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Opinion: We have become a culture of fanaticism with guns

The gun industry pedals guns like the tobacco industry pedals nicotine.

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A promising vaccine for our political pandemic

Ballot Measure 2 will go a long way toward making our government serve the people…

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

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Police calls for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021

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

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Death Notice: Alexa Catrina Patrice

Alexa Catrina Patrice, 35, Elisoff died Feb. 2, 2021, in Juneau

A northern shrike poses on a stump-garden of moss and lichen in the wetlands. Sometimes called "butcher birds," northern shrikes are sizable songbirds that can catch prey larger than themselves (Courtesy Photo / Kerry Howard)

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On The Trails: Looking for owls and shrikes on the wetland

Looking for two types of seldom-seen birds.

A sign in the window of a business on South Franklin Street in downtown Juneau on April 14, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Don’t blame Canada for our restrictions

Do not blame Canada for problems created by our own laws and regulations.

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State says spread kindness, not COVID with new campaign

#WithYouAlaska

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We must push for lasting change and accessible democracy

Our voice and vote is the future, and that future feels bright.

This photo shows a sign outside the Division of Motor Vehicles office in Juneau. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Closing an Alaska DMV office has a cost beyond dollars

Closing state-operated DMV offices hurts seniors, disable people and people with lower incomes.

Grandpa Mickey Prescott celebrates his 80th birthday via Zoom in 2020. (Vivian Prescott / For the Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: Plans A through Z

While some look to the groundhog for signs of spring, I look to plants.

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

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Police calls for Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021

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Juneau students earn academic honors

Recognitions for the week of Feb. 7, 2021.

This combination of photos shows people riding bicycles in New York's Times Square, left, on April 29, 2020, and in Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Ala., March 12, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. The human loss from the pandemic isn’t going to be reflected in the U.S. population count used for divvying up congressional seats among the states. And that could save a congressional seat for New York but cost Alabama one. (AP Photo)

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Calendar timing means virus deaths won’t be seen in census

Mid-March deaths won’t show in population figures that determine representation in Congress.

In this March 2018 photo, Aliy Zirkle runs her team during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska. There has been another dramatic change to the world’s most famous sled dog race this year because of the pandemic, with officials announcing Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, that the ceremonial start has been canceled. (AP Photo / Michael Dinneen)

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Iditarod drops ceremonial start over crowd-size concerns

Officials announced Friday that the ceremonial start has been canceled.

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Alaska Science Forum: Were blue beads in the tundra the first U.S. import from Europe?

They predate the arrival of Columbus by a few decades

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

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Police calls for Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

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Opinion: Now isn’t the time to abolish the filibuster

Doing away with it treats only a symptom of partisan dysfunction. And now is the wrong time.

Deborah J. Atuk is the new president and CEO of Kootznoowoo Inc., the Alaska Native village corporation for Angoon. (Courtesy Photo)

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Kootznoowoo Inc announces new CEO and president

She was officially appointed to the position in January.

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

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Police calls for Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021

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

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, Feb. 4

The most recent state and local numbers.