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Thank you letters for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

Thank you letters for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke.

Thank you letters for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

Tlingit, Haida women among First Alaskans’ Institute fellows

Recognitions for the week of Jan. 26, 2020.

Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020
In this Sept. 9, 2014 photo, a fishing vessel is dwarfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Facts needed, not myths about cruise tourism

This is the trade-off we make.

In this Sept. 9, 2014 photo, a fishing vessel is dwarfed by the Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Jewel and Norwegian Pearl in Juneau’s downtown harbor. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Friday, Jan. 24, 2020

Police calls for Friday, Jan. 24, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 24, 2020
Courtesy photo                                Author Jeff Lund on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho.
Courtesy photo                                Author Jeff Lund on a hike in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho.

Opinion: Empire diminished without photographer position; register to vote

Letters to the editor for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)
In this file photo from Aug. 1, 2019, Monika Kunat, left, signs an application petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy with others at the Planet Alaska Gallery in downtown Juneau.                                 Michael Penn | 
Juneau Empire
In this file photo from Aug. 1, 2019, Monika Kunat, left, signs an application petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy with others at the Planet Alaska Gallery in downtown Juneau.                                 Michael Penn | 
Juneau Empire
Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020
Tourists watch as one of two cubs crosses the path between groups of tourists visiting the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)

Opinion: No place remains special by accident

To make and keep cohesive neighborhoods, it takes planning and zoning.

Tourists watch as one of two cubs crosses the path between groups of tourists visiting the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)
Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

Judge puts signature gathering for Dunleavy recall on hold

JUNEAU — A state court judge on Tuesday put on hold a decision that would have allowed supporters of an effort to recall Alaska Gov.… Continue reading

In this June 17, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: 10-year-old court case still mars Alaska’s campaign finance laws

The results of the Citizens United decision were immediate, spectacular and damaging.

In this June 17, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)
Mary Kailukiak fishes for tomcod and smoalt on the Bering Sea Saturday, Jan. 18 near Toksook Bay. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting today live in this Bering Sea coastal village. The Census traditionally begins earlier in Alaska than the rest of the nation because frozen ground allows easier access for Census workers, and rural Alaska will scatter with the spring thaw to traditional hunting and fishing grounds. (AP Photo | Gregory Bull)
Mary Kailukiak fishes for tomcod and smoalt on the Bering Sea Saturday, Jan. 18 near Toksook Bay. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting today live in this Bering Sea coastal village. The Census traditionally begins earlier in Alaska than the rest of the nation because frozen ground allows easier access for Census workers, and rural Alaska will scatter with the spring thaw to traditional hunting and fishing grounds. (AP Photo | Gregory Bull)
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska
Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020
Thank you letters for Jan. 19, 2020

Thank you letters for Jan. 19, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke.

Thank you letters for Jan. 19, 2020

Death notice: DuAnne Thorndyke Jacobi

DuAnne Thorndyke Jacobi died Jan. 9, 2020, in Olympia, Washington.

Local college students make honor rolls

Local college students make honor rolls

Recognizing Juneau’s youth.

Local college students make honor rolls