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Gimme a Smile: Back to (Zoom) School

A grading scale myster-E.

Runners jog through a haze of colored powder as they begin a 5k run through downtown Juneau on Sunday, April 29, 2018. (Richard McGrail / Juneau Empire File)

Sports

Some local color: Downtown run is coming up

DBA partnered with the J-D Cross Country team will host the 2020 DBA Color Run.

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The GOP doesn’t speak for most Alaskans

Legislators aren’t elected to be a rubber stamp for whatever the governor wants.

Court orders wording change on oil tax ballot summary

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Court orders wording change on oil tax ballot summary

June ruling was upheld.

This Aug. 19, 2020, image shows Aaron Cuffee of Red Planet Books & Comics in Albuquerque, N.M., as he discusses the potential that could come from Marvel Comics’ effort to assemble a gallery of Native artists and scribes for “Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices #1.” The anthology will revisit some of Marvel’s Native characters. (AP Photo / Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Fans hope Marvel comic book improves Native representation

Marvel Comics announced this month that it’s assembled Native artists and writers for a new anthology.

State reports 95 new COVID-19 cases

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State reports 95 new COVID-19 cases

Nearly all are residents.

Police calls for Friday, Aug. 28, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, Aug. 28, 2020

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

Researcher recalls lonely night spent in fiberglass hut on volcanic crater’s lip

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Researcher recalls lonely night spent in fiberglass hut on volcanic crater’s lip

Guy Tytgat’s room was 4 feet wide and 5 feet tall, made of fiberglass and near a volcanic…

In this undated video grab provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russia’s Varyag missile cruiser fires a cruise missile as part of the Russian navy manoeuvres in the Bering Sea. The Russian navy has conducted massive war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service)

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Russian navy conducts major maneuvers near Alaska

They’re the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times.

Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

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

Robin O. Brena is a lifelong Alaska who grew up in Skagway and is an original sponsor of Ballot Measure 1, Chair of the Oil and Gas Transition Committee for the Walker administration and founder of Brena, Bell and Walker, a longtime Alaskan law firm. (Courtesy Photo / Robin O. Brena)

Opinion

Opinion: Major oil companies can afford to pay a fair share.

This is called standing up for Alaska.

Opinion: Initiative 1 and a boom and bust economy

Opinion

Opinion: Initiative 1 and a boom and bust economy

Will the initiative be the last straw on backs of the oil industry and Alaska’s economy?

The Postal Service needs to level with us

Letters to the Editor

The Postal Service needs to level with us

I ask you all to make your voices heard.

In this file photo, the Alaska Marine Highway System ferries LeConte, left, Malaspina and Tazlina, hidden from view, are tied up at the Auke Bay Terminal on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Coronavirus adds to Alaska Marine Highway System’s challenges

Ferries are facing a pandemic-caused shortfall of almost $45 million.

Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…

Maleah Wenzel, Heather Powell and Vivian Mork harvest devil’s club in Juneau amid a pandemic. (Courtesy Photo / Heather Powell)

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Planet Alaska: Harvesting devil’s club is a big responsibility

“You hold in your hands the knowledge of our most sacred medicine.”

Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

Opinion

Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

The system has been rigged for the wealthiest.

(Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire                                 Down at the ocean is a reward dinner of…Cheetos?

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Food for thought

It might be best to stay out of the chip aisle before a trip to the alpine

SHI President Rosita Worl and the late Cyril George’s daughter, Roberta Jack, sign a deed of gift at a transfer ceremony last week with the photo collection visible in the background. (Courtesy Photo / Lyndsey Brollini, Sealaska Heritage)

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Angoon family donates vast photo collection to Sealaska Heritage

The photos span 75 years.

Cassandra Cropley holds a poster showing photos of her cousin, Linda Skeek, after the 2020 Women’s March, Jan. 18. Skeek went missing in January 2016 and is feared dead. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services is opening seven Operation Lady Justice Task Force cold case offices across the country to concentrate on the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Cold case units focus on missing, murdered Indigenous women

Seven Operation Lady Justice Task Force cold case offices are opening nationwide.