Site Logo

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: I’m looking forward to November

“I don’t want to believe our senator actually shares the president’s values.”

One building remains busy during quiet time

News

One building remains busy during quiet time

They’re processing tests.

Associated Press                                In this January photo, a woman walks before dawn in Toksook Bay. Native American leaders are raising questions about how $8 billion in federal coronavirus relief tagged for tribes will be distributed, with some arguing that for-profit Alaska Native corporations shouldn’t get a share of the funding.

News

US unsure it can meet deadline to disburse funds to tribes

By Felicia Fonseca

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

Opinion

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

When I venture out needlessly, I throw viral stones at you.

Opinion: Pandemic exposes failure of the unemployment insurance system

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Pandemic exposes failure of the unemployment insurance system

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed yet another failure of government, namely the unemployment insurance system. The basic rationale…

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

Opinion

Opinion: Sullivan’s silence says a lot

When I was a kid, a couple of older boys bullied me after swim lessons. They snapped me…

Opinion: Dunleavy is no friend to medicine

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy is no friend to medicine

Three doctors weigh in.

People gather for Celebration 2004 in this Juneau 2004 photo. (Courtesy Photo | Bill Hess)

News

Sealaska Heritage plans a virtual celebration

Physical event postponed until next year.

Planet Alaska: Field guide to finding hope

News

Planet Alaska: Field guide to finding hope

Who and what are you sheltering for?

Police calls for Wednesday, April 22, 2020

News

Police calls for Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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

News

Police calls for Thursday, April 23, 2020

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

There’s widespread deception in the natural world

News

There’s widespread deception in the natural world

Deliberate deceitfulness is well-known among animals that cache food and others.

Opinion: The 49th state should be the 21st to call for the 28th Amendment

Opinion

Opinion: The 49th state should be the 21st to call for the 28th Amendment

Voices of lawyers, lobbyists and political fat cats often dominate political decision-making.

Police calls for Tuesday, April 21, 2020

News

Police calls for Tuesday, April 21, 2020

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

Opinion: Let’s flatten the curve of climate change

Opinion

Opinion: Let’s flatten the curve of climate change

I wonder what are we learning about addressing the coronavirus that applies to the climate crisis?

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, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. On Thursday, March 5, 2020, Tennessee’s Department of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey confirmed the state’s first case of the new coronavirus. (NIAID-RML via AP)

News

State confirms 2 new local COVID-19 cases

Both were attributed to contact with a previously confirmed case.

Opinion: Infrastructure could lay groundwork for recovery

Opinion

Opinion: Infrastructure could lay groundwork for recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly swept across the world, with cases and deaths rising rapidly in the United…

Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office in July 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

News

Pebble Mine opponents lose court case

Opponents have lost a court case against the proposed copper and gold mine near a major salmon fishery…

People wearing face masks walk past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, April 20, 2020. Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday, while oil prices have fallen back. (AP Photo | Vincent Yu)

News

Oil price goes negative as demand collapses

Oil futures plunged below zero for the first time.

Police calls for Sunday, April 19, 2020

News

Police calls for Sunday, April 19, 2020

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