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Then-Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks to reporters about coronavirus in Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Opinion: We need Bernie more than ever

This is the moment for the virtuously true.

Police calls for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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

State plans to lift restrictions on elective surgeries

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State plans to lift restrictions on elective surgeries

The governor announced the decision Monday.

Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Bristol Bay is focused on local health and safety – not mine permitting

Spring is always a busy time in Bristol Bay, but the coronavirus pandemic has brought meaning to the…

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File                                 About 2½ oz. of dried marijuana is weighed in this 2015 photo.

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Alaska to consider allowing curbside pot pickup

Decision could come before April 20.

Seeing what we can’t: How vertebrates use ultraviolet vision

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Seeing what we can’t: How vertebrates use ultraviolet vision

Fish, birds and some mammals use UV.

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: City should suspend rent and mortgage collection

When the pandemic ends, many of our neighbors will be expected to survive without employment,

Fog drifts through the trees in the Tongass National Forest on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We must demand that the Roadless Rule is upheld

It is a mistake to trade portions of the world’s last remaining pristine temperate rainforest.

Opinion: New stimulus bill should include the Postal Service

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Opinion: New stimulus bill should include the Postal Service

There’s a bill in House of Representatives to do just that.

Opinion: Pay attention to your liberties during crisis

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Opinion: Pay attention to your liberties during crisis

Keep tabs on your civil rights, everyone, and stay free.

In this March 12, 2020, photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del. Biden has won the Alaska Democrats’ party-run presidential primary, defeating Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday, April 11, days after Sanders suspended his campaign. (AP Photo | Matt Rourke, File)

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Biden beats Sanders to win Alaska Democratic primary

Joe Biden has won the Alaska Democrats’ party-run presidential primary, beating Sen. Bernie Sanders days after Sanders suspended…

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)

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State confirms another new COVID-19 case for Juneau

Total is now 17

Slack Tide: Silver linings to a global pandemic

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Slack Tide: Silver linings to a global pandemic

Even this has some upside.

Slack Tide: Your fabulous Juneau staycation

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Slack Tide: Your fabulous Juneau staycation

One man’s shelter-in-place order is another man’s “staycation.”

Living & Growing: This season brings hope

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Living & Growing: This season brings hope

This Easter season let us observe and recognize and look with optimism at hope.

Courtesy Photo | Ken Hill,National Park Service                                 A National Park Service climate-observing station in Howard Pass records some of Alaska’s most extreme weather. Howard Pass is a broad crossing of the Brooks Range between Alaska’s North Slope and the Noatak River drainage.

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It both is and isn’t a real low point.

Howard Pass, a rock-stubbled tundra plateau in the western Brooks Range, is one of the lowest points in…

Opinion: Political stereotyping leads to an inglorious end

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Opinion: Political stereotyping leads to an inglorious end

Arguing all Republicans are incapable of governing is like saying all Democrats are socialists.

Alaska Democrats hold mail-only presidential primary

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Alaska Democrats hold mail-only presidential primary

Just one candidate is still campaigning.

Opinion: Be careful where you get your COVID-19 information

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Opinion: Be careful where you get your COVID-19 information

Be aware that there is a lot of information out there that may our may not be true.

Police calls for Friday, April 10, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, April 10, 2020

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