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Police calls for Saturday, Nov. 19

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Emcees, Selah Judge and Almaria Alcantra, open the community feast. (Courtesy Photo /Jennifer Nu)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: Food sovereignty, wellness and healing at UAS’ 2nd Annual Community Feast

“I hope you feel a sense of being together and united on this place.”

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Honoring the work and legacy of Sol Neely

Our university community is forever impoverished by his walking into the interior…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, Nov. 18

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Neighbors

Coming Out: Making philosophy

Philosophy is biography, nothing more.

George Argus collects samples of willow shrubs on a slope near the town of McCarthy, Alaska in 1955. (Courtesy Photo / Neil Davis)

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Alaska Science Forum: A man of the mountain, and its willows

When you are a young boy growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s, sniffing warm pastries your father…

Exhibit curator Ron Carver designed “Mỹ Lai – A Massacre Took 504 Souls, and Shook the World"  to progress from gruesome images to the soldiers who courageously intervened. And to those who made sure America and the world learned the truth. (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion

Opinion: The power in attempting to memorialize the truth

Real heroes emerge from horrific events.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Nov. 17

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Living & Growing: What is gratitude?

Let us reflect during these days on this virtue of gratitude

Light illuminates part of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president's student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing warning that Americans will face financial strain if the plan remains stalled in court when loan payments are scheduled to restart in January. (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)

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Biden admin to ask high court to take up student debt plan

Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate student debt cancellation plan.

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Opinion

Opinion: My Turn was right on the money

While I’ve never met Mr. Adler I share his concerns.

Sports

Glacier Swim Club finds success in Petersburg

Twenty Juneau students competed in the November swim meet hosted in Petersburg over the weekend.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 16

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting on the lame duck agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

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Same-sex marriage legislation clears key Senate hurdle

12 Republicans, including both Alaska Senators, voted with all Dems to move forward on bill.

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: I’m shocked Alaskans seem to have reelected Dunleavy

I am shocked beyond belief at the ignorance of the people of Alaska in selecting Dunleavy again for…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 15

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This photo available under a Creative Commons license shows a lawn wolf spider in its funnel web in Laos. (Courtesy Photo / Basile Morin)

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On the Trails: A wide world of webs

There are wonderfully diverse ways of using silk to detect and capture prey.

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Mayor and assembly must rein in the assessor’s office

The unconscionable way the assessor’s office is treating commercial property owners must end.

People enjoy the Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov.13, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo / Bruna Prado)

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World Population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

The U.N.’s Day of 8 Billion milestone Tuesday is more symbolic than precise.

A roll of "I Voted" stickers await voters on Election Day in Alaska. Voters overwhelmingly rejected the prospect of a state constitutional convention. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska voters reject constitutional convention

AP calls it.