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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 28, 2022

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

At a permafrost monitoring site northwest of Barrow years ago were researchers Max Brewer, Jerry Brown and Vladimir Romanovsky. (Courtesy Photo / Kenji Yoshikawa)

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Alaska Science Forum: 30 years on semi-solid ground

People no longer squint at him with a puzzled look when he mentions what he studies.

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Neighbors

Gimme a Smile: A whole universe of what ifs

What if…?

Julie Hamilton (left), Roxy Felkl (right) in the Cancer Connection Office. (Courtesy Photo / Julie DeLong)

Neighbors

Thank you letters for the week of Jan. 30, 2022

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

Floyd Dryden Middle School students took first place in a Battle of the Book competition. (Courtesy Photo / Sheila Degener)

Neighbors

One for the books

Floyd Dryden students come out on top in competition.

Gavel (Courtesy photo)

Opinion

Opinion: The opportunity of Alaska’s open primary

How voters in Alaska, and elsewhere, retook control of primary elections from political parties.

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

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COVID at a Glance for Friday, Jan. 28

Numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Department…

Esau Sinnok of Shishmaref, Alaska, speaks at a news conference after the Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments on Oct. 9, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska, in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 Alaska youths, who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights. (AP File Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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Alaska court rules against youths in climate change lawsuit

The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans.

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

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COVID at a Glance for Monday, Jan. 31

Numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Department…

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

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COVID at a Glance for Wednesday, Feb. 2

Numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Department…

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Thank you letter for the week of March 6

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

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, Jan. 27, 2022

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

Joab Cano is a missionary for the Light of the World Church. (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Living & Growing: What is the purpose of life?

This question has always emerged throughout the history of mankind.

Alaska Rep. David Eastman sits at his desk on the Alaska House floor in Juneau, Alaska, on March 5, 2020. (AP Photo / Becky Bohrer)

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Eastman could be sanctioned over Oath Keeper ties

Actions being discussed include expulsion, censure or a vote of disapproval.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Looking back and forward on US-Russian relations

Relations have been short and somewhat intense.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

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Legislature rejects higher pay, per diem restrictions

Action came quickly.

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, Jan. 26, 2022

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

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol in January 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Public servants in leadership roles should be based in the capital city

Where they live is crucial to the success of their work.

Joy and love are on full display during a sunset on one of Yakutat’s iconic beaches. (Courtesy Photo / Violet Sensmeir)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: An Aspiration for Southeast Alaska in 2022

‘May We Dream Collectively’

Mickey Prescott checks the smoking process. (Vivian Faith Prescott / For the Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: Lessons from the smokehouse

Dear Readers, here are Lessons from the Smokehouse, things we’ve learned in 2021.