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Thank you letters for Oct. 27, 2019

Thank you letters for Oct. 27, 2019

Thank you, merci, danke.

Thank you letters for Oct. 27, 2019
Fog hangs over downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

There’s an app for that

On weather and getting steps in.

Fog hangs over downtown Juneau on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Anthonyu Hotka customizes his mask at the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau last October. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Anthonyu Hotka customizes his mask at the Haunted Station at the U.S. Coast Guard’s Station Juneau last October. Station personnel pay for all the decoration themselves and take three weeks to ready the station. Entry is non perishable food items for the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Friday, Oct. 25, 2019

Police calls for Friday, Oct. 25, 2019

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Police calls for Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
Mystery organism comes to light

Mystery organism comes to light

A real-life X-Files episode.

Mystery organism comes to light
Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019

Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019

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Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019
Kirby Day speaks after being given the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award during the Chamber’s annual dinner at Centennial Hall during last year’s dinner in October 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Kirby Day speaks after being given the 2018 Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award during the Chamber’s annual dinner at Centennial Hall during last year’s dinner in October 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019

Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019

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Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019
Alaska’s three types of Amanita muscaria

Alaska’s three types of Amanita muscaria

A common, conspicuous, gaudy mushroom.

Alaska’s three types of Amanita muscaria
Opinion: Ocean acidification requires less talk, more action
Opinion: Ocean acidification requires less talk, more action
Therese Thibodeau, as Helen, left, Kristen Rankin, as Marge, center, and Patricia Hull, as Loretta, during a rehearsal of “Blue Ticket” written by Maureen Longworth at McPhetres Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: ‘Blue Ticket’ is a must see

The play highlights oppressive history.

Therese Thibodeau, as Helen, left, Kristen Rankin, as Marge, center, and Patricia Hull, as Loretta, during a rehearsal of “Blue Ticket” written by Maureen Longworth at McPhetres Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: Investing in our children

Opinion: Investing in our children

What to do with your free money.

Opinion: Investing in our children
Opinion: Trump exposes own ‘fake faith’

Opinion: Trump exposes own ‘fake faith’

Judge not, that you be not judged.

Opinion: Trump exposes own ‘fake faith’
Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019

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Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019
In this Oct. 9 photo, Brian Steven Smith attends his arraignment on a charge of first-degree murder in Anchorage. Losing a digital memory card that contained photos and videos of a horrendous killing may have been careless, but what led police to charge Smith was something he had no control over whatsoever: His South African accent. (Loren Holmes | Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Distinctive accent on torture video leads police to suspect

The suspect in a brutal torture killing led police right to him.

In this Oct. 9 photo, Brian Steven Smith attends his arraignment on a charge of first-degree murder in Anchorage. Losing a digital memory card that contained photos and videos of a horrendous killing may have been careless, but what led police to charge Smith was something he had no control over whatsoever: His South African accent. (Loren Holmes | Anchorage Daily News via AP)
Man missing after spiritual quest to Alaska’s Hatcher Pass

Man missing after spiritual quest to Alaska’s Hatcher Pass

He was seeking no less than the meaning of life.

Man missing after spiritual quest to Alaska’s Hatcher Pass
Neighbors news in brief

Neighbors news in brief

Veterans collect, properly dispose of flags The officers of the American Legion Auke Bay Post 25 held a flag disposal ceremony Saturday, Oct. 12, and… Continue reading

Neighbors news in brief
Opinion: Applying restorative justice to political warfare

Opinion: Applying restorative justice to political warfare

Forgiveness is part of the equation.

Opinion: Applying restorative justice to political warfare
Perspectives of Ocean Waves

Perspectives of Ocean Waves

The wild surf of life.

Perspectives of Ocean Waves
Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019

Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019

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Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019