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Police calls for Friday, Feb. 28, 2025

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Police calls for Saturday, March 1, 2025

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Police calls for Sunday, March 2, 2025

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Aurora forecast through the week of Feb. 15

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…

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Haines worries about loss of relationship with Canadians due to resentment provoked by Trump

“I don’t think we could really replace it,” resident says about potential loss of northern visitors.

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Police calls for Monday, Feb. 24, 2025

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Police calls for Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

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Police calls for Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025

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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé cheerleaders Stefano Rivera, MAC the Bear, Olivia Hickman (kneeling), Ayla Keller and Gabby Ely pose for a photo during a recent basketball game at the George Houston Gymnasium. The cheerleaders will be helping honor their seniors and the seniors of the basketball and dance teams and pep band this weekend during homecoming games against North Pole. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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JDHS homecoming weekend welcomes North Pole for senior nights

Crimson Bears to honor basketball, cheer, dance and pep band seniors

Steelhead fishing and photography take skills that necessitate time to develop. (Photo by Jeff Lund)

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I Went to the Woods: Kicking and drooling

She’s fine for about ten minutes. It’s a challenge so she’s game. She props herself up on her…

A bowl of gumbo. (Photo by Patty Schied)

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Cooking For Pleasure: Shrimp gumbo for Mardi Gras

I love gumbo. Several years ago I was lucky enough to go to New Orleans and sample it…

The main campus of the University of Alaska Southeast. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Full-time faculty members ratify tentative agreement with University of Alaska

87% approve pact that still needs OK from Board of Regents and funding from Alaska Legislature.

Nuns wait for a seating area to be opened before a recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis’ health at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, on Monday night, Feb. 24, 2025. (James Hill/The New York Times)

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Living and Growing: Let us journey together in hope

Friends, we are a little over a week away from the beginning of the season of Lent, the…

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska, address a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Opinion: The evidence free impressions of Rep. Nick Begich

The one thing we can count on from Rep. Nick Begich III is he’ll be a loyal cheerleader…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Tell lawmakers to preserve Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service is a U.S. DOT program serving 65 rural communities in Alaska, and over 100 communities…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sen. Sullivan’s silence for Trump’s actions is shameful

Trump is moving our country towards Russia and away from our NATO allies in Europe. He is dismantling…

A spawning chum salmon looks to return to the waters of Salmon Creek on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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My Turn: Put our local crews back to work restoring salmon streams

The ongoing federal funding freeze is having an immediate negative impact on my organization and 26 people in…

A research plot at Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research site maintained by scientists with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology. (Photo by Grant Falvo)

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Alaska Science Forum: Northern soil microbes staying up all winter

We can’t see them, but there are more microbes — tiny fungi, bacteria, worms and other living things…

The Office of Personnel Management cannot order agencies to cut staff, a federal judge ruled Thursday. (Valerie Plesch for The New York Times)

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Judge tells Trump administration to retract memos directing mass firings

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to retract directives that prompted the firing of thousands…

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Alaska property crimes decline over long term, but violent crime rates remains ‘exceptionally’ high

National crime data for 2023 shows Alaska’s overall violent crime rate was more than 540% the national rate.