated computer models. But it all started with two glass tubes.