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Opinion: ‘Well regulated’ and the Second Amendment

“A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to…

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Anchorage Democrat meets residency rules, judge says

“The result of the November 2022 election is accepted…”

Death Notices

Death Notice: Celia Zagars

Celia Marie Zagars, 62, formerly of Juneau died Jan. 7, 2023, in Kihei, Hawaii. An obituary and funeral…

A trail cam photo shows a beaver emerging from its snowy lodge and went foraging for branches in December (Courtesy Photo / Jos Bakker)

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Mild temperatures and busy beavers

I noticed two uncommon things that this beaver did…

A Carnival cruise ship is berthed Juneau's cruise ship docks during the summer of 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire FIle)

Opinion

Opinion: Is anyone else concerned about the upcoming cruise season?

Isn’t a million enough?

In this photo made available by NASA, the space shuttle Challenger launches the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite in 1984. On Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, the U.S. space agency said the 38-year-old NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky, but the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” It's expected to come down Sunday night, give or take 17 hours. (NASA via AP)

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Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska

It was placed in orbit in 1984 by astronaut Sally Ride.

In this Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 photo, a black bear checks out his surroundings in Granite Basin in Juneau, Alaska. The National Park Service is proposing a rule that would prohibit bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska, the latest in a dispute over what animal rights supporters call a cruel practice. The park service said Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 it is proposing a rule barring bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska. (AP Photo / Becky Bohrer)

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Hunter bear bait ban proposed for Alaska national preserves

Agency will be taking public comments on the proposal.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Saturday, Jan. 7

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

The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Aurora forecast

Forecasts from the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute for the week of Jan. 29

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 6

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

A wood frog pauses in the forest just off the Yukon River near the mouth of the Nation River. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Report of frog’s death greatly exaggerated

Alive and hopping.

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Slack Tide: Out-dated, again

Learning guitar took a little patience.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stands as he is nominated for a twelfth time in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo / Alex Brandon)

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McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy late-night vote

Changed votes from conservative holdouts

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Birth announcement

Calvin Kautz was born at 6:53 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, in Bartlett Regional Hospital. Calvin measured 19.5 inches…

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Sullivan’s irrelevance in defense of democracy

Two years ago this week, supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 5

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

An athlete splashes their way into Auke Lake to start the swim leg of the Ironman Alaska. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Juneau Ironman doesn’t cross the finish line

“Anything is possible” is an optimistic catch-phrase but it’s not a strategy.

Chunks of ice float on Mendenhall Lake in front of the Mendenhall Glacier on Monday, May 30, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. A study of all of the world's 215,000 glaciers published on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, finds even if with the unlikely minimum warming of only a few tenths of a degrees more, the world will lose nearly half its glaciers by the end of the century. With the warming we're now on track to get, the world will lose two-thirds of its glaciers and overall glacier mass will drop by one-third while sea level rises 4.5 inches just from melting glaciers. (AP Photo / Becky Bohrer)

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Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100

The world’s glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought…

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn. Before the eighth round of voting for speaker as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)

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McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still falls short

House adjourned until 6 p.m. Alaska time.

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Living & Growing: Spiritual direction

A brief explanation of spiritual direction as I practice it.