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This July 2019 photo shows South Franklin Street. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: People should still support South Franklin businesses

I would like to urge people not to forget lower South Franklin when they want to support local businesses. My neighborhood may look deserted without… Continue reading

This July 2019 photo shows South Franklin Street. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020
The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Removing the Roadless Rule would hurt Alaska

Removing the Roadless Rule from the Tongass would exacerbate impact of climate change.

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
NIAID / National Institutes of Health via AP                                This image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient.
NIAID / National Institutes of Health via AP                                This image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient.
Watch: Gov. Mike Dunleavy give update on small business grant program
Watch: Gov. Mike Dunleavy give update on small business grant program
Caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Environmental groups wasted no time challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to open part of an Alaska refuge where polar bears and caribou roam free to oil and gas drilling. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Lawsuits challenge drilling plan in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Environmental groups wasted no time challenging the attempt to allow oil and gas drilling.

Caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Environmental groups wasted no time challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to open part of an Alaska refuge where polar bears and caribou roam free to oil and gas drilling. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion: Marxism and its relevance to ‘white privilege’ doctrine

“Today, in America, opportunity is available to nearly everyone.”

Alexander B. Dolitsky
Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site
Corps: Alaska mine would have adverse impacts on salmon site
Bristol Bay Reserve Association Board member Mike LaRussa, Bristol Bay Native Association President/CEO Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Andy Wink, United Tribes of Bristol Bay Deputy Director Lindsay Layland, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Norm Van Vactor, and Robin Samuelson of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, make statements at the Federal Courthouse in Anchorage in October 2019. The Trump administration plans to block a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in Alaska, six people described as familiar with its plans told Politico on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2020. The administration’s rejection of the Pebble Mine project is expected to come after Trump faced pressure to stop it from GOP mega-donor Andy Sabin, Bass Pro Shops CEO Johnny Morris and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Politico reported. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)

Report indicates Trump administration to block Pebble Mine

Trump faced pressure from a GOP mega-donor, his eldest son and others, according to Politico.

Bristol Bay Reserve Association Board member Mike LaRussa, Bristol Bay Native Association President/CEO Ralph Andersen, Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Andy Wink, United Tribes of Bristol Bay Deputy Director Lindsay Layland, Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Norm Van Vactor, and Robin Samuelson of Bristol Bay Native Corporation, make statements at the Federal Courthouse in Anchorage in October 2019. The Trump administration plans to block a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in Alaska, six people described as familiar with its plans told Politico on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2020. The administration’s rejection of the Pebble Mine project is expected to come after Trump faced pressure to stop it from GOP mega-donor Andy Sabin, Bass Pro Shops CEO Johnny Morris and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., Politico reported. (Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News)
Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020
Opinion: I’m encouraged by congressional candidates
Opinion: I’m encouraged by congressional candidates
Laptop supplies strained across the country

Laptop supplies strained across the country

Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays in getting crucial supplies.

Laptop supplies strained across the country
Slack Tide: Let’s talk about August, February’s evil, sweaty, bare-chested twin
Slack Tide: Let’s talk about August, February’s evil, sweaty, bare-chested twin
School district shares lunch distribution details
School district shares lunch distribution details
Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a small fire outside the Downtown Public Library Early Thursday morning. (Courtesy Photo / Capital City Fire/Rescue)

Fire outside downtown library is under investigation

It did an estimated $3,000 in damage.

Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a small fire outside the Downtown Public Library Early Thursday morning. (Courtesy Photo / Capital City Fire/Rescue)
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)
Kaye Fan, right, calls out orders as she works in her Dreamy Drinks food truck, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, near the suburb of Lynnwood, Wash., north of Seattle. Long seen as a feature of city living, food trucks are now finding customers in the suburbs during the coronavirus pandemic as people are working and spending most of their time at home. (AP Photo / Ted S. Warren)
Howler monkeys, like the ones seen here, protest intruders by making a great racket and pelting the intruders with feces. (Courtesy Photo / Wikimedia)

Gross but good: How dung, mucus and more are used in nature

Animals (and people) make use of many things we find icky

Howler monkeys, like the ones seen here, protest intruders by making a great racket and pelting the intruders with feces. (Courtesy Photo / Wikimedia)
An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Jobs in Alaska down 39,900 last month

Southeast Alaska hit especially hard by the coronavirus’ economic fallout.

An empty downtown port on Sunday, June 12, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic effectively shut down the tourist industry for the 2020 season. Southeast Alaska has been hit particularly hard by job loss, but jobs are down throughout the state, according to state data. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: An update from the Alaska Marine Highway System Reshaping Work Group

Opinion: An update from the Alaska Marine Highway System Reshaping Work Group

We have heard that reliable, predictable service is a fundamental need.

Opinion: An update from the Alaska Marine Highway System Reshaping Work Group
Supporters of the opposition flash victory signs as a police patrol walks by warning people that the protest is not authorized and asking them to leave in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Belarus’ authorities have detained a leader of striking factory workers and threatened protesters with criminal charges in a bid to stem massive protests challenging the extension of the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko, who accused the U.S. of fomenting the unrest and vowed to see a quick end to protests. (AP Photo / Sergei Grits)

Opinion: Recent criticism of white privilege misses the mark

“White privilege” is not a slogan or a doctrine.

Supporters of the opposition flash victory signs as a police patrol walks by warning people that the protest is not authorized and asking them to leave in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. Belarus’ authorities have detained a leader of striking factory workers and threatened protesters with criminal charges in a bid to stem massive protests challenging the extension of the 26-year rule of the country’s authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko, who accused the U.S. of fomenting the unrest and vowed to see a quick end to protests. (AP Photo / Sergei Grits)