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Halloween Half & 5K features mass scare of participants
Record number of outlandishly costumed and others run.
Oct 2615 min read


AI Tries To Write The News: Juneau certifies election winners, ranks ‘fourth-safest’ in study of US cities
AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about notable local events of the past week, with excerpts of the results provided.
Oct 265 min read


Alaska Science Forum: Hair ice enlivens an extended fall
Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.
Oct 263 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 25
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 261 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 24
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 261 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 23
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 261 min read


Police blotter for Oct. 22
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Oct 261 min read


On The Trails: Ballistic seed dispersal
Plants disperse their seeds in many ways. Some cast their seeds into breezes or water currents, some produce seeds with adaptations that facilitate transport on (or in) animals, and so on.
Oct 263 min read


Sinking of the Sophia: A futile search for survivors and ongoing efforts to remember those who perished
Global attention after 1918 shipwreck was on end of WW I and Spanish flu epidemic, but annual memorial and other tributes recall victims of West Coast’s worst marine disaster.
Oct 268 min read


Princess Sophia victims remembered at sinking anniversary in Evergreen Cemetery
Those gathering include a relative of a passenger from the 1918 sinking and a historian who has made 200 dives at the shipwreck site.
Oct 263 min read


JDHS spikers battle at Dimond Service Invitational
Crimson Bears keep building resume for state competition.
Oct 252 min read


JDHS earns Skagway Invitational wrestling team title
Seven Crimson Bears earn weight bracket championships.
Oct 252 min read
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