Devil’s club is probably best known as a plant to avoid at all costs. But several small Southeast Alaska companies have a different take. They’re turning the roots, stems and bark of the plant into rubs and salves to treat sore joints and damaged skin.
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Author and journalist Lael Morgan has worked at the Juneau Empire and LA Times, taught at the University of Alaska, and founded her own alternative newspaper. Morgan is well-known for her book Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. Her latest effort is Eskimo Star, From the Tundra to Tinseltown: The Ray Mala Story.
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Sharon Cissa's opposition to TSA not the centerpiece of her congressional campaign. US Census Bureau conducting "American Community Survey" in Sitka. Juneau musician honored with kazoo chorus.
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Opposition to the TSA's airport security procedures might have given Sharon Cissna national attention, but the Anchorage Democrat says there's more to her campaign for Congress.
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Doug Osborne is a health educator at SEARHC. He's looking for seven more people to join him tomorrow (10-12-12) 8:30 AM at Sweetland Hall to plan for the next Health Summit.
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Biomass boiler explosion at Air Station Sitka injures civilian contractor. Thomas, Kreiss-Tomkins meet in Chamber Forum. Petersburg man in custody after firing on local police. Alaska Travel Industry Association to meet in Anchorage.
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Here are all the questions and answers from Wednesday's House 34 candidate forum between Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Haines) and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka). The forum was hosted by the Sitka Chamber of Commerce; Dan Jones served as moderator.
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The two candidates for the newly-created House 34 legislative district met in Sitka yesterday (10-10-12), in a forum sponsored by the Sitka Chamber of Commerce. Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Haines) and Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka) demonstrated there is more that separates them than four decades in age.
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Sitka WhaleFest has merged with the Sitka Sound Science Center. Jim Seeland, from the Science Center board, and Lily Herwald, from WhaleFest, talk about why.
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New Assembly takes on Blue Lake funding gap. Murkowski on energy, Citizens United and more. New Coast Guard cutter stops in Juneau en route to homeport of Ketchikan.
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