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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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State reports 6 new cases for residents

4 nonresidents test positive in Southeast, according to report.

Agents Amanda Toma and Ashley Brodeur work with customers outside in the parking lot of cannabis purveyor Berkshire Roots in Pittsfield, Mass. Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more traffic deaths, two new studies suggest, although questions remain about how they might influence driving habits. Previous research has had mixed results and the new studies, published Monday, June 22, 2020, in JAMA Internal Medicine, can’t prove that the traffic death increases they found were caused by marijuana use. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

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Recreational pot laws may boost traffic deaths, studies say

One study found an excess 75 traffic deaths per year after retail sales began in Colorado.

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Would we really have been better off without Seward?

have a couple questions for those that want to remove the statue of William H. Seward.

Opinion: A questionable UA merger proposal

Opinion

Opinion: A questionable UA merger proposal

Alaska can do better.

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen speaks in July 2019 at a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. Johnsen, the embattled University of Alaska president, has resigned, the university announced Monday, June 22, 2020. The change in leadership was a mutual decision made after Johnsen consulted with the Board of Regents, according to a statement. His biography was immediately removed from the university’s web page. (AP Photo | Dan Joling)

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University of Alaska president resigns

An interim president will be named no later than July 15.

Thnak you letter for June 21, 2020

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Thnak you letter for June 21, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

Rosita Worl, president of Sealaska Heritage Institute, gives a presentation at the Sharing Our Knowledge event in September 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Call to remove Seward statue is consistent with views of Southeast Alaska Natives.

For myself, I am reminded on a near-daily basis of Seward’s history and the symbols he represents…

Police calls for Sunday, June 21, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, June 21, 2020

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

A recreation of a Civilian Conservation Corps shelter on a CCC-built Trail of Time behind the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center is seen on Friday, June 12, 2020. With high unemployment due to COVID-19, the New Deal program is providing a model for state and local work programs. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: The true legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps

There’s still a lot of work to be done.

Living & Growing: A cookie chaos confessional

Neighbors

Living & Growing: A cookie chaos confessional

Life is meant to be chaotic.

Young activist has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction

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Young activist has hope for climate, despite leaders’ inaction

The 17-year-old has become a global figurehead of the youth climate movement.

A sign on the street reads “Welcome to the CHOP,” Saturday, June 20, 2020, inside what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle. A pre-dawn shooting near the area left one person dead and critically injured another person, authorities said Saturday. The area has been occupied by protesters after Seattle Police pulled back from several blocks of the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood near the Police Department’s East Precinct building. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

Officers responding to the shooting, but said they initially had trouble getting to the scene.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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State reports more than 20 new COVID-19 cases

The state reported Saturday 21 new cases of COVID-19 involving Alaskans.

Death Notices

Death Notice: Robert File

Robert Henry File Sr., 89, passed away peacefully with family in his home Feb. 13, 2020. An obituary…

Sunrise over South Fairbanks came at 3:10 a.m. on a recent June morning. (Courtesy Photo | Ned Rozell)

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Here’s what happens when a world traveler visits South Fairbanks

The sun rose with the color of an orange Creamsicle.

Police calls for Friday, June 19, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, June 19, 2020

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

COVID-19. (Image courtesy the CDC)

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State reports 14 new cases

That’s 50 cases since Monday, according to the state.

In this Wednesday, June 10, 2020, photo, Cod Cove Inn owners Ted and Jill Hugger show a draft of a compliance form that inn owners may be required to have out-of-state guests sign before being allowed to check in at their inn in Edgecomb, Maine. The form is part of the “Keep Maine Healthy” plan the state is proposing to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Residents of New Hampshire and Vermont would be exempt. (AP Photo | Robert F. Bukaty)

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Summer vacationers weigh testing, quarantine or staying home

States from Maine to Hawaii are trying to strike a balance.

Alaska’s Congressional Delegation, from left to right, Sen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Don Young, all Republicans. Delegates responded to criticisms of President Trump made by former Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska lawmakers: Discrimination involved in Arctic decision

They say banks

Writers’ Weir: The Stars of Memory

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Writers’ Weir: The Stars of Memory

A poem by Alexis Ross Miller.