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With Mount Edgecumbe in the background, a sea lion pops its head out of the water next to a buoy crowded with other sea lions in Sitka, Alaska on April 7, 2018. A swarm of hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near Mount Edgecumbe volcano 15 miles west of Sitka, in southeast Alaska. The reason for the swarm is not known, officials at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo / Becky Bohrer)

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Hundreds of small earthquakes recorded near Mount Edgecumbe

The volcano has been dormant 800 years, cause of the quakes is unknown.

Jessie Holmes takes a break from cooking his dogs a meal to nuzzle with two wheel dogs at the Ophir checkpoint during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. A pack of sled dogs belonging to Holmes, Iditarod veteran and reality TV star killed a family pet in Alaska, officials said. Authorities in Wasilla are investigating a March 30, 2022 incident involving dogs owned by musher Holmes, who finished third in year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and stars in "Life Below Zero: Alaska" on the National Geographic channel. (Zachariah Hughes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

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Dogs owned by Iditarod vet, reality TV star kill family pet

ANCHORAGE — A pack of sled dogs belonging to an Iditarod veteran and reality TV star killed a…

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Tuesday, April 12

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This photo, available under a Creative Commons license, shows a European robin. While its name is similar to that of the American robin, they are not closely related. (Courtesy Photo / Charles J. Sharp)

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On the Trails: Same name, very different birds

A tale of two (or more) robins.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Wisdom I gleaned along the Dnieper River in Kyiv reverberates today

By Alexander B. Dolitsky

The Juneau Capitals 16-and-under A Division squad bested an Anchorage team it had previously lost two four times in two weeks to win a 16-and-Under Division A state title. (Courtesy Photo / Steve Quinn)

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Juneau Capitals win 16-and-under Division A state title

Team faced tough competition from an oft-faced foe.

The Juneau Douglas Ice Association 10-and-under hockey team on recently won the 10U Alaska State Hockey Association Division B Championship at Homer’s Kevin Bell Arena. (Courtesy Photo / Steve Quinn)

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Juneau Capitals win 10-and-under Division B state title

Team capped 6-win tournament with 8 goals in the championship game.

This March 2021 photo shows the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. (Ben Hohensatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: What do 25,000 buses, a million people, and the glacier have in common?

We can make improvements without ruining a place that tourists and locals alike love.

Kelly Tshibaka, left, a Republican, smiles as she officially files to run in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, Monday, April 11, 2022, while her husband, Niki Tshibaka, looks on at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska. Eleven other candidates have signed up so far in the Senate race, including incumbent U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, also a Republican. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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Trump-backed Tshibaka officially files for Senate run

Tshibaka will face off against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who drew Tshibaka’s aim during a news conference.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Friday, April 10, 2022

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(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Friday, April 8, 2022

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Death Notice: Shannon Weed

Shannon Weed, 66, died in Providence Hospital in Anchorage on March 20, 2022. A full obituary will follow…

Then-candidate for governor Sarah Palin and running mate Sean Parnell listen to introductions during a Capital City Republican Women's luncheon at the UAS Recreation Center in September 2006. Palin is now running for Congress and has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Palin and the price of Trump’s endorsement

Trump gave her his “Complete and Total Endorsement.”

Environmental activists from 350Juneau, one dressed in a dinosaur costume, delivered a letter addressed to the CEO of Wells Fargo to the banks branch in downtown Juneau on Friday, April 2, 2021. The letter called on the bank to divest from fossil fuels. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Bank needs to put money where mouth is on climate change

It’s high time they stopped investing in climate destruction.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: We should be thankful for election workers

Let’s come together on April 12 to thank our election workers.

The paw of an anesthetized female lynx trapped north of the Arctic Circle that weighed 22 pounds. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Live-trapping lynx in the far north

By Ned Rozell

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 10, 2017. A rural Alaska man who threatened to kill both of Alaska’s U.S. senators in a series of profanity-laden messages left at their congressional offices will be sentenced Friday, April 8, 2022. Jay Allen Johnson, who said he was too old and ill to carry out his threats, partially blamed his behavior on the mixture of pain medications and alcohol and the isolation that was prevalent during the five-month span of 2021 when he left the threatening voicemails. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

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Delta Junction man gets 32 months for threatening to kill senators

He was also fined $5,000, ordered to serve three years of supervised release

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Recognitions for the week of April 10

Honors and awards.

Police arrested a 20-year-old for a variety of charges stemming from a string of incidents where he shot passersby and other vehicles from a car with a BB gun. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, April 7, 2022

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Sustainable Alaska: Cosmic consciousness, Earth Day, and the magic of time and space

Earlier this spring I had the great privilege of skiing from Knik Lake to McGrath…