Other common edible plants in the Juneau area include dandelion, broadleaf plantain, broadleaf avens, chickweed, sourdock, fireweed, and salmonberry.
Matt Miller
Morning Host & Local News Reporter
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Young Juneau bears are now getting kicked out of their dens
To prevent bears from becoming habituated to garbage, a City and Borough of Juneau ordinance specifies that garbage should be kept in a secure location until 4 a.m. on pick-up day.
Gardentalk – How to recycle kitchen scraps, yard debris to make your own garden compost
Lisa Daugherty prefers layering carbon on top of food scraps in a compost bin so that it doesn’t attract flies, squirrels, ravens, and bears.
Utah man sentenced to 30 years in prison for Alaska cruise ship homicide
Kenneth Manzanares, 43, on Thursday was also sentenced to five years of supervised release if he finishes serving out his 30 year federal prison term.
Gardentalk – How to plant and hill potatoes this season
Seedlings from Alaska certified seed potatoes should have soil mounded up around them as they grow every two- to three-inches.
Family, volunteers, search and rescue teams still looking for missing 78-year-old Juneau woman
The elderly Alaska Native woman has been missing for five days.
Search for missing Juneau woman centers on Lemon Creek area
Geraldine Nelson, 78, was last seen at her home on Churchill Way late Sunday afternoon. She may have been wearing black pants and a black or light blue coat or sweater.
Alaska Court System services slowly coming back online after cyberattack
After nearly two weeks, the Alaska Court System’s email came back online on Tuesday. But other services are still down after a cyberattack last month.
Downtown Juneau sinkhole causes suspension of some bus service
A sinkhole at the intersection of Third and North Franklin streets likely will get repaired when there is a break in the rain next week.
‘Don’t answer the call’: Federal agency warns of phone scam sweeping Alaska
U.S. Marshals Service says just hang up and don’t respond to any phone calls or messages left by scammers.