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A winter walk in Gustavus

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A winter walk in Gustavus

The day began in quiet leisure.

Kim Metcalfe walks her dog along Basin Road on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Rezone Basin Road to lessen tourist traffic

Locals can be free of the crush of cruise ship tourism.

Letter: Empire photographer, sports reporter will be missed

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Empire photographer, sports reporter will be missed

I was sad to read that both Michael Penn and Nolin Ainsworth are no longer part of the…

Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020

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

Evan Vucci / Associated Press                                President Donald Trump speaks Jan. 9 at the White House about proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act.

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Alaska’s US Senators should vote to remove Trump

Letter to the editor.

The Mendenhall Glacier, seen here in May 2016. (Angelo Saggiomo | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: It’s a climate emergency!

It’s not just the climate that’s changing.

The Norwegian Bliss pulls out of Juneau’s downtown harbor on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Tourism is a local’s business

The community discussion around tourism seems to become more and more divisive.

Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020

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

Thank you letters for Jan. 19, 2020

Neighbors

Thank you letters for Jan. 19, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke.

Opinion: The futility of killing to make the world safer

Opinion

Opinion: The futility of killing to make the world safer

We ought to examine how and why.

Opinion: Juneau needs tourism ombudsman; generous sales team makes difference; more on costs of cruise ship tourism

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Juneau needs tourism ombudsman; generous sales team makes difference; more on costs of cruise ship tourism

Sunday Letters to the Editor.

Happy ‘Neau Year: New Year’s Resolutions for Alaska’s Capital City 2020

Neighbors

Happy ‘Neau Year: New Year’s Resolutions for Alaska’s Capital City 2020

Only 20 more shopping days until Groundhog Day Eve.

Love is making your own granola

Neighbors

Love is making your own granola

God made Cheerios for a reason.

Juneau student named to Dean’s List

Neighbors

Juneau student named to Dean’s List

Recognizing Juneau’s youth.

Application deadline for tourism-related scholarship is approaching

Neighbors

Application deadline for tourism-related scholarship is approaching

The deadline to apply is Jan. 31.

Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020

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

Eric Prestegard, outgoing executive director of Douglas Island Pink & Chum, Inc., leads a tour of the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery in this January 2016 file photo. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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DIPAC’s longtime executive director retires

He had been executive director since 2002.

Opinion: Bad laws have left psychiatric patients in Alaska with bad policies

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Opinion: Bad laws have left psychiatric patients in Alaska with bad policies

Better quality of care.

Opinion: It will take more than a public corporation to save Alaska’s ferry system

Opinion

Opinion: It will take more than a public corporation to save Alaska’s ferry system

Public corporation is wishful thinking.

Police calls for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 10, 2020

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