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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov.2

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Opinion: Alaska’s judiciary — our founder’s got it right

We are writing in response to politically motivated attacks on our state judiciary…

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Opinion: My opinion on why the police didn’t enter the Uvalde school

My logical opinion on why the police didn’t enter the Uvalde school for over an hour after the…

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Opinion: Don’t resign my America to corruptive pretense

This recent murderous attack on Paul Pelosi will go down in history as the capstone on my nation’s…

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: World at War —a lesson from the Siberian Yupik tale

The world’s political leaders, including main actors such as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, European Union, United Kingdom, United States…

Whooping cranes wade their pool at the International Crane Foundation. (Mary F. Willson / For the Juneau Empire)

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On the Trails: Old stomping grounds put on a grand show

Observing the colors of the leaves…and squirrels.

Copies of the Alaska State Constitution were available outside the Lt. Governor’s office on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Congrats to the anti-ConCon coalition

They’ve run a brilliant campaign.

This photo shows the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau campus on a rainy day. UA administration and faculty have reached a tentative end to 14 months of negotiations. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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UA administration and faculty union reach tentative deal

While 14-month negotiation has ended, unfair labor practice complaints process still ongoing.

A jack-o'-lantern carved to depict an alien from "Toy Story" rests outside a Mendenhall Valley residence. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Drop off your pumpkins at Juneau RecycleWorks

Drop off begins Saturday, Nov. 5

Former Democratic state Rep. Beth Kerttula holds up a sign reading “Vote No Con Con,” during a rally at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza in Juneau. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Answer the constitutional convention question with a resounding no

Alaska’s Constitution is the fundamental document which sets basic legal parameters for life in the Great Land. Among…

Bar-tailed godwits stand on the beach at Marion Bay in Australia's Tasmania state on Feb. 17, 2018. A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania, a bird expert said Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (Eric Woehler)

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Alaska-Australia flight could place bird in record books

A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds.

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Thank you letter for the week of Oct.30

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

AP Photo / Jae C. Hong Pulling a sled with fuel containers in the lagoon, Joe Eningowuk, 62, left, and his 7-year-old grandson, Isaiah Kakoona, head toward their boat through the shallow water while getting ready for a two-day camping trip in Shishmaref, Alaska, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate. But more than six years after the last vote, Shishmaref remains in the same place because the relocation is too costly.

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Climate Migration: Alaska village resists despite threats

Traditional lifestyle is vulnerable to climate change effects

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Saturday, Oct. 29

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

Emergency lights flash on top of a police car. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Police investigate death in Lemon Creek area

JPD says death not considered suspicious, and there is no public safety concern.

"I have a close relationship with my computer. I’ll call her Betty, as long as when she calls me, she doesn’t call me Al," writes Peggy McKee Barnhill.(Peggy Mckee Barnhill / For the Juneau Empire)

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Gimme a Smile: My computer—my BFF

Let me tell you about my best friend…

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Slack Tide: Halloween isn’t just the name of an overplayed movie franchise

Help bring the ratings up: celebrate Halloween 2022!

Josephine Galipon of Keio University in Japan holds a cylinder of frozen soil extracted by her colleague Go Iwahana from the U.S. Army’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. She is looking for microorganisms that might still be alive in the ancient soil. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: What lives in frozen soil for 25,000 years?

Teasing out genetic information from gray cylinders of permafrost

In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

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Report on Pebble Mine project urges more scrutiny for projects

The report also says Congress should explore legislative actions.

Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, talks with then-Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka Tuesday morning following a House Administration Committee Finance Subcommittee meeting in 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The real Tshibaka sows division and discord

Kelly Tshibaka wants Alaskans to believe that Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a lifelong Republican, has “been complicit with the…