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Juneau’s current City Hall is seen on July 13. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Assembly’s transparency deficit disorder

Controversies surrounding CBJ Assembly actions regarding property tax assessments and millage rates, efforts to build expensive public buildings…

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor speaks at a news conference on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks / Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska AG opposes keeping abortion-related medical records private across state lines elsewhere

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 18 other Republican attorneys general last month in a letter calling on…

Dimitri Kusnezov, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s undersecretary for science and technology, stands by Lake Spenard on Tuesday. Kusnezov was on his first Alaska trip, with stops from Juneau to Utqiagvik. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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As climate change transforms the Arctic, Homeland Security must adapt, official says

Department undersecretary visits Coast Guard in Juneau, other parts of Alaska this week

Jonah Hurst harvests goose tongue on Shoemaker Beach in Wrangell as a gift to local Elders. (Photo by Vivian Faith Prescott)

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Planet Alaska: Lessons from the goose tongue

Today we’re harvesting goose tongue to dry for distribution to local Elders. I’m also going to experiment with…

The Tongass National Forest includes 16.7 million acres and was established in 1907. The islands, forests, salmon streams, mountains and coastlines of Southeast Alaska are the ancestral lands of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people who continue to depend on and care for their traditional territories. The Tongass was not created with the consent of Alaska Native people and today, the U.S. Forest Service is working to improve government-to-government relations with the federally recognized tribal governments of Southeast Alaska. (Bethany Goodrich / Sustainable Southeast Partnership)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: ‘Caring for the Land and Serving People’

A conversation with U.S. Forest Service Tribal Relations Specialist Jennifer Hanlon.

The Franklin Street view of AELP’s 1930s building reveals its Art Deco architectural style, characterized by geometric features. The power company’s name is recessed in cast concrete. N. Lester Troast Co. designed the building which R. J. Somers constructed. The five-story Goldstein Emporium rises in the background with Douglas Island hills beyond. (Photo courtesy AELP)

Neighbors

Rooted in Community: AEL&P building makes news, power moves and whisky

Building that debuted in 1937 evolves from historic appliance showroom to modern-day distillery

Former President Donald Trump speaks to a capacity crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on July 9, 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The trial of the century

It appears that Donald Trump will soon be indicted for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.…

Fireweed rock glacier flows within the massif near McCarthy in 2023. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Sports

Alaska Science Forum: Glaciers made of rock, ice and bear scat

The grizzly hadn’t seen my dog or me, so I yelled and waved my arms. The bear stood,…

Brown bears at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Let’s make sure the Mulchatna massacre never happens again

I join the many Alaskans appalled by the revelation that state officials in planes and helicopters recently killed…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Wednesday, July 19, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

The author’s wife hikes along a 15-mile alpine trail. The two split the trek into two days. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

Sports

I Went to the Woods: A stirring experience

There is a point in a long, steep or heavy-pack hike when you look at your feet and…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police calls for Monday, July 17, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, July 18, 2023

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Fruit is displayed at an Anchorage grocery store. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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A group of attorneys and volunteers helped nearly 2,000 Alaskans get food stamps during backlog

About a year ago, Jamilyn Fenn noticed she was helping a lot of elders in the Seward area…

Loons swim near a pipeline and other oil field infrastructure at the Greater Prudhoe Bay Unit on Alaska’s North Slope in this undated photo. A new study finds that nest survival is lower for birds closer to high-use infrastructure. (Photo by Kayla Scheimreif/Wildlife Conservation Society)

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Study: The closer that birds’ nests are to Prudhoe oil infrastructure, the lower the survival rates

A long-term study of birds that summer around the Prudhoe Bay oil complex found that nest survival for…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lawful vs. disrespectful treatment of U.S. flag

In response to Art Morris’s comments regarding the difference between disrespect and lawful treatment of the American flag:…

Berries along the Tolch Rock Trail on July 15. (Photo by Deana Barajas)

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Wild Shots

To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, June 13, 2o23

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, July 14, 2023

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Cow parsnip, also known as Indian rhubarb, is common along Juneau’s trails. (Photo by Mary F. Willson)

Neighbors

On the Trails: Cow parsnip and phototoxicity

Out on the wetlands at the end of Industrial Boulevard in early July, Lincoln’s sparrows and savannah sparrows…