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A ballot for the 2021 municipal election. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: There are positives to vote-by-mail elections

Having ballots at home allows families to discuss issues and candidates together.

This July photo shows the new Glory Hall, located near the airport. It will form a component of a growing social services campus. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: New Glory Hall has solved challenges, but community support remains key

Please consider getting involved.

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, Oct. 28

The latest local and state numbers.

Snow and rain are often annoying, but without the right amounts, rivers become too low for good floats and salmon spawning. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: The two types of climate change

It’s about reusable water bottles, but also energy efficient homes.

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, Oct. 26

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

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

Opinion

Key moment for dock electrification comes before the CBJ Assembly

Electrification will be a win-win-win for the community, the environment and the cruise industry.

This photo shows a brown-headed cowbird. Adult brown-headed cowbirds in North America practice brood parasitism in which they remove eggs from a host nest and replace them with eggs of their own. (Courtesy Photo / DonaldRMiller Photography, Wikimedia)

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On the Trails: Infanticide and egg-destruction

Some regular infanticide and egg-destruction occurs between species.

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

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State drops open container citation against Alaska lawmaker

Trooper who issued citation no longer with state after being accused of sexual abuse of a minor.

Alaska state Rep. Laddie Shaw, an Anchorage Republican, waits for the start of a so-called technical session on the House floor, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, in Juneau, Alaska. The fourth special legislative session of the year began Oct. 4, in Juneau, but there has been little action at the Capitol and little progress toward resolving Alaska’s fiscal issues. (AP Photo / Becky Bohrer)

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Special session trudges on with little action

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he will not call another special session this year.

In May, Yéilk’ Vivian Mork of Planet Alaska organized “Stewards of the Land” a traditional plants symposium in Juneau to share knowledge, passion, and respectful harvesting practices of traditional plants as food and medicine. (Courtesy Photo / Jennifer Nu)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: From Metlakatla to Yakutat, first food catalyst fellowship celebrates a summer of six

Program matches six community leaders with capital from the Native American Agriculture Fund.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Walker poised better for success than Dunleavy

A thorough assessment of the fitness for duty of Govs. Bill Walker and Mike Dunleavy shows Walker is…

(Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Future cruise seasons depend on assured public and environmental health

By Verner Wilson III and Varsha Mathrani

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, Oct. 25

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 Tuesday, Oct. 26

The latest local and state numbers.

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 Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021

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

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 Friday, Oct. 22, 2021

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

Mount Juneau, looms above downtown Juneau in this April 2021 photo. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Slack Tide: Alaskæpœdia — Juneau

Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About the Last Frontier… And Less: Juneau

This photo from the Capt. George H. Whitney Photograph Collection shows a man, with wheelbarrow cart and two dogs in harness, transports beer barrels along boardwalk; pedestrians, buildings, and sign for Coon’s Drugstore in background in Juneau in 1886. Juneau and Douglas’ breweries were the subject of the Gastineau Channel Historical Society’s award-winning newsletter. (William Howard Case/ Alaska State Library - Historical Collections)

Neighbors

Local publication recognized with statewide award

It’s the second year in a row.

This photo shows a wall of permafrost ice in a bank of the Itkillik River in northern Alaska.(Courtesy Photo / Eva Stephani)

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Alaska Science Forum: Far-north permafrost cliff is one of a kind

An amphitheater of frozen ground thaws where a northern river cuts into it, exposing walls of ice.

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Opinion

Opinion: The mobs widening America’s divisions

We’ve just been forced to deal with stark disagreements on a daily basis like never before.