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Opinion: Would you want 16 felons near your kids on a daily basis?

Opinion: Would you want 16 felons near your kids on a daily basis?

Please call your Planning Commission and Assembly members.

Opinion: Would you want 16 felons near your kids on a daily basis?
Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020

Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020

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

Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020
Trails offer signs of Autumn’s beginning
Trails offer signs of Autumn’s beginning
The Nutcracker is on the verge of defeat at the hands of the Mouse King in this December 2019 photo. This year would have been the 13th consecutive year Juneau Dance Theatre staged a full performance of the famous ballet, but it has been canceled because of the pandemic.(Courtesy Photo / Juneau Dance Theatre)
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The Nutcracker is on the verge of defeat at the hands of the Mouse King in this December 2019 photo. This year would have been the 13th consecutive year Juneau Dance Theatre staged a full performance of the famous ballet, but it has been canceled because of the pandemic.(Courtesy Photo / Juneau Dance Theatre)
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State department warns of social media pyramid scheme

State department warns of social media pyramid scheme

It’s likely operating in multiple communities.

State department warns of social media pyramid scheme
Opinion: Alaskans should be honest with each other about budget challenge

Opinion: Alaskans should be honest with each other about budget challenge

It will take a balanced, three-pronged approach.

Opinion: Alaskans should be honest with each other about budget challenge
Sample ballots from the City and Borough of Juneau for the Oct. 6, 2020, municipal election. Voters will be asked to vote on two ballot propositions, one to establish a commission to review the city charter and one issuing $15 million in bonds for infrastructure projects. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Why I’ll be voting for the bond package

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”

Sample ballots from the City and Borough of Juneau for the Oct. 6, 2020, municipal election. Voters will be asked to vote on two ballot propositions, one to establish a commission to review the city charter and one issuing $15 million in bonds for infrastructure projects. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Monday, Sept. 15, 2020

Police calls for Monday, Sept. 15, 2020

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

Police calls for Monday, Sept. 15, 2020
Opinion: Race, ethnicity and minority in America today

Opinion: Race, ethnicity and minority in America today

We are dangerously close to toppling our house.

Opinion: Race, ethnicity and minority in America today
WATCH: City talks warming shelter purchase, CARES act spending and more

WATCH: City talks warming shelter purchase, CARES act spending and more

It’s a loaded Committee of the Whole agenda.

WATCH: City talks warming shelter purchase, CARES act spending and more
Melting permafrost reveals a surprise 22,000 years in the making

Melting permafrost reveals a surprise 22,000 years in the making

It was found by reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic.

Melting permafrost reveals a surprise 22,000 years in the making
Automaker to pay $1.5B to settle emissions cheating probes

Automaker to pay $1.5B to settle emissions cheating probes

The company didn’t make it clear just how the vehicles would be cleaned up.

Automaker to pay $1.5B to settle emissions cheating probes
EcoChaplain Roger Wharton is an Episcopal priest from Juneau. (Courtesy Photo / Roger Wharton)

Living & Growing: The Great Commandment — an ecological perspective

To love God is to live a simple life that is as ecologically sound as possible.

EcoChaplain Roger Wharton is an Episcopal priest from Juneau. (Courtesy Photo / Roger Wharton)
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020

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

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020
Ode to a Dead Salmon

Ode to a Dead Salmon

“That’s the other way you know summer’s almost over in Juneau, even a COVID-19 summer: dead salmon.”

Ode to a Dead Salmon
Recognitions for Sept. 13

Recognitions for Sept. 13

Juneau has a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist

Recognitions for Sept. 13
Thank you letters for Sept. 13

Thank you letters for Sept. 13

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

Thank you letters for Sept. 13
These sample show candidates in the races for Assembly and school board and the ballot propositions that will be before voters in City and Borough of Juneau’s upcoming vote-by-mail election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

A 1-stop spot for municipal election information

Find out more about the races, candidates and issues shaping this year’s election.

These sample show candidates in the races for Assembly and school board and the ballot propositions that will be before voters in City and Borough of Juneau’s upcoming vote-by-mail election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Frank Murkowski should endorse Biden to save the Senate

“I don’t expect Joe Biden to be able to repair the Senate by himself.”

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Photos: Art in Unusual Places
Photos: Art in Unusual Places