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President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)

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Trump finally concedes

Announcement comes amid talk of ouster from office following deadly riot.

Caribou graze on the greening tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska in June, 2001. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Writers’ Weir: ‘All Our Landforms Up For Sale’

A poem by Lin Davis.

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Writers’ Weir: Learning lessons from a first-class coach

Nonfiction prose by Mike Clemens.

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo / Julio Cortez)

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US Capitol breached as Trump supporters clash with police

The U.S. Capitol locked down after protesters breached barricades.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: History will be kind to Jimmy Carter

History Will Be Kind To Jimmy Carter

In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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US holds first oil lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic refuge

Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, was the sale’s main bidder.

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

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021

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

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, speaks on the House floor on opening day of the 117th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Bill Clark / Pool)

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Rep Young calls for bipartisanship while giving Pelosi oath

Young used Sunday’s occasion as an opportunity to try to bring together political parties.

Female golden-crowned kinglets have showy crowns too, but without the extra color contrast of the males (Courtesy Photo / Mark Schwann)

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On The Trails: In the court of the golden-crowned kinglet

These birds have appeared in “On The Trails” several times, but never as the main feature.

Peter Segall/ Juneau Empire File Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to local leaders at the Alaska Municipal League’s legislative conference in this February 2020 photo.

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Lawyers for Dunleavy want part of law on appointments tossed

Appointments are at center of dispute.

Caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to halt oil and gas lease sales in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were pushed by the Trump administration in its final days. (Courtesy Photo / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Judge allows oil, gas lease sales in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Judge refuses to halt oil and gas lease sales in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

State Representatives stand at their desks during the Pledge of Allegiance in the Iowa House chambers, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, in June 2020. As states brace for a coronavirus surge following holiday gatherings, one place stands out as a potential super-spreader site, the statehouses where lawmakers will help shape the response to the pandemic. (AP Photo / Charlie Neibergall)

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Statehouses could prove to be hothouses for virus infection

Statehouses around the nation set to convene.

An airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. Conservationists will try to persuade a U.S. judge to stop the Trump administration from issuing leases to oil and gas companies in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Anchorage Daily News reported that the videoconference Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Anchorage is expected to determine whether the Bureau of Land Management can open bids in an online lease sale scheduled for Wednesday. The agency has offered 10-year leases on 22 tracts covering about 1,563 square miles in the coastal plain, which accounts for about 5% of the refuge’s area. (Courtesy Photo / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Court hears challenge to Arctic refuge oil leases

Attorneys for conservation groups asked a judge to halt the issuance of oil and gas leases in ANWR.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Some GOP members are trying to install a dictator

They should be tried as traitors.

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Thank you letter for Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

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Opinion

Opinion: Bad economic policy comes disguised as compassion

Neither the feds nor state has money in the bank to cover such unnecessary expenses.

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

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Investors sue parent company behind proposed Pebble Mine

Investors claim company misled shareholders who have seen an 85% drop in stock value.

Kristina is a member at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. (Courtesy Photo / Kristina Abbott)

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Living & Growing: Resiliency is the antidote to living in a pandemic

When I think about this past year, I do not look back on it with bitterness.

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

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 1, 2021

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

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks off of the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)

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Chaotic Congress comes to close

Shutdown, impeachment, virus and more.