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Michael Tagaban, of the Wooshkeetaan Clan, brings water to elders during a “Warming of the Hands” ceremony at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center in November 2013. The ceremony opened a four-day Sharing Our Knowledge conference at Centennial Hall focusing on culture and Tlingit language. The conference starts Thursday and runs through Sunday this year. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Michael Tagaban, of the Wooshkeetaan Clan, brings water to elders during a “Warming of the Hands” ceremony at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center in November 2013. The ceremony opened a four-day Sharing Our Knowledge conference at Centennial Hall focusing on culture and Tlingit language. The conference starts Thursday and runs through Sunday this year. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: Don’t clearcut the Tongass

Opinion: Don’t clearcut the Tongass

Four timber sales are in the works.

Opinion: Don’t clearcut the Tongass
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New JACC benefits everyone

Please vote yes on all three propositions.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New JACC isn’t worth it

You’ll be asked to subsidize this monster forever more.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Proposition 3: Not at this time

A $26.4 million building is a big “ask” during these times of economic uncertainty.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: When you don’t know, vote no!

Confusing the voters through the design of ballot measures is not open and transparent government.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019

Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019

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Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019
Students attend the ninth annual Campus Kickoff at the University of Alaska Southeast on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Students attend the ninth annual Campus Kickoff at the University of Alaska Southeast on Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Darcy Stetson casts her ballot during early voting at City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Early voting is happening at City Hall, Mondays–Fridays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and at the Mendenhall Mall Annex, Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays, Sept. 21 and 28 from noon-4 p.m. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Vote Oct. 1 (or before!)

I really hope that you’ll join me.

Darcy Stetson casts her ballot during early voting at City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. Early voting is happening at City Hall, Mondays–Fridays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and at the Mendenhall Mall Annex, Mondays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturdays, Sept. 21 and 28 from noon-4 p.m. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Vote yes for the JACC

It will help Alaska’s economy to thrive.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019

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Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
Confused seas: Everyone can be confused by reality

Confused seas: Everyone can be confused by reality

Society and individuals don’t deal well with confusion.

Confused seas: Everyone can be confused by reality

I’m ginger and proud!

Ginger Pride!

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Have cruise industry build the new JACC

The city can hardly keep its head above water!

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New JACC deserves our support

I support the renovation of Centennial Hall and building the New JACC.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New JACC will help Juneau jazz

We are looking forward to our continued mutual success in the new JACC.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: Support schools, not the new JACC

The children of Juneau deserve better.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Opinion: The JACC is bad business for tax payers

Opinion: The JACC is bad business for tax payers

The Assembly should not keep increasing the size of local government.

Opinion: The JACC is bad business for tax payers
Opinion: We don’t need another Middle East war

Opinion: We don’t need another Middle East war

The tragic nature of war.

Opinion: We don’t need another Middle East war