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A group protests the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in the White House, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion: The lucky Republicans being led by incompetence

“Into the Wild” tourists and Rose Garden attendees have commonalities.

A group protests the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in the White House, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)
This is a police car. It has always been a police car.

Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

This is a police car. It has always been a police car.

Frederick James Wallace Sr

Death Notice Frederick James Wallace Sr. of Ketchikan passed away on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at the age of 79 and is of the Raven… Continue reading

In this Sept. 20, 2020, photo, tour guide John Erardi, right, talks with a tour group on the sidewalk outside the Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The walking tour was one of the few groups of people on the street as the Reds and White Sox were inside just an hour before the game without fans because of the pandemic. (AP Photo / Dan Sewell)

With people anxious to go out, walking tours pick up pace

Get ready boots.

In this Sept. 20, 2020, photo, tour guide John Erardi, right, talks with a tour group on the sidewalk outside the Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The walking tour was one of the few groups of people on the street as the Reds and White Sox were inside just an hour before the game without fans because of the pandemic. (AP Photo / Dan Sewell)
Emily Chao, standing, watches as her sister Anabelle, works on a writing exercise after they finished remote learning for the day, as their mom Erica sits, back left, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at their home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Rather than wait to see how the Miami-Dade school system would handle instruction this fall, Erica Chao enrolled her two daughters in a private school that seemed better positioned to provide remote learning than their public elementary school was when the coronavirus first reached Florida. (AP Photo / Wilfredo Lee)

Nationwide enrollment drops worry public schools as pandemic persists

By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rather than wait to see how her children’s Florida public school would teach students this fall,… Continue reading

Emily Chao, standing, watches as her sister Anabelle, works on a writing exercise after they finished remote learning for the day, as their mom Erica sits, back left, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at their home in North Miami Beach, Fla. Rather than wait to see how the Miami-Dade school system would handle instruction this fall, Erica Chao enrolled her two daughters in a private school that seemed better positioned to provide remote learning than their public elementary school was when the coronavirus first reached Florida. (AP Photo / Wilfredo Lee)
Gavel (Courtesy photo)

Opinion: Southeast Alaskans, finish the ballot

This year voters in Southeast have it easyonly two judicial officers are on the retention ballot.

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This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., in 2020, shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health)

Hockey tournament attendees advised to isolate

That applies to over 300 people, including Juneauites.

This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., in 2020, shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health)
"But while I may find temporary solace in the arms of another carbohydrate," writes Geoff Kirsch. :I’ll always return to my first love. Indeed, my three favorite foods are French fries, mashed potatoes and a kosher deli item known as a “knish,” which is essentially a mashed potato stuffed inside a crust that tastes like French fries."

Slack Tide: Why I dig growing my own

“Potatoes are a gateway starch, and take it from me, I’ve done them all…”

"But while I may find temporary solace in the arms of another carbohydrate," writes Geoff Kirsch. :I’ll always return to my first love. Indeed, my three favorite foods are French fries, mashed potatoes and a kosher deli item known as a “knish,” which is essentially a mashed potato stuffed inside a crust that tastes like French fries."
Courtesy Image / U.S Forest ServiceThis image shows the location of the proposed Hecla Greens Creek Mine extension.

Forest Service takes comment on proposed mine extension

45-day scoping period is underway.

Courtesy Image / U.S Forest ServiceThis image shows the location of the proposed Hecla Greens Creek Mine extension.
A 9-year-old Carl Tape — now a seismologist at UAF’s Geophysical Institute — poses beside a thermometer registering 50 below zero Fahrenheit during a Fairbanks cold snap in January 1989. (Courtesy Photo / Walt Tape)

Cold tolerance not the same for everyone

What makes someone hot-blooded when others are cold as ice?

A 9-year-old Carl Tape — now a seismologist at UAF’s Geophysical Institute — poses beside a thermometer registering 50 below zero Fahrenheit during a Fairbanks cold snap in January 1989. (Courtesy Photo / Walt Tape)
This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Alaska may have illegally directed $5M consulting contract

Former Alaska state employees said they believe a government consulting contract was illegal.

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.

Opinion: Thank-you, wildland firefighters

I join the president in conveying my deepest appreciation to all those who fight wildland fires.

Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.
A harlequin duck flies in front of Jeff Lund, who decided sometimes a camera is better than a shotgun for shooting when dinner has been secured. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

Duck, duck, jalapeno popper

To really love music, you have to at least appreciate different styles. Same goes with hunting.

A harlequin duck flies in front of Jeff Lund, who decided sometimes a camera is better than a shotgun for shooting when dinner has been secured. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 2 puts voters first

This is a law creating transparency.

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Opinion: Rapid tests must be implemented to save travel industry

The war we must fight now is COVID-19.

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Opinion: The Senate must provide a check against failed leadership

Please vote to welcome Dr. Al Gross to the new Senate majority.

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Opinion: Nuclear launch ‘football’ must immediately be taken from Trump

We are at another moment of grave threat from an erratic, delusional, self-destructive megalomaniac

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This is a police car.

Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

This is a police car.
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Alaska needs clarity, accuracy from its intellectual leaders

Alaska needs intellectual leaders to provide their expertise in accurately assessing policy…

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This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID/NIH via AP)

State announces 116 new COVID-19 cases

All are residents.

This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID/NIH via AP)