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Gov. Mike Dunleavy is seen in a screenshot of a news conference on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, in Anchorage. Dunleavy said that if reelected, he will seek to raise the prison sentence for dealing illegal drugs that result in a death. (Screenshot)

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Dunleavy plans longer prison terms for drug dealers linked to overdose deaths

The proposal would still have to pass muster with the Alaska Legislature

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Neighbors

Thank you letters for the week of Oct. 16

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022

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FILE - Exterior of the Kroger grocery store in Novi, Mich., is seen Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Two of the nation's largest grocers are planning to merge. Kroger said Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, it has agreed to acquire Albertsons in a $20 billion deal. (Ed Pevos / Ann Arbor News)

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Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid

If approved by regulators, the deal is expected to close in early 2024.

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Neighbors

Coming Out: Like a Jane

I’m going to travel as myself, like a Jane, whatever a Jane might be.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion

Opinion: Bailed out by federal spending and a war

No one should believe the current fiscal picture will last.

A bull moose looks at a photographer near Whitehorse, Yukon, in summer 2022. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: The man who knew moose like no other

Vic Van Ballenberghe had stood amid their knobby legs for many springs and falls in Interior Alaska.

Then-Alaska State Senate President Ben Stevens, R Anchorage, talks during an interview on May 25, 2005 at the State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. Ben Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, died on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. He was 63. (AP Photo / David J. Sheakley)

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Ben Stevens, former Alaska Senate president, dies at age 63

Ben Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, has…

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: A catalyst for change

The changing of seasons seems to act as a catalyst for changing in daily lives.

Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File

Opinion

Opinion: City election results should give pause

City leaders need to ask themselves, what happened?

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022

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Opinion

Opinion: As NATO expands across the North, Russia faces a strengthening unity among the Arctic 7

The A7 are now all members of NATO, while Russia finds itself on the sidelines.

The author's wife navigates a steep section of the secret deer hunting spot that has been objectively underwhelming, but subjectively epic-in-the-making. Hopefully. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: Subjective facts and truth

I find what I want to find and proclaim certainty. This is not helpful.

Bears greet each other on Chichagof Island. (Courtesy Photo / Elleana Elliott)

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Planet Alaska: Elleana Elliott — traveling an island of bears

This award-winning article has been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters during a news conference at the state Capitol on April 28, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Nearly every single Alaskan got a financial windfall amounting to more than $3,000 on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, the day the state began distributing payments from Alaska's investment fund that has been seeded with money from the state's oil riches. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

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Dunleavy says he’ll vote for constitutional convention

The question will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

This provided by Pfizer in October 2022 shows manufacturing of the company’s COVID-19 bivalent vaccine for ages 5-11. The U.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, authorized updated COVID-19 boosters for children as young as 5, seeking to expand protection ahead of an expected winter wave.(Pfizer)

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U.S. clears updated COVID boosters for kids as young as 5

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends how vaccines are used, also signed off.

Alaska Federation of Natives Youths perform during the 2019 Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks. The convention, which AFN says is the largest representative annual gathering in the United States of Native peoples, is meeting in-person for the first time in two years from Oct. 20-22 in Anchorage.

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AFN Convention returns with in-person event

About 6,000 people expected at three-day gathering in Anchorge featuring performances and politics

An eagle has captured an egg-laden female coho in Steep Creek and is about to gulp down a cluster of eggs. (Courtesy Photo / Jos Bakker)

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On the Trails: October observations of fall foraging

Where is everybody?

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Letters to the Editor

Vote no on constitutional convention to protect personal freedoms

I ask all Alaskans to come together and vote no.