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Police calls for Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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

Opinion: Now is the time to remembers oaths

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Opinion: Now is the time to remembers oaths

If not now, when?

In this July 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. The Pebble Limited Partnership, which wants to build a copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major U.S. salmon fishery in southwest Alaska, says it plans to offer residents in the region a dividend. (AP Photo | Al Grillo, File)

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Release of Pebble Mine review expected this week

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to release its final environmental review.

Opinion: What is ‘white privilege?’

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Opinion: What is ‘white privilege?’

I refuse to be categorized under umbrella of “white privilege.” I am just American.

Death Notices

Death Notice: Monte Kyser

Monte Ray Kyser, 63, died unexpectedly June 23, 2020, in Harborview Medical Center, Seattle.

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Explaining the concept of white privilege

It doesn’t mean your life can’t be hard.

In this February 2011 photo, then-President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Social media for Sullivan, Rubio confuses Cummings, Lewis

They mistakenly posted photos of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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City reports 26 new cases connected to seafood processor cluster

They are isolating.

Recognitions for July 19, 2020

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Recognitions for July 19, 2020

Juneauite graduates.

Opinion: Remembering the burning of the Douglas Indian Village

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Opinion: Remembering the burning of the Douglas Indian Village

Consider the recent past and how racism and injustice still exist among us.

Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states —including Alaska

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Surging Democrats expand Senate targets to GOP states —including Alaska

It’s come to this for Republicans straining to defend their Senate majority in November’s elections.

Police calls for Sunday, July 19, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, July 19, 2020

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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State reports nearly 80 new cases

A new death reported, too.

Opinion: Is white privilege real?

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Opinion: Is white privilege real?

White privilege is not the suggestion that white people have never struggled.

Lawsuit: Alaska absentee application mailings discriminatory

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Lawsuit: Alaska absentee application mailings discriminatory

Lawsuit says absentee ballots should be mailed to all.

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State reports 37,700 fewer jobs in June than prior year

Reduced tourism is part of the reason why.

The Nenana River originates near here, north of the Alaska Range, and flows through the mountains south of the range. (Courtesy Photo | Ned Rozell)

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Rivers U-turn through Alaska range

The ‘unusual’ feature that makes bananas cheaper in Fairbanks.

Opinion: Mask messaging to students is inconsistent

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Opinion: Mask messaging to students is inconsistent

We need a mask mandate, here’s why.

Police calls for Friday, July 17, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, July 17, 2020

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

In this Sept. 11, 2018 photo, the Holland America Line ship Amsterdam sits at port in Juneau. Holland America is selling the Amsterdam, Maasdam, Rotterdam and Veendam, which reduces its fleet to 10, the company said. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Seattle cruise line sells 4 ships; cruise ban extended

Holland America Line announced move after CDC extended cruise ban until the end of September.