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(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Mayor and Assembly Go to Bat for Juneau’s Children and Young Families

Almost everyone will agree that children are our most important resource.

Has it always been a police car. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Sunday, March 21, 2021

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

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Thank you letters for the week of March 21, 2021

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

This photo shows Joseph “Joey” Ryan Schultz who police say has multiple outstanding warrants related to violating the conditions of his release. (Courtesy Photo / Juneau Police Department)

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Juneau police seek help locating wanted man

Police say has two outstanding warrants for violating conditions of his release.

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Opinion: American Rescue Plan is another debt dumped on our grandchildren

Murkowski is right. Rescue Plan “went far beyond COVID-19 relief.”

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

New bill supports Alaska rural communities like Haines

“HB137 is good for seniors; it is good for Alaskans…”

A northern red-backed vole climbing down a tree. (Courtesy Photo / Todd Paris, UAF)

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Alaska Science Forum: Why did the vole climb the tree?

Despite the small mammal being common, nobody had studied or written about them climbing trees.

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Opinion: Call the Atlanta shootings what they are

To our APIDA community, we see you and acknowledge you

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after a closed-door morning session of US-China talks in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday, March 19, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown / Pool via AP)

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US, China wrap up testy 1st face-to-face talks under Biden

The Anchorage meetings were a new test in increasingly troubled relations between the two countries.

Has it always been a police car? (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Alaway facility is a bad idea

“It’s not a good idea for CBJ to have permitted this.”

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Opinion: Can the State of the Union be repaired?

Biden’s address to the nation before a joint session of Congress is sorely overdue.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Alaska’s legislators can help protect Alaskans from gun violence

It’s about saving lives.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on foreign policy at the State Department in Washington. The United States and China will face a new test in their increasingly troubled relations when top officials from both countries meet in Alaska. The Biden administration has yet to signal it’s ready or willing to back down on hard-line stances taken by the Trump administration. Nor have the Chinese shown any sign the battle is over. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / Pool)

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Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting

The stage is set for a contentious first face-to-face meeting.

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Living & Growing: Treating the temple of God right

Doctrine teaches us to protect and care for our bodies, for they are the temple of God

Juneau resident Bob Varness is showing how Juneau can be a leader in sustainable maritime transport. (Courtesy Photo / Brian Wallace for Juneau Climate Change Solutionists)

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Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Electrifying marine transportation with Bob Varness

Our maritime lifestyles and dependence on maritime transportation generate significant emissions.

Has it always been a police car? (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Antony Blinken, U.S. secretary of state, speaks to Toshimitsu Motegi, Japan's foreign minister, and Nobuo Kishi, Japan's defense minister, both not pictured, during the two plus two security talks at Iikura guest house in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Defense and foreign ministers from the U.S. and Japan are meeting to discuss their concern over China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region as the Biden administration tries to reaffirm engagement with its key regional allies. (Kiyoshi Ota / Pool Photo)

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White House sets low expectations for China talks in Alaska

Senior administration official: Talks allow sides chance for “taking stock” in the relationship.

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML)

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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, March 17

The most recent state and local numbers.

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML)

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COVID at a glance for Thursday, March 18

The most recent state and local numbers.