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Recognitions for Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020

Enrollments and promotions.

A squirrel carries a mouthful of cones near Mendenhall Glacier. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Neighbors

Living & Growing: Reclaiming the power of silliness started with a squirrel

Giggling makes everything a little more bearable and freer

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Opinion

Opinion: An independent judiciary is important

The same old players are back echoing their 2010 and 2016 attacks on our independent judiciary.

Madison Zurmuehlen poses for a photo on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Amid pandemic restrictions aimed at keeping students safe and healthy, colleges are scrambling to help them adjust. Zurmuehlen said daily practices, with masks, are “the one thing I look forward to,” so it was tough when campus sports were canceled for two weeks after an outbreak among student athletes and staff. (AP Photo / Orlin Wagner)

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Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience

Amid pandemic restrictions, colleges are scrambling to help them adjust.

Al Gross, right, an independent in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, holds a document during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan on Friday, in Anchorage. Sullivan participated remotely, as the Senate prepares to vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee in Washington. (Jeff Chen / Alaska Public Media)

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Sullivan, Gross trade barbs in broadcast debate

The race has drawn national attention as the parties vie for control of the Senate.

A sign outside the Mendenhall Mall directs voters to an early, in-person polling location. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: The facts about our presidential choices

Americans need to vote for the honest, decent family man.

In this Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, a forklift operator loads absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections as preparations for the upcoming election are ongoing in Raleigh, N.C. U.S. Postal Service records show delivery delays have persisted across the country as millions of Americans began voting by mail, raising the possibility of ballots being rejected because they arrive too late. Postal data covering the beginning of October show nearly all of the agency’s delivery regions missing agency targets of having more than having more than 95% of first-class mail arrive within five days. (AP Photo / Gerry Broome)

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Postal delays persist with mail voting underway

U.S. Postal Service records show delivery delays have persisted across the country as millions of Americans are voting…

A meteorite — or more likely pieces of it — may have come to rest in the frozen swamps of middle Alaska on October 15, 2020. (Courtesy Image / Ned Rozell)

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‘It looked like fireworks, until it split into four dots’: Fireball in the sky over Alaska

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview with the Juneau Empire at the Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Just the facts about Sullivan, ma’am’, just the facts

“Fact is, Senator Sullivan has earned reelection.”

U.S. Rep. Don Young, left, and Alyse Galvin square off in a debate for the sole Alaska house seat Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. The debate between the candidates for Alaska’s sole seat in Congress became contentious Thursday, with challenger Galvin saying she’s tired of Young misrepresenting her position on issues. (Jeff Chen / Pool Photo)

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Galvin, Young accuse each of other of lying during debate

The debate between became contentious Thursday

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Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020

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

Alyse Galvin, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks during a women's march and rally held Saturday in Juneau. Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Galvin will be an independent voice

I’ve known her for over 20 years and vouch for her sincerity, kindness, moral compass and enthusiasm.

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Police calls for Friday, Oct. 23, 2020

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

An Alaska Airlines cargo/passenger jet lifts off from the Juneau International Airport in this December 2014 photo. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire FIle)

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American, Southwest, Alaska add to airline loss parade in 3Q

Airlines are piling up billions of dollars in additional losses as the pandemic stifles air travel.

”I Voted” stickers wait for Alaskan voters to pick them up during early in-person voting at Mendenhall Mall on Oct. 22. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Sullivan has shown loyalty to party trumps the voices of Alaskan

Alaskans shouldn’t be surprised that it took Dan Sullivan a decade to say he opposes the Pebble Mine.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Al Gross, an independent running with Democratic support, is challenging Sullivan in Alaska, a state that has long been a GOP stronghold. Across the country, Republicans are nervous about Senate seats like Sullivan’s they once thought safe as Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s unpopularity to retake the chamber. (Al Drago / Pool)

Opinion

Opinion: Sullivan has earned my vote

If not for Sen. Dan Sullivan and our congressional delegation, we may have been forced to close.

This photo of a by-mail ballot sent to an Alaska voter in October shows Ballot Measure 2. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Elections Should be free, fair and open

By Bruce Botelho

This undated photo shows Dr. Al Gross. (Courtesy Photo / Dr. Al Gross for U.S. Senate)

Opinion

Opinion: Gross will lead, and Sullivan has failed

Unless he is forced to speak out, Dan Sullivan remains near silent on major environmental challenges.

This photo shows a by-mail ballot sent to an Alaska voter in October. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Officials tout voting precautions, options in Alaska

The state’s chief medical officer encourages Alaskans to vote early amid pandemic.

This undated photo shows Independent candidate Al Gross. Gross, an independent running with Democratic support, is challenging Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska, a state that has long been a GOP stronghold. Across the country, Republicans are nervous about Senate seats like Sullivan's they once thought safe as Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump's unpopularity to retake the chamber. (Gross for Senate Campaign)

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Alaska Senate candidate hopes to ride Democratic wave

Republicans are nervous about Senate seats like Sen. Dan Sullivan’s they once thought safe.