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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, Oct. 22

The latest local and state numbers.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

New direction for the Tongass will help grow businesses, a sustainable economy

Now is the time to chart a new course for Southeast’s future.

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, Oct. 21, 2021

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

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

Opinion

Opinion: Private psychiatric facilities should have to provide patient stats

Patient rights must be added to state bills.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Capitol’s shoe mandate tramples individual liberties

Does the barefoot rights movement have Gov. Dunleavy shaking in his boots?

Laura Rorem (Courtesy Photo )

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Seeking justice for people experiencing homelessness

Each homeless person is a unique and precious human being created in God’s image.

Anthony Mallott, president and CEO of Sealaska Corp. reflected on the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act during the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce weekly lunch on Thursday.

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Mallott looks back — and forward — 50 years after ANCSA

Native corporates are big business in Alaska

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, Oct. 20, 2021

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

Anselm Staack (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy’s fiscally irresponsible and deceptive plan

Constitutions are about broad policy objectives and legal boundaries –not about the day-to-day

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Wednesday, May 10, 2017. A magistrate ruled Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, that there is probable cause for a case to continue against a man accused of threatening to kill Alaska’s two U.S. senators in profanity-filled voicemails left on their office phones. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

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Grand jury will get case of man threatening to kill senators

U.S. Magistrate ordered the case be sent to the next available grand jury for consideration.

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. 19, 2021

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

A sign designates a vote center during the recent municipal election. The center offered a spot for voters to drop off ballots or fill a ballot out in person. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: How is mail-in voting an improvement?

Why are we doing it?

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. An Alaska state lawmaker was cited for driving with an open can of beer in his vehicle that another lawmaker said was actually his. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

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Lawmaker cited for open beer fellow legislator says was his

Republican Sen. Josh Revak plans to challenge the $220 ticket.

A praying mantis eats the remnants of its mate. In most cases, females that are cannibalistic gain reproductive advantages by laying larger, bigger eggs that survive better than those of non-cannibalistic females. Therefore their deceased mates also gain reproductive advantages.(Oliver Koemmerling / Wikimedia)

News

On the Trails: Having family for dinner

Cannibalism in nature can be a family affair.

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Opinion

Opinion: Columbus and Western culture

By Albert Shaw

US Capitol

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: PRO Act comes with many cons

Alaskans would be better off if politicians in Washington focused on real solutions.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Senators must stand with Alaskans, vote for Build Back Better bills

Of what value to Alaska and our predominantly Indigenous population are our Congressional Senate proxies when, instead of…

This 2011 photo shows the Taku and Malaspina ferries at the Auke Bay Terminal. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Costs add up as ferry idled nearly 2 years

The cost to the state for docking an Alaska ferry that has been idled for nearly two years…

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 Saturday, Oct. 17, 2021

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

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Neighbors

Thank you letter for the week of Oct. 17, 2021

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.