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Left of knife: removing and chopping only needles, leaving the center stem. Right of knife: chopping the whole spruce tip including the stem. (Vivian Faith Prescott / For the Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: Spruce tips for all seasons

If you have a few bags of spruce tips in the freezer, now is the time to use…

Southeast Alaska experiences heavy rainfall and 95% of our electricity is generated by clean hydropower. (Courtesy Photo / Bethany S Goodrich)

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Resilient Peoples Place: Energy independence is both a destination and a journey

Air source heat pumps for Southeast Alaskans.

A brown bear sleeps after taking a break from grazing on spring vegetation. (Courtesy Photo / Bjorn Dihle)

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Pride of Bristol Bay: The brown bears of Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula

Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula makes up about one third of Alaska’s entire brown bear population.

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Johnny Ellis — a legacy of mentorship, friendship and statesmanship

By the Sham Jam Steering Committee

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 Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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

Blueberry flowers bloom in some sites in early March (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Waiting for spring

Critters and plants are getting ready for spring

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The good, the bad, and the ugly in Alaska’s renewable energy bill

Things get messy when we get to the bill’s definition of renewable energy.

This image available under the Creative Commons license shows the outline of the state of Alaska filled with the pattern of the state flag. The state on Thursday reported a modest population growth between April 2020 and July 2021. It's the first time since 2016 the state has reported a population increase. (

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Opinion: Rethinking the Village Public Safety Officer program

We must better understand what is needed and reimagine a more flexible program.

This May 21, 2019, photo shows people attending a rally against anti-abortion laws at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska voters this year will be asked if they want a constitutional convention, and simmering anger over the legislature’s failure to settle the issue of how big a check residents should receive from the state’s oil wealth fund could provide a tail wind for groups seeking to change the constitution on a range of hot button topics, such as abortion. (Michael Penn/ Juneau Empire File)

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State constitutional convention measures stoke partisan fear

Alaska is one of three states where voters will decide this fall whether to call a convention.

Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File

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Opinion: RIP Don Young

The passing of Rep. Don Young is a tragedy

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Opinion: The case for donating any ‘energy relief’ check

I didn’t earn it and it comes at an enormous cost of violence, human suffering, and destruction.

U.S. Rep. Don Young answers a reporter's question after filing paperwork for reelection at the Alaska Division of Elections in Anchorage, Alaska. Young, the longest-serving member of Alaska’s congressional delegation, died Friday, March 18, 2022. He was 88. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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Special election for House seat begins to take shape

Begich and Constant will run for seat previously filled by Young.

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Opinion: A rough-cut toilet tissue

It seems Proctor &Gamble is opting to soften their Charmin toilet paper, or have their paper towel Bounty,…

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Opinion: Ukraine offers teachable moment for the American electorate

This is a chance for America to stand up for some of what we claim to represent in…

A competitor mushes across Willow Lake during the restart of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 6, 2022, in Willow, Alaska. Two back-of-the-pack mushers had to be rescued in separate incidents from race Friday, March 18, after winds from a severe ground storm caused deteriorating conditions, race officials said. (Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News)

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Ground storm forces two Iditarod mushers to seek rescue

One of those rescued had a dangerous encounter with a moose before the race started.

Police announced on Saturday that an arrest had been made following a hit-and-run that resulted in a serious injury on Thursday evening. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Man arrested following hit-and-run

A man was arrested Friday morning after a Thursday night hit-and-run in a downtown grocery store parking lot,…

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, March 18, 2022

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

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Coming Out: Stigma that kills

The stigma of being transgender or non-binary—that’s the danger we need to confront.

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File In this April 24, 2015, filephoto, a worker empties oilfield wastewater from a tank truck into storage tanks on Carl and Justin Johnson’s ranch near Crossroads, N.M. Labor shortages, supply problems and volatile prices have made oil companies cautious about new drilling even as U.S. politicians push for increased production.

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Ukraine war ups pressure for US oil; industry faces hurdles

Rhetoric about quickly ramping up U.S. crude output is at odds with the industry’s reality.

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Opinion: Building a friendlier world starts at home

We’re bound together by the history that gave birth to the freedoms that allow us to be different.