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This photo shows Cowee Meadows at the end of May presented a flower show featuring buttercups and the taller lupines; shooting stars bloomed below the yellow canopy. (Mary F. Willson / For the Juneau Empire)

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On the Trails: Cowee Meadows observations

Building up buttercups.

Andrea Peet poses for a portrait, with just a handful of her racing medals, at her home in Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2020. Peet was diagnosed with ALS in 2014. As an avid marathon runner and triathlete, she has pushed through the physical struggles brought on by the disease to continue racing on a recumbent trike. Peet is the first person with ALS to complete a full marathon in all 50 states. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer)

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Woman with ALS completes marathons in 50 states

Run on Prince of Wales Island checked Alaska off her list.

This photo shows the top of a ballot in the special primary election to fill the remainder of deceased U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the primary, voters can only vote for one candidate. There will be a ranked choice special election on Aug. 16, which is the same date as the regular primary election. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Please make your voice heard on June 11

I am writing today to ask you one favor — please vote by June 11.

Republican Tara Sweeney, right, speaks Monday, May 16, 2022, at a forum in Juneau, Alaska, that was also attended by three other Republican candidates for Alaska's U.S. House seat, including John Coghill, left. Sweeney and Coghill are among 48 candidates in a June 11 special primary for the House seat left vacant by the death earlier this year of Republican Rep. Don Young. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Unusual House primary draws Palin, Santa, 46 others

Ballots must be postmarked or received by June 11.

A Princess Cruise Line ship is docked in Juneau on Aug. 25, 2021. (Michael Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Ships in Port for the week of June 5, 2022

Here’s what to expect this week.

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Recognitions for the week of June 5

Honors and awards.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Saturday, June 4, 2022

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

Cailin Bracken plays lacrosse with the Vanderbilt team on March 16, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. When she became overwhelmed by college life, especially when she had to isolate upon testing positive for COVID-19 after just a few days on campus, she decided to leave the team. Bracken wrote an open letter to college sports, calling on coaches and administrators to become more cognizant of the challenges athletes face in navigating not only their competitive side, but also their social and academic responsibilities. (Josh Rehders/Vanderbilt University)

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College athletes push mental health to the forefront

Universities are starting to pay closer attention to the mental health of their athletes.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Friday, June 3, 2022

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Death Notice: Roscoe “Sandy” Bicknell lll

Roscoe “Sandy” Bicknell lll, died June 1, 2022, in Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau. A full obituary will…

Death Notices

Death Notice: Jess Michael “Mike” Tolbert

Jess Michael “Mike” Tolbert, 76, died Monday, May 30, 2022, in the Simone Veil Hospital in Cannes, France.…

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Opinion: Gun violence and do-nothing Republicans

The crisis isn’t new.

A dog’s nose is one of the wonders of the animal kingdom. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: The world according to a dog’s nose

When a Lab vacuums the ground with their nose and their tail moves like a helicopter blade, you…

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Can public funds be used for private school classes? State education department isn’t sure

Spokespeople for education and law departments couldn’t answer the question.

Rick Kauzlarich is the featured artist for the month of June at the Juneau Artists Gallery. (Courtesy Photo)

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Here’s what’s happening for First Friday

It’s a busy one.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Thursday, June 2, 2022

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

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Anti-Semitism in Russia

“Today America is not an anti-Semitic or racist country.”

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: We must do something to stop gun violence

This weekend is Wear Orange Weekend.

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Living & Growing: Passing another mile marker

Though we are moving away, our hearts, our thoughts, and our prayers will always be near.

An aerial shows the footprint of the test well drilled in the mid-1980s on land owned by the Kaktovik Native village corporation within the 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The well is 14 miles east of Kaktovik and the melting the Beaufort Sea is at the top of the picture. One of the bidders in an oil and gas lease sale for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge last year has canceled the lease it bought, the U.S. Interior Department said. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Bidder in ANWR oil and gas lease sale cancels lease

Regenerate Alaska requested the cancellation and its money back.