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President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, after returning from an event in Baltimore on infrastructure. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)

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Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

The move would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response.

In this Jan. 18, 2014, file photo, endangered orcas swim in Puget Sound and in view of the Olympic Mountains just west of Seattle, as seen from a federal research vessel that has been tracking the whales. (AP Photo / Elaine Thompson File)

Opinion

Opinion: Southeast trollers aren’t ‘starving’ orcas

The WFC lawsuit is a contagion of extremist judicial activism that must be stopped.

Death Notices

Death Notice: Clinton Kearney

Clinton Kearney, 51, died Jan. 8, 2023, in Cordova.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023

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

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 27, 2023

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

Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Coming Out: Busting a move at Mudrooms

Doubts are only natural, I guess.

U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka and former President Donald Trump stand on stage during a July 2022 rally in Anchorage. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Tshibaka’s insincere defense of democracy

Kelly Tshibaka claims to understand why voter turnout for the 2022 general election was the lowest in the…

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Neighbors

Gimme a Smile: I have a ridiculous amount of…

A bona fide packrat answers.

An Alaska blackfish that once lived in a tank at the Fairbanks office of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

It is an evolutionary loner.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 26

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

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: Our spiritual teachers

The cat is the most perceptive and graceful of all animals.

This photo available under a Creative Commons license shows a Glock17 with a cable lock.

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Bill that would have Alaskans secure guns in their homes would save lives

I’m a grandma and I have trigger-locks on the guns in my house.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski prepares to meet officials at the Sealaska Heritage Institute during a visit to Juneau in November 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Juneau stands to benefit significantly from the 117th Congress

The last Congress was one of the best for our state in recent memory…

(Courtesy Photo / Gwen Baluss)

Opinion

Opinion: The Mendenhall Wetlands — a Juneau treasure

Juneau is very fortunate to have this rich biological resource…

Capitol

Opinion

Opinion: Humanism and the billionaire class

Compromise is the right thing to do and they should do it.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Neo-Marxism is a threat to the country

In the early 1980s, I attended graduate school at Brown University. Then, only two Soviet-born and raised students…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 24

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

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

The problem with ‘Always Fighting’

What about “Always Thinking” or “Always Working” or just “Always Building Coalitions for Alaska.”

A deer eats alder leaves (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

News

On the Trails: Nitrogen — an essential element

It’s involved with almost all aspects of life.

Jim Cockrell, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, speaks in Wasilla at a May 3, 2022, news conference. Cockrell has ordered an investigation after troopers mistakenly took a school principal into custody for a mental health exam. (Photo by Yereth Rosen / Alaska Beacon)

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Troopers, misled by false court order, detained principal for mental health check

State troopers mistakenly took Alaska’s 2022 Principal of the Year into custody…