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PHOTOS: Guardian Flight Memorial Service

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PHOTOS: Guardian Flight Memorial Service

Family, coworkers, friends and first responders turn out for service.

Live: Memorial honors victims of Guardian crash

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Live: Memorial honors victims of Guardian crash

Updates from the event.

Part of trail will be closed for work

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Part of trail will be closed for work

A portion of the trail will remain open.

Police calls for Friday, June 7, 2019

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Police calls for Friday, June 7, 2019

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

Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos.

Downtown Juneau as seen from the Mount Bradley Trail in July 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Sustainability in the summertime

Time to learn, read and fish.

Pixie eyes, lupine and iris: Wildflowers bloom in Juneau

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Pixie eyes, lupine and iris: Wildflowers bloom in Juneau

Of Wildflowers and Bears.

U.S. World War II D-Day veteran Tom Rice, from Coronado, CA, after parachuting in a tandem jump into a field in Carentan, Normandy, France, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Approximately 200 parachutists participated in the jump over Normandy on Wednesday, replicating a jump made by U.S. soldiers on June 6, 1944 as a prelude to the seaborne invasions on D-Day. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

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Opinion: A war isn’t over until all the veterans are cared for

Veterans earned their health care.

Police calls for Thursday, June 6, 2019

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Police calls for Thursday, June 6, 2019

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Students hold signs during a climate change rally at the Alaska State Capitol, Friday, May 3, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: In defense of the JDHS climate activists

The JDHS students demanded leadership on climate change from our state government.

In this Feb. 26, 2016, file photo, a number of syringes are scattered in the remains of a tent city being cleared by city workers along Division Street in San Francisco. San Francisco supervisors consider legislation Tuesday, June 4, 2019, allowing the city to force mentally ill drug addicts into housing and treatment for up to a year. Mayor London Breed says it’s inhumane to let addicts languish on the streets, but homeless advocates say the measure is extreme and a violation of civil rights. (AP Photo | Eric Risberg, File)

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Opinion: Anchorage promotes ‘no-hope’ standard for homeless

Over a decade ago I was homeless.

What’s happening the week of June 19-26, 2019

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What’s happening the week of June 19-26, 2019

Calendar of events.

Opinion: Alaska is ignoring PFAS health risks

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Opinion: Alaska is ignoring PFAS health risks

I live in the Gustavus PFAS plume.

Casey Harris, co-owner of Game On, explains how to play a game during the first Trans Gaming Night at Game On, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (Ben Hohenstatt | Capital City Weekly)

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Opinion: Let’s keep playing

Recently, I learned that Juneau is on the verge of losing one of its good business neighbors, Game…

Coaches Corner: Thank you for supporting boys basketball

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Coaches Corner: Thank you for supporting boys basketball

The Juneau-Douglas High School boys’ basketball team recently held our end of the season awards banquet.

Opinion: Why I recently became a ‘PFASist’

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Opinion: Why I recently became a ‘PFASist’

I recently became a “PFASist” — someone alarmed about the growing crisis over the manufacture and use of…

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29 in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo | Carolyn Kaster)

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Opinion: Silence by Alaska’s Congressional Delegation on Mueller Report is noted

Alaskans who have examined the Mueller Report feel that an inquiry into impeachment of President Donald Trump is…

Police calls for Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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Police calls for Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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

Planet Alaska host Vivian Mork Yéilk’, showing the height of fireweed growth in May 2018 in Sitka. (Courtesy Photo | Vivian Mork Yéilk’)

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Planet Alaska: So, you want to learn how to harvest wild edibles in Alaska.

Here are do’s and don’ts for new harvesters.

Rescuers help person under bridge

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Rescuers help person under bridge

The person was taken to the hospital.