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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
Thank you letters for Oct. 20, 2019

Thank you letters for Oct. 20, 2019

Thank you, Merci, Danke.

Thank you letters for Oct. 20, 2019
1 dead after plane landing on Alaska island went off runway

1 dead after plane landing on Alaska island went off runway

Alaska State Troopers identified the victim as David Allan Oltman, 38, of Washington.

1 dead after plane landing on Alaska island went off runway
Energy Secretary Rick Perry gestures as he arrives on Air Force One with President Donald Trump at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy Secretary Perry says he is resigning by year’s end

Trump denied reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott or Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy could replace Perry, but said, “They would both be very good.”

Energy Secretary Rick Perry gestures as he arrives on Air Force One with President Donald Trump at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Living dead scattered across Alaska landscape

Living dead scattered across Alaska landscape

16-legged frogs? Yes, it’s a thing.

Living dead scattered across Alaska landscape
Police calls for Friday, Oct. 18, 2019

Police calls for Friday, Oct. 18, 2019

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Police calls for Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
Ditch work will impede Peseverance Trail access
Ditch work will impede Peseverance Trail access