From the traumatic loss of her grandparents in Juneau’s 1936 landslide, to her long career studying salmon across the state, Malin Babcock reflects on her life in Southeast Alaska.
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Iditarod’s iconic Burled Arch collapses in Nome
The wooden arch fell as the City of Nome experienced its first 40-degree temperatures since Oct. 31.
Tongass Voices: Holly Huber on what it takes to be Miss Alaska Volunteer
Huber uses her platform to bring awareness to the mental health crisis in Alaska.
Tongass Voices: Jeremy Kane on the philosophy of bowl-making
Kane tells his students that even if their creations will go to someone else, they still have to make them for themselves.
Tongass Voices: Juneau Hostel’s Khrystl Brouillette-Gillam and Joey Scoggins on keeping travel affordable
Running a hostel as a nonprofit keeps costs down for guests, but it comes with some challenges.
Juneau Assembly sticks with plan to relocate city-run homeless camp, despite pushback from business owners
The plan would move the campground to an area mostly populated by commercial businesses, next to the city’s indoor cold weather shelter.
Tongass Voices: Shiggoap Alfie Price on the challenges and rewards of learning endangered languages
Shiggoap Alfie Price is a language learner and teacher who believes in using the power of community to strengthen the language revitalization movement.
Holi celebration brings dancing and color to downtown Juneau
A Bollywood flash mob took over North Franklin Street in downtown Juneau Monday night, with dozens of people throwing colorful powders at each other to celebrate love and harmony.
Tongass Voices: Father-daughter production duo Joshua and Harmony Laboca bond through music
Local music producer Joshua Laboca and his daughter, Harmony, create songs together on YouTube as Harmony & jboaudioe.
Glacier pilot Drake Olson finds his flow state
Olson has carved out a unique niche in the Southeast Alaska ferrying climbers, skiers and paddlers to remote sites in the ranges around the Chilkat Valley and beyond.