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Sport fish roundup

...appears to be showing good numbers of kings in Fritz Cove from the North Douglas Boat Launch to the mouth of the Mendenhall River. Anglers are also having luck finding kings in front of the hatchery in Gastineau Channel. No reports yet from Fish...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-06-14/sport-fish-roundup
Outdoors
Local Sports Schedule

...Miller Field 110 a.m., Minor AA, Dodgers Vs. Rays @ Miller Field 210 a.m., Minor A, Yankees Vs. Angles @ Mendenhall River 110:30 a.m., Junior S, Heat Vs. Fury @ Melvin Park 211:30 a.m., 5Teeball, Twins Vs. Rockies @ DZ...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-06-14/local-sports-schedule
Sports
Another season of Girls on the Run wraps up

...integrates running. More than 70 third to eighth grade girls from Gastineau Elementary, Harborview Elementary, Mendenhall River, Riverbend, and Floyd Dryden have been participating in the 12-week curriculum, which ends with all participants...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-05-05/another-season-girls-run-wraps
Neighbors
On the Trails: Where curiosity can lead ...

...curiosity-driven questions and, if I'm lucky, answers. Here is a simple, recent example:Swans were back in the Mendenhall River by late March. They were feeding in the shallows, pulling up great gobbets of vegetation. Curious about what that...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-04-12/trails-where-curiosity-can-lead
Outdoors
Photo: Resting swan

A trumpeter swan rests in the Mendenhall River near the Brotherhood Bridge on Monday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-23/photo-resting-swan
Local
On the Trails: Wonderful winterland

...I poked around on the Old River Channel (think Mendenhall River, maybe a hundred years ago or so). A great blue...realms. Several swans had been seen in the upper Mendenhall River on the days before my little exploration, but increasing...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-12-28/trails-wonderful-winterland
Outdoors
Officials investigate death of two Tundra Swans

...birds had been shot - either intentionally or accidentally - about two to three days prior to being found along the Mendenhall River in the refuge.But no bullet wounds have been found yet as the carcasses are still partially frozen, and an X-ray...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-03/officials-investigate-death-two-tundra-
Local
Missing 7-year-old found, returned to parents

A Mendenhall River Community School student wasn't on the campus when a parent arrived to pick him up, sparking a search Monday that ended almost...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-01-14/missing-7-year-old-found-returned-paren
Local
Photo: River bank repair

The north side of the Mendenhall River is being hardened against erosion as an Alaska Airlines jet approaches for landing on Tuesday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-11/photo-river-bank-repair
Local
Between 300 and 400 books given away at Read Across America event

...Tingey said. "We got the reading bug."Most of the kids, like 9-year-old Alee Mueca, a third-grader at Mendenhall River, said their favorite Dr. Seuss book was The Cat in the Hat, which was first published in 1957."She loves Dr...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-03-02/between-300-and-400-books-given-away-re
Local

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