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95 new COVID case, DHSS reports
95 new COVID case, DHSS reports
Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students

Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students

If we all do our part, it will spare us from inestimable losses.

Opinion: Follow simple health guidelines for students
Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 13, 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 Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Frustration is part of hunting, but only a fool would let it ruin the entire experience. (Jeff Lund / for the Juneau Empire)

Sometimes you have to stop and smell the alpine

There is no dignity in a tantrum on the mountain or otherwise.

Frustration is part of hunting, but only a fool would let it ruin the entire experience. (Jeff Lund / for the Juneau Empire)
Congressional candidate Alyse Galvin, an Independent seeking to unseat Congressman Don Young, R-Alaska, meets with Juneauites at the Almalga Distillery on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: We’re glad Galvin is running to represent Alaska

We are exceptionally pleased that Alyse Galvin has thrown her hat into Alaska’s Congressional race.

Congressional candidate Alyse Galvin, an Independent seeking to unseat Congressman Don Young, R-Alaska, meets with Juneauites at the Almalga Distillery on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Planet Alaska: A family of crabbers

Planet Alaska: A family of crabbers

Tradition provides a through line for generations.

Planet Alaska: A family of crabbers
Sarah Palin shares advice for Kamala Harris

Sarah Palin shares advice for Kamala Harris

Former governor and vice president candidate offers insights on Instagram.

Sarah Palin shares advice for Kamala Harris
Sayéik: Gastineau Community School, seen in this May 4, 2020, photo, has a new interim principal, Juneau School District announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Interim principal named for Sayéik: Gastineau Community School

Sayéik: Gastineau Community School has a new interim principal, Juneau School District announced. Stacy Diouf will be the interim principal for the 2020-21 school year,… Continue reading

Sayéik: Gastineau Community School, seen in this May 4, 2020, photo, has a new interim principal, Juneau School District announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020

Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 12, 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 Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020
Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.

Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.

β€œMother Earth will provide for your needs but not your greed.”

Opinion: We are poisoning our future. There’s a better way.
Opinion: I will be voting against Republican inaction

Opinion: I will be voting against Republican inaction

I will be voting against Republican inaction I’m going to vote against Senator Sullivan in November. It’s going to be a huge personal tragedy for… Continue reading

Opinion: I will be voting against Republican inaction
Long-time resident and local businessman Bill Corbus speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during their weekly luncheon in May 2017. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Now is not the time to raise taxes on any part of our economy

Ballot Measure 1 would create a road block to recovery

Long-time resident and local businessman Bill Corbus speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce during their weekly luncheon in May 2017. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Meet the percussionists of the animal world
Meet the percussionists of the animal world
Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 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. 11, 2020
Juneau Rotary names Rotarian of the Year

Juneau Rotary names Rotarian of the Year

He took home the Service Above Self Award.

Juneau Rotary names Rotarian of the Year
Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy

Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy

It could help avert future crisis.

Opinion: Now’s the time to invest in clean energy
In this March 2020 photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del. Biden said on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, that if he’s elected, his administration would stop a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. The mine would be built near headwaters of the Bristol Bay salmon fishery about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. Conservation and local tribal groups say they fear the mine will devastate the fishery. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Biden vows to block proposed Pebble Mine if elected

β€œIt is no place for a mine,” the former vice president said in a statement.

In this March 2020 photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del. Biden said on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, that if he’s elected, his administration would stop a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. The mine would be built near headwaters of the Bristol Bay salmon fishery about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage. Conservation and local tribal groups say they fear the mine will devastate the fishery. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Kristina Abbott is a member at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Courtesy Photo / Kristina Abbott)

Living & Growing: Tales of the conceited canine

I feel like as time goes on, our country β€” our world is becoming more and more narcissistic.

Kristina Abbott is a member at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Courtesy Photo / Kristina Abbott)
Slack Tide: 40 random thoughts on yet another rainy summer morning

Slack Tide: 40 random thoughts on yet another rainy summer morning

The deep thoughts flow like raindrops down the window pane.

Slack Tide: 40 random thoughts on yet another rainy summer morning