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Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

Substance abuse still merits attention.

Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19
Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’

Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’

Belugas no longer visit, he laments, and the sea ice thins earlier every year. His house sinks as permafrost no longer is. Seabirds wash up… Continue reading

Writers’ Weir: ‘Cause and Effect’
Police calls for Sunday, May 10, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, May 10, 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, May 10, 2020
Breakfast makes a great last-minute gift: personal, handcrafted and most importantly you don’t have to wrap it. Except if you’re making breakfast burritos. For starters, you’ll need eggs, cheese and bacon. (Courtesy Photo | Eiliv-Sonas Aceron, Unsplash)

Slack Tide: Dad’s pandemic edition recipe for Mother’s Day breakfast

“You actually found a woman. The least you can do is cook her breakfast.”

Breakfast makes a great last-minute gift: personal, handcrafted and most importantly you don’t have to wrap it. Except if you’re making breakfast burritos. For starters, you’ll need eggs, cheese and bacon. (Courtesy Photo | Eiliv-Sonas Aceron, Unsplash)
The University of Alaska Southeast campus on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Small and large, UA campuses need the recall

I witnessed a profound truth during my 25 years as an administrative assistant at the University of Alaska’s Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer: Alaskans are… Continue reading

The University of Alaska Southeast campus on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Living & Growing: A prayer for us going through the coronavirus crisis

Living & Growing: A prayer for us going through the coronavirus crisis

Lord, we are so thankful for your love for us. And I am so thankful that you have all things under control. When our lives… Continue reading

Living & Growing: A prayer for us going through the coronavirus crisis
This photo taken near Eagle Beach shows smoke rising from a wildland fire May 9, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
This photo taken near Eagle Beach shows smoke rising from a wildland fire May 9, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)
Courtesy Photo | Jürgen Otto via Creative Commons                                 Peacock spiders take their name from their showy courtship displays. The cost of failure in courtship is sometimes high for the spiders native to Australia. If a female is seriously offended by a male’s advances, she might eat him.

Fantastic spiders and where to find them

Spiders are generally predatory, with good vision.

Courtesy Photo | Jürgen Otto via Creative Commons                                 Peacock spiders take their name from their showy courtship displays. The cost of failure in courtship is sometimes high for the spiders native to Australia. If a female is seriously offended by a male’s advances, she might eat him.
This photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md. U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have touted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, May 9, 2020, announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New coronavirus antigen test with fast results approved

U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test.

This photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency’s campus in Silver Spring, Md. U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have touted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, May 9, 2020, announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Opinion: The news media Alaskans trusted

Opinion: The news media Alaskans trusted

We’ll be better off continuing to trust Alaska’s news media rather than divisive national voices.

Opinion: The news media Alaskans trusted
Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled the recall effort could proceed. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Alaska Supreme Court: Recall effort can proceed

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that an effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy can proceed.

Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled the recall effort could proceed. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Then-Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott speaks at the 2015 Native Issues Forum in December 2015 at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. Mallott died at age 77. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Former Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott dies at age 77

Byron Mallott, who served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor as part of a “unity ticket” with Gov. Bill Walker, has died, Walker said Friday. Walker called… Continue reading

Then-Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott speaks at the 2015 Native Issues Forum in December 2015 at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. Mallott died at age 77. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
We have been grounded, birds have not
We have been grounded, birds have not
The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Ferry work group begins work toward dependable service

The work group’s recommendations are due by the end of September.

The Alaska state flag on the bow of the MV Matanuska at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Friday, May 8, 2020

Police calls for Friday, May 8, 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 Friday, May 8, 2020
Sustainable Alaska: Reopening Alaska Responsibly

Sustainable Alaska: Reopening Alaska Responsibly

Today, we face an all-new challenge and it’s time to work together.

Sustainable Alaska: Reopening Alaska Responsibly
(Courtesy Photo | Cadie Buckley)

Opinion: Is the era of big cruise mercifully over?

If we are able to rebuild for all who live here, our community will emerge robust and resilient.

(Courtesy Photo | Cadie Buckley)
Police calls for Thursday, May 7, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, May 7, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, May 7, 2020
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski���s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski���s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The Alaska State Capitol Building as seen Jan. 9, 2015 in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)
The Alaska State Capitol Building as seen Jan. 9, 2015 in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)