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In Ferry, Alaska, a balsam poplar leaf emerges from a bud in May. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Greenup unfolds, pollen soon to follow

The great, silent collective explosion of freed tree buds is coming.

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Letters to the Editor

A family bound by ink

We knew every edition’s bed time by osmosis.

Heath Coro competes in the hand mucking contest as judge Bill Wilcox watches during the Mining & Logging Competition at the 29th Annual Gold Rush Days at Savikko Park on Saturday, June 22, 2019. The event has been canceled for 2021. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Gold Rush Days canceled for 2021

Announcement made on May 7.

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Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury

Sentencing is set for next month.

Death Notices

Death Notice: Katherine Felipe

Katherine Felipe, 76, died at home on May 6, 2o21. A full obituary will appear at a later…

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. A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the numbers of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern are higher than what has been publicly reported in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML via AP

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COVID at a glance for Friday, May 7

The most recent state and local figures.

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, May 6, 2021

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

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I Went To The Woods: Getting down to it

You’re here to catch a steelhead, not to fit in.

Courtesy Photo Marty Sharp will be the featured artist for Juneau Artists Gallery for First Friday.

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Here’s what’s happening for First Friday

A schedule of events for Friday, May 7.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: A moment that shaped my immigration story

“How lucky I am to be here—in America!”

Mary Beth Schoen admires a large-tree old-growth stand in Saook Bay on northeastern Baranof Island. Some individual trees were over six feet in diameter and many centuries old. This riparian area was adjacent to a salmon stream and was full of bear trails. Large-tree old growth stands are rare on the Tongass. (Courtesy Photo / John Schoen)

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‘Tongass Odyssey’ explores decades of research, politics and change

“I wrote it because I feel it’s important to get this message out.”

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: Baptism in Water

By Joab Cano

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State court system offline after cybersecurity incident

No ransom message received.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Witnessing effects of the Cold War in the Soviet Union

People of the Soviet Union had little except their secret faith in God and hope for a better…

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, May 5, 2021

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

Tourists view Juneau’s downtown harbor in August 2015. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Let’s put a cap on cruise tourism

Let’s put a cap on it!

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Opinion

Now is the time to improve psychiatric patient care

May is Mental Health Awareness month.

Good action spotted on a Grizzly Safaris trip. (Courtesy Photo / Grizzly Safaris)

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Pride of Bristol Bay: A Conversation with Jerry and Caleb Jacques about their grizzly family

It’s a family grizz-ness.

The Symphony of the Seas cruise ship is shown docked at PortMiami, in a Wednesday, May 20, 2020, photo, in Miami. Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages in U.S. waters. They’ll have to carry some volunteer passengers, who will have to wear face masks and observe social distancing while on board. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave ship operators final technical guidelines Wednesday, May 5, 2021 for the trial runs. (AP Photo / Wilfredo Lee)

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CDC sets rules for trial cruises with volunteer passengers

Voyages would be in U.S. waters.

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. A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the numbers of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern are higher than what has been publicly reported in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-NIAID-RML via AP

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COVID at a glance for Thursday, May 6, 2021

The most recent state and local figures.