•  
  •  
Earning Eagle Rank

...Preparedness), Vili Tupou (Troop 55, Bench at Thunder Mountain High School), Josh Tupou (Troop 55, Clothing Drive), Hunter Kirkpatrick (Troop 1005, Archery Course Bridge), Abram Leigh (Troop 1005, Playground Map for Elementary School) , Ben...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-19/earning-eagle-rank
Neighbors
Native poet tries crowdsourcing to visit King Island ghost village

...last inhabitants of King Island. Her father moved the family to Nome when he learned he was dying of cancer. A subsistence hunter, he was worried about leaving them without a provider after his death. Alvanna-Stimpfle, who was born several months after...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-19/native-poet-tries-crowdsourcing-visit-k
State
Falcons' freshman phenom flies for first in Fairbanks

...Voelz (12/18.86) and Douglas Cook (DQ). Cook also missed the 300 hurdle finals (14/47.09 prelim).Lathrop's Hunter Desmond won the 100 meters in 11.77 and Chugiak's Tyler Rohde wont he 200 in 23.18. KTN's Kelton Thompson did not final...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-19/falcons-freshman-phenom-flies-first-fa
Sports | JDHS | TMHS
Mud

Now Playing Synopsis: A pair of inquisitive adolescents encounter a charismatic drifter with an incredible story in this drama from Take Shelter writer/director Jeff Nichols. Mississippi adolescents Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) are exploring along the mighty Mississippi when they stumble upon a small island inhabited by Mud (Matthew McConaughey), a desperado who claims to be on the run from brutal bounty hunters after killing a man in Texas. According to Mud, his true love Juniper (Reese Witherspoon) is awaiting his arrival in town, and together they plan to make a daring escape. Fascinated, the two boys agree to help Mud slip past his pursuers, despite the potential dangers of doing so. Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson, and Michael Shannon co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon Movie Details Play Trailer Buy Tickets Movie Review

My Turn: Road to Umiat - a bad idea with far-reaching potential consequences

...about the proposed road is that it will be open to many sports hunters. That's another reason why I am against this road. If the...another route to go through that we can hunt, most of the sport hunters will get to them before we do in Anaktuvuk. It's not like...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-15/my-turn-road-umiat-bad-idea-far-reach
Opinion
Orphaned polar bear cub lands at NY zoo

...ending a 14-hour trip that was set in motion in March when a hunter in Alaska realized an adult female bear he'd killed was nursing...bear since.Subsistence hunting is allowed in the area, but hunters aren't allowed to shoot females with cubs, Lampi said after...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-16/orphaned-polar-bear-cub-lands-ny-zoo
State
Yankees rally, beat Seattle after Hernandez exits

...obstructed or he is 1 inch away. If he is obstructed before first base, the ball is dead and he is awarded first base," umpire Hunter Wendelstedt said.Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third on Kyle Seager's double.NOTES: The Mariners committed two errors...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-15/yankees-rally-beat-seattle-after-herna
Sports
Expert: Rhino population wiped out in Mozambique

JOHANNESBURG - Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, the beasts again are on the brink of vanishing from the country by poachers seeking their horns...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2013-05-03/expert-rhino-population-wiped-out-moz
Not For Web
Polar bear cub prepares for new home in New York

...with their mother and another sibling for the first few years of their lives."The bear's mother was shot and killed by a hunter March 12 near Point Lay, an Inupiat Eskimo whaling community 300 miles southwest of Barrow and 700 miles northwest of Anchorage...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-14/polar-bear-cub-prepares-new-home-new-yo
State
2013 Region 5 Track & Field Championships

...Petersburg, 5:28.00. 11, Davis, Terry, Haines, 5:34.42. 12, Evens, Nels, Petersburg, 5:48.52. 13, Hunter-Skeek, Nathaniel, Angoon, 6:29.37. Boys 3200 Meter Run 1A-2A-3A 1, Cochran, Airk, Skagway City, 10:21...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-05-12/2013-region-5-track-field-championship
Sports | JDHS | TMHS

CONTACT US

  • Switchboard: 907-586-3740
  • Circulation and Delivery: 907-523-2295
  • Newsroom Fax: 907-586-3028
  • Business Fax: 907-586-9097
  • Accounts Receivable: 907-523-2270
  • View the Staff Directory
  • or Send feedback

ADVERTISING

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

SOCIAL NETWORKING