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Living & Growing: Making an effort to widen the circle

We strive to help care for our neighbors, after all, we’re all in this together.

This picture shows the City and Borough of Juneau City Hall on Dec. 20, 2021. City officials are eyeing options for a new or renovated city facility with four potential options currently in the running. (Dana Zigmund / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Pride cometh before a new city hall

The time to ask questions and get answers is now.

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Opinion

Opinion: We need to celebrate the good

Women of Distinction event returns to do exactly that.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrives to Federal court, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in New York. Palin is due back in a New York City courtroom more than a week after her libel trial against The New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19. (AP Photo / John Minchillo)

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Palin resumes court battle with Times after COVID illness

Opening statements to the jury were initially scheduled for last week, but were postponed.

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 Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022

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

This photo shows artwork by Dorolyn Alper. Alper is this month's featured artist Juneau Artists Gallery. (Courtesy Photo)

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First Friday February fun

Here’s what’s happening this Friday.

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Writers’ Weir: ‘Migration’ and ‘The Heralds’

Two poems by Bonnie Demerjian.

Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire Ketchikan resident Larry Jackson trolls near town in his charter boat Alaskan.

News

I Went to the Woods: Why teachers should read more books about entrepreneurship

It’s no surprise that I have students who want a career outside.

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Postal Service appears to be a weak link in elections

Perhaps mail-in elections are not a panacea after all.

Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion

Opinion: ‘Do no harm’ should direct mental health legislation

Without added patient rights these bills should not pass.

Former Alaska Psychiatric Institute staff psychiatrist Dr. John Bellville speaks during a news conference on Jan. 10, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. The state of Alaska has settled a lawsuit with Bellville, who was one of three former state employees who claimed they were wrongfully fired when Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy took office. Under the agreement, announced Wednesday Feb. 2, 2022, Bellville will receive $275,000, reflecting lost wages, damages and attorney's fees. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen, File)

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State of Alaska, psychiatrists settle case over firings

Under the settlement, the state agrees to pay a combined $495,000.

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, Feb. 1, 2022

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

Opinion

Opinion: Guard our fund — pass a constitutional PFD now

The time to act on the dividend formula is now.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Rep Eastman’s commitment to the Constitution

I keep reading about Rep. David Eastman having joined the Oath Keepers 18 years ago but have not…

This photo available under a Creative Commons license shows a hooded pitohui (Pitohui dichrous) YUS Conservation area on the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. (Courtesy Photo / Wikimedia)

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On the Trails: Toxic birds and bugs

These chemical compounds are often derived from plants

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Alberta's oilsands are operating with critical staff only as the highly contagious Omicron variant sweeps the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

Opinion

Opinion.: Reflections on the Juneau protest convoy

Although not perfect, vaccines have helped save countless lives.

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Opinion

Opinion: People refusing to mask, get vaccinated are complicit in deaths

Mandates would not be necessary if people acted responsibility.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)

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Austin to governors: Guard troops must get COVID-19 vaccine

Texas, Oklahoma and Alaska filed lawsuits challenging the military’s vaccine mandate.

Alaska Republican state Rep. David Eastman speaks on the floor of the Alaska House on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska House tabled action Monday on a proposal to remove from legislative committees Eastman, who has said he joined the Oath Keepers far-right organization years ago. The House Committee on Committees voted 5-2 to remove Republican Rep. Eastman of Wasilla from his committee assignments, said Joe Plesha, communications director for the House's bipartisan majority. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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House tables vote affecting lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties

The meeting was not widely publicized beforehand.

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Opinion

Opinion: What they’re saying about schools

Government leaders again are announcing their good intentions for public schools.