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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 Friday, Sept. 17, 2021

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

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Opinion

Opinion: How our differences should unite us

The tribal anger emanating from the opposite poles won’t produce good governance

Jeff Doty and Faisai Minhaj check traps baited with oats and peanut butter for voles and squirrels in Interior Alaska. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Setting traps to catch an Alaska virus

Tracking down Alaskapox.

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Opinion

Opinion: Can we stop playing political football with Covid-19 mandates?

The drumbeat of divisive rhetoric on social media and newspaper opinion pages is getting shrill.

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Opinion

Opinion: To safeguard our future, it is critical we act now to protect our fisheries

To that end, we invite Biden administration decision-makers to visit our Alaska fishing communities.

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: The importance of forgiveness and peace 20 years later

I pray that we will find a way to become the physicians who heal themselves.

A line of electric vehicles makes its way up Main Street Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Is Juneau making progress toward renewable energy goals?

Are we on track to get to 80% by 2045?

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

Opinion

Opinion: Protecting people with a disability should be a legislative priority

The question still to be answered: “Will mental health care improve?”

In this December 2020 photo, a syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska’s largest hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.(Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool) In this December 2020 photo, a syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sits in a container during a vaccine clinic at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Overwhelmed by a surge in COVID-19 patients, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska’s largest hospital, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, implemented crisis standards of care, prioritizing resources and treatments to those patients who have the potential to benefit the most.(Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News via AP, Pool)

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State records most daily COVID cases amid health care strain

1,068 new cases of COVID-19, with case counts 13% higher than last week. Juneau reports 61.

The author managed to take a grouse despite being deep in thought for a good half hour of his deer hunt. He made jalapeno poppers that night. Internal dialogue of a hunter (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: The internal dialogue of a hunter

There is always something that comes to mind when I am outside.

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, Sept. 14, 2021

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

Lawmakers are set to meet in the Alaska State Capitol today, the last day of the state Legislature’s third special session. Multiple debates, including the size of this year’s Permanent Fund dividend. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Special session nears end with unresolved debates

The special session is set to expire tonight.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: We need a better governor

I am writing in support of former longtime Rep. Les Gara.

Third-generation Alaskan and Juneau-transplant Paul Kelly hopes to join the Juneau City Assembly and has recently kicked off his campaign for the seat. He currently serves on the board for Juneau Public Schools. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

I’m supporting Paul Kelly for CBJ Assembly. Here’s why

He is a lifelong Alaskan who has been active in the Juneau community since 2017

Heavy metals run out of the Tulsequah Chief mine opening and down to holding ponds next to the Tulsequah River Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Mining industry claims don’t hold water

British Columbians do care about protecting the environment. Mining industry should follow suit.

This porcupine stubbornly refused to abandon its leafy lunch entirely, and went right back to it when we passed by. (Courtesy Photo / David Bergeson)

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On the Trails: Here and there in August

These observations ’mite’ interest you.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

BC’s environmental passion rings hollow

Declaratory statements imply lofty ideals but are devoid of any contextual facts.

)Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Hospital vaccine mandates make sense

lLt’s run through why some people are opposed to getting vaccinated…

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, Sept. 12, 2021

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Neighbors

Slack Tide: Alaskæpœdia: Everything You Want to Know About the Last Frontier… And Less — Rain

Or, as some Alaskans like to call it “liquid sunshine.”