On the first Friday of each month, Juneau galleries, museums and shops open their doors for show and exhibit openings, artist meet-and-greets and more.

Community perspective As a recent graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a new member of the commercial drift gillnet fleet in Cordova, I need to address several points surrounding News-Miner columnist Dermot Cole's Nov.

Salmon dipnet fishing at Fish Creek off of the Knik-Goose Bay Road in the Valley on Friday, July 29, 2011.

A Let the bopping begin. That's the word from Chitina, where the Copper River is dropping and dip netting for red salmon is picking up.