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A male bar-tailed godwit near Prudhoe Bay during the summer breeding season. (Courtesy Photo / Zachary Pohlen)

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Alaska Science Forum: Shorebirds depend on wee slivers of Alaska

By Ned Rozell

An Exam Corp Lab employee, right, wears a mask as she talks with a patient lined up for COVID-19 testing in Niles, Ill. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. (AP Photo / Nam Y. Huh)

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Lawsuits over workplace vaccine rule focus on states’ rights

Alaska among states suing.

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, Nov. 4, 2021

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

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Neighbors

Living Growing: It is the joy of giving that will bring our world together

Joy works for the giver and the receiver.

The Entrance to the University of Alaska Southeast. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The University of Alaska is the state’s most important resource

Together, let’s break the record for donor participation.

A ballot for the 2021 municipal election. On Wednesday, Will Muldoon entered the race for a seat on the Juneau Board of Public Education. He's joining the field of candidates as a write-in option, eight days after city officials mailed ballots to voters and 13 days before ballots are due back. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: There’s good reason to have mail-in voting

Here is the simple answer: it makes it much easier to vote.

State Rep. Zack Fields

Opinion

Alaska, more than any other state, needs COP26 to be successful

Make no mistake: We cannot “avoid” climate change.

Gavel (Courtesy photo)

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Judge grants request to expand medication abortion providers

The ruling came on an injunction request by Planned Parenthood.

It's a police car until you look closely. The eye shies away, the . (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021

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

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies may be a good treatment option for some people who test positive for the illness, according to state health officials. However, vaccination remains the best tool for limiting spread of COVID-19 and limiting hospitalizations. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

Opinion

US pandemic response has been a costly, divisive failure

With 4.2% of the world population, the U.S. has 19% of the total cases and 15% of the…

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies may be a good treatment option for some people who test positive for the illness, according to state health officials. However, vaccination remains the best tool for limiting spread of COVID-19 and limiting hospitalizations. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, Nov. 3

The latest local and state numbers.

Oscar and Kéet inspect the fresh cohos caught by Mickey Prescott. (Vivian Faith Prescott / For the Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: Coho know-how

Silver skin and golden stories.

This photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Puurs, Belgium. (Pfizer)

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US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies may be a good treatment option for some people who test positive for the illness, according to state health officials. However, vaccination remains the best tool for limiting spread of COVID-19 and limiting hospitalizations. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

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COVID at a glance for Thursday, Nov. 4

The latest local and state numbers.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies may be a good treatment option for some people who test positive for the illness, according to state health officials. However, vaccination remains the best tool for limiting spread of COVID-19 and limiting hospitalizations. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

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COVID at a glance for Friday, Nov. 5

The latest local and state numbers.

This November 2019 photo shows a line of shopper standing outside Centennial Hall while waiting to peruse the wares of Public Market vendors. That year's event featured more than 200 vendors. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: We can either follow the mitigation rules or cancel the Juneau Public Market

And the show will go on.

It's a police car until you look closely. The eye shies away, the . (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021

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

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. Monoclonal antibodies may be a good treatment option for some people who test positive for the illness, according to state health officials. However, vaccination remains the best tool for limiting spread of COVID-19 and limiting hospitalizations. (NIAID-RML via AP, File)

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COVID at a glance for Monday, Nov.1

The latest local and state numbers.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Infrastructure bills would be big help for Alaska

It is time for Alaska’s delegation to reject this effort to obstruct at any cost…

A flying squirrel digs for a truffle in this undated photo. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Dispersal of fungal spores

How fungus spreads among us.