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Opinion: Let’s tackle this climate emergency

Opinion: Let’s tackle this climate emergency

Our planet is changing fast.

Opinion: Let’s tackle this climate emergency
In this file photo from Sept. 14, 2017, a large still is a centerpiece in the tasting room at the Amalga Distillery at Franklin and Second Streets in downtown Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Proposed restrictions on tasting rooms make no sense

Alaska’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board seems rather annoyed by the success of brewery and distillery tasting rooms in the state.

In this file photo from Sept. 14, 2017, a large still is a centerpiece in the tasting room at the Amalga Distillery at Franklin and Second Streets in downtown Juneau. (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)
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: Eddie Money helped melt Alaska-Russia ‘Ice Curtain’

Opinion: Eddie Money helped melt Alaska-Russia ‘Ice Curtain’

His little known role in helping Alaska and Soviet “citizen diplomats” end the Cold War.

Opinion: Eddie Money helped melt Alaska-Russia ‘Ice Curtain’
Opinion: Emergency preparedness is harder than it sounds; that’s why we practice
Opinion: Emergency preparedness is harder than it sounds; that’s why we practice
Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019

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 Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
Tennis teams host Back to School tourney

Tennis teams host Back to School tourney

Here’s the results.

Tennis teams host Back to School tourney
In this July 21, 2015 photo, the ferry Columbia approaches the Auke Bay terminal in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Government by and for some of the people

The irony that Dunleavy’s ferry cuts expose.

In this July 21, 2015 photo, the ferry Columbia approaches the Auke Bay terminal in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: The future of the Arctic has immense potential

Opinion: The future of the Arctic has immense potential

The opportunity for Arctic residents is immense.

Opinion: The future of the Arctic has immense potential
Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019

Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019

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Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019
Thank you letters for Sept. 15, 2019

Thank you letters for Sept. 15, 2019

Thank you, Merci, Danke.

Thank you letters for Sept. 15, 2019
Where was God on 9/11?

Where was God on 9/11?

He is with us.

Where was God on 9/11?
Email indicates former lieutenant governor invited woman to room

Email indicates former lieutenant governor invited woman to room

Newly shared emails provide insight into Mallott’s resignation.

Email indicates former lieutenant governor invited woman to room
The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: New JACC would benefit entire community

It’s a community investment worth making.

The Juneau Arts & Culture Center on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Meet the Candidates: Bonnie Jensen runs for school board
Meet the Candidates: Bonnie Jensen runs for school board
Opinion: Young Fishermen’s Development Act needs support

Opinion: Young Fishermen’s Development Act needs support

Young people in Alaska face mounting challenges to entering commercial fisheries.

Opinion: Young Fishermen’s Development Act needs support
Space physics expert Peter Delamere at the start of the new UAF Planet Walk in Fairbanks. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)

Planet walk puts things in perspective

I am hiking the length of a new planet-walk display.

Space physics expert Peter Delamere at the start of the new UAF Planet Walk in Fairbanks. (Ned Rozell | For the Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019

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Police calls for Friday, Sept. 13, 2019
In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes

In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes

NOME — There’s not much that scares Susie. As an Alaska Native woman, she thrives amid sub-zero winters in her village near the Arctic Circle,… Continue reading

In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes