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Rachel Saylor / Tanana Chiefs Conference In this undated photo provided by the, shows PJ Simon, chief and chairman of the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, displays a COVID-19 vaccination sticker.

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Alaska tribal health groups distribute vaccine far and wide

Alaska’s highest vaccination rates have been in some of its remotest, hardest-to-access communities.

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, April 20, 2021

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In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB investigator Clint Crookshanks, left, and member Jennifer Homendy stand near the site of some of the wreckage of the DHC-2 Beaver, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, that was involved in a midair collision near Ketchikan, Alaska, a couple of days earlier. The pilots of two Alaskan sightseeing planes that collided in midair couldn’t see the other aircraft because airplane structures or a passenger blocked their views, and they didn’t get electronic alerts about close aircraft because safety systems weren’t working properly. That’s what the staff of the National Transportation Safety board found in their investigation. (Peter Knudson / NTSB)

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Pilot views obstructed, alerts missing in 2019 plane crash near Ketchikan

Collission occurred near Ketchikan.

A male longspur on northward migration shows his partially-developed black bib; the white edges on the bib feathers will wear off, leaving a fully black bib for the nesting time. (Courtesy Photo / Kerry Howard)

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On The Trails: Longspurs and buntings on the wetlands

Spotting hardy harbingers of a long-awaited spring.

In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin address Judge Peter Cahill at the courthouse in Minneapolis during Chauvin’s trial in the death of George Floyd. (Court TV / Pool)

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Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

By Amy Forliti, Stephen Groves and Tammy Webber

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: It’s important to remember that words matter

Staff, not man.

Emma Fellman, who was among the high point award winners on Glacier Swim Club among the 14 and older girls group, makes her way through the water at the Dimond Park Aquatic Center. (Courtesy Photo / Shireen Taintor)

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Swim club shares championship results

Swimmers make a splash.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Liveaboard surcharge increase is too steep

By Matt Leither

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Juneau man indicted on charges of sexual assault and assault

Next court date is in June.

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 Wednesday, April 21

The most recent state and local figures.

A voter fills out their ballot in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 3. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Clearing up For the People Act misconceptions

The For the People Act can help modernize and safeguard our voting processes.

Anselm Staack (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: The purposeful Destruction of AMHS and UA

We are clearly not “all in this together.”

This photo shows the stern of the MV Matanuska on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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2 Matanuska crewmembers test positive for COVID

No close contacts with passengers identified.

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 Monday, April 19

These numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska…

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Juneau students earn academic honors

Recognitions for the week of Sunday, April 18, 2021.

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 Sunday, April 18, 2021

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Prescriptions drugs, vitamins, hormones, and other drugs left in the drug drop box in the lobby of the Juneau Police Department in September 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police department to host drug take back site

No liquids, syringes or lithium batteries.

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Rep. Young advocates for Puerto Rico statehood

“I think it’s time,” said U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska.

FILE - In this May 24, 2015, file photo, a vehicle drives on a pier to be loaded onto an Alaska state ferry while people fish underneath the pier in Homer, Alaska. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday, April 19, 2021, in a case that will determine who is eligible to receive more than $530 million in federal virus relief funding set aside for tribes more than a year ago. More than a dozen Native American tribes sued the U.S. Treasury Department to keep the money out of the hands of Alaska Native corporations, which provide services to Alaska Natives but do not have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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High court seems ready to send virus funds to Alaska Natives

Justices heard arguments in a case involving the massive pandemic relief package.

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, April 16, 2021

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