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Glacier Swim Club athletes Emma Fellman, Valerie Peimann and Lily Francis stand with coach Scott Griffith in a corn field after competing in a meet in Lake Oswego, Oregon, over the weekend. (Photo courtesy Glacier Swim Club)

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Glacier Swim Club trio competes in Oregon

Fellman, Peimann, Francis record first-place strokes.

In an undated photo via Carol Ann Hafner, Eric Hafner. Hafner, who is serving a 20-year sentence, is running to represent a state in which he has never set foot. He could play the spoiler under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. (Via Carol Ann Hafner via The New York Times)

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How a man imprisoned in New York could sway Alaska’s key U.S. House race

In close race between Peltola and Begich that may determine House majority, Eric Hafner is a bizarre twist.

(Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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JPD vehicle involved in collision at Douglas Bridge that closes part of Egan Drive for three hours

Officer treated and released at hospital for injuries, passenger of other car released at scene.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

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At the end of the season, eyebright flowers (left) adorn the top of the flowering stem. At right, yellow rattle (or rattle pod) has a long flowering season. (Left photo by KM Hocker, right photo by Deana Barajas)

Sports

On the Trails: Parasitic and hemiparasitic plants

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other plants for carbon, water,…

Southeast Alaska cyclist Tom Thompson raises his arms after crossing the Canadian border from British Columbia into the Yukon Territories on the Haines Road from Haines, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada on Sept. 4, 2024. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Pure Sole: Famous in Whitehorse

So, I’m famous in Whitehorse.

(Juneau Empire file photo)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Missing facts regarding Alaska’s ranked choice voting

Missing from many articles about Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) decision is what headlined the initiative that barely…

A sign inside the Mendenhall Mall Annex points toward a polling place during the statewide primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: A candidate in the November election who reaches across the aisle

Alaska has a rich history of political coalitions, but one congressional candidate on November’s ballot shows no inclination…

Snow falls on the Alaska Capitol and the statue of William Henry Seward on Monday, April 1, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Capitol may begin screening all visitors in 2025, according to draft security proposal

An airport-style security screening checkpoint could be coming to the Alaska State Capitol, ending decades of open public…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024

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Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Leila Cooper, June Troxel and Braith Dihle dive for the ball during their 25-19, 25-16, 25-15 victory over Ketchikan High School at the Clarke Cochrane Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Christopher Mullen/ Ketchikan Daily News)

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Crimson Bears volleyball team sweeps Kings at Kayhi

Wins ensure JDHS will be the Southeast Conference regular-season champions going into postseason.

Commercial fishing boats are lined up at the dock at Seward’s harbor on June 22. Numerous economic forces combined last year to create a $1.8 billion loss for the Alaska seafood industry, and related losses affected other states, according to a new report. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year, NOAA report says

A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood…

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Alex Rehfeldt and senior Milina Mazon play a ball during their mixed doubles match for the 2024 ASAA Tennis Championship on Saturday at Anchorage’s Alaska Club. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

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Crimson Bears ‘mix it up’ for tennis state championship

JDHS seniors Mazon and Rehfeldt champs, junior Welch third.

Juneau Huskies senior Jayden Johnson (4), senior Hayden Aube (2) and junior Ricky Tupou (77) try to bring down West Anchorage senior Zephaniah Sailele (6) during the Huskies 20-13 loss to the Eagles in the 2024 ASAA State Football Playoffs on Saturday at West Anchorage’s Nest on Hillcrest. (Klas Stolpe/Juneau Empire)

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Huskies give Eagles a game, Eagles give Huskies respect in 20-13 playoff loss to end Juneau’s season

Sixth-seed Juneau takes third-seed West Anchorage to the wire in showdown of teams’ big playmakers.

Jasmine Chavez, a crew member aboard the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, waves to her family during a cell phone conversation after disembarking from the ship at Marine Park on May 10. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Ships in port for the week of Oct. 12

Here’s what to expect this week.

The ranked choice outcome for Alaska’s U.S. Senate race is shown during an Alaska Public Media broadcast on Nov. 24, 2022. (Alaska Division of Elections)

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What Alaska voters should know as they consider a repeal of open primaries and ranked choice voting

State would revert to primaries controlled by political parties, general elections that pick one candidate.

Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, left, and Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska (right) remove their microphones after a televised debate Thursday night, Oct. 10, 2024, in Anchorage. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Debate: Peltola declines to endorse Harris, Begich questions 2020 election legitimacy

Televised TV and radio debate offers rare insight into U.S. House candidates’ views on social issues.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024

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