Douglas News

Simon Ridgeway poses Saturday with his customized mailbox and British-style phonebooth.

The monthly First Friday gallery walk will be held on Thursday this week as to not hinder Friday's Fourth of July celebrations.

Bagpipes aren't quite the same tradition as baseball and barbecue when it comes to the Fourth of July, but the Scottish aerophones are rapidly establishing themselves as one in Juneau.

Savana M. Barzee, of Juneau, graduated with honors from Northwest College in May.

Capital City Fire and Rescue firefighter Scott Reid makes sure the Juneau Fire Deptartment's historic engine No.

Every street in every neighborhood has flowers blooming this week. The annual garden party is in full swing, and all our neighbors are there in their finest.

Douglas resident Richard "Rick" Urion died June 24, 2008, at Bartlett Memorial Hospital in Juneau.

Today: Public trap shoot, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club. Monday: Parent and tot open skate, 2:15-3:45 p.m., Treadwell Arena.

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 15, 2008, a son, Matthew Peter Epperly, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, to Karalene Starr Clemons and Niels Peter Epperly, of Juneau.

Some lives encompass a great slice of history connecting an earlier age with the modern world of 2008.

The registration deadline is Friday, May 16 and the cost is $250. Rules and regulations are available at www.juneausoftball.com . Info: Lorri, 463-3633. Saturday, June 7 * Spring Tide Scramble - The Southeast ...

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 17, 2008, a son, Johnathan Lukas Wald, weighing 7 pounds, 14 ounces, to Mary Grace Cortes Soriano and Johnathan Alan Wald, of Juneau.

A bald eagle uses a Douglas piling to perch Saturday as sailboats line up for the start of the Taku Harbor Rendezvous, part of the Juneau Cup Challenge.

Here they are, the official weight count from the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on May 12.

I would like to give a big heartfelt thank you to all of my special friends who came from Juneau, Sitka, Hoonah, Elfin Cove and Washington and made my 75th birthday absolutely spectacular.

Juneau police and fire officials and state police reported: Bear complaint: At about 3:50 p.m. Thursday, a woman reported a bear in the 3400 block of Foster Avenue.

“From a business perspective, AEL&P is a basket case and I seriously doubt they will survive as a going concern”

Bad luck, bad timing and its own bad bets have left Juneau's venerable Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. via Juneau Empire

“I have done a lot of still-lifes in the past, and I'm getting a little bolder”

Juneau weaver Kay Field Parker has been obsessed with Ravenstail weaving since 1990 but has not shown much of her work publicly until this year. via Juneau Empire

Former Juneau resident Matt Taintor graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine on May 2 and has matched with the University of Utah residency program. via Juneau Empire

Recent births at BartlettRegional Hospital: * On April 18, 2008, a son, Raiden Allen Smith, weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces, to Donita Marie Jerue and Craig Howard Smith, of Juneau. via Juneau Empire