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Police calls for Thursday, June 18, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, June 18, 2020

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

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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Alaska mine project developer proposes dividend program

Company says they’re not attempting to buy support.

Ketchikan warns virus spread possible after quarantine break

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Ketchikan warns virus spread possible after quarantine break

A person who didn’t follow quarantine procedures created the possibility of community spread.

Alaska Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment execute an extraction mission via a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Healy, Alaska, June 18, 2020. As part of a combined effort with the Department of Natural Resources, the Guardsmen rigged and airlifted “Bus 142,” known from book and film, “Into the Wild”, out of its location on Stampede Road in light of public safety concerns. (Courtesy photo | Alaska National Guard )

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‘Into the Wild’ bus goes into the air

National Guard and Department of Natural Resources remove infamous bus.

In this November 2019 photo, Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, is questioned by Kieran Poulson-Edwards, a writer for the Whalesong, the student newspaper at the University of Alaska Southeast, after Johnsen’s speech at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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University of Alaska union calls for president’s resignation

Petition says he has “failed in all areas that matter to the academic mission.”

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Our life in a war zone

It is the U.S. Military supplying municipalities with battlefield weapons raising civilian cries.

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)

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State reports 20 new COVID-19 cases, 1 in Juneau

Four new cases in Southeast.

Planet Alaska: Carrying on our traditions

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Planet Alaska: Carrying on our traditions

There’s still time for spruce tips.

Police calls for Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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

Death Notices

Death Notice: Stella Conners

Stella R Conners, 97, passed away in Juneau.

Survey sheds light on what worries Alaska’s fishermen

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Survey sheds light on what worries Alaska’s fishermen

Survey says…

White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns

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White House steps up effort to downplay coronavirus concerns

In the past week, hospitalization rates have increased in 11 states, according tracking project.

State shares information about source of Juneau’s coronavirus cases

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State shares information about source of Juneau’s coronavirus cases

Community spread for two of them.

Opinion: Senator Murkowski, protect voters now

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Opinion: Senator Murkowski, protect voters now

This is about protecting American lives while also upholding our democratic institutions

Police calls for Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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

Members of the de Rham family from the U.S. and Canada visit at the border between the countries in Peace Arch Park, in Blaine, Wash. With the border closed to nonessential travel amid the global pandemic, families and couples across the continent have found themselves cut off from loved ones on the other side. But the recent reopening of Peace Arch Park, which spans from Blaine into Surrey, British Columbia, at the far western end of the 3,987-mile contiguous border, has given at least a few separated parents, siblings, lovers and friends a rare chance for some better-than-Skype visits. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Canada, US extend border restrictions to July 21.

Americans who are returning to the U.S. and Canadians who are returning to Canada are exempted.

Long-distance, seasonal migrations are part of the animal world

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Long-distance, seasonal migrations are part of the animal world

Oh, the places they go.

Police calls for Sunday, June 14, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, June 14, 2020

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

Juneau students earn academic honors, scholarship

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Juneau students earn academic honors, scholarship

Recognitions for the week of June 14, 2020.

Opinion: This pandemic is not over

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Opinion: This pandemic is not over

Make choices accordingly.