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Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024

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Twin rainbows are seen from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire)

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Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center shifts to winter hours

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Police calls for Monday, Sept. 30, 2024

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Police calls for Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024

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An early voting station is set up in the atrium of the State Office Building in Juneau on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, the first day of early voting for the 2024 Alaska primary election. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s voter registration deadline is Sunday, but most residents don’t need to worry

Sunday, Oct. 6, is the deadline to register as an Alaska voter for the November general election.

The Donlin Gold airstrip, with the camp at the far end on the right, is seen from the air on Aug. 11, 2022. The mine site is in the hilly terrain near Southwest Alaska’s winding Kuskokwim River. The mine won a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 2018, but a federal judge ruled on Monday that the environmental study on which that permit was based was flawed because it failed to consider the impacts of a catastrophic dam failure. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Federal judge faults environmental analysis for planned huge gold mine in Western Alaska

Regulators failed to consider impacts of a dam failure when issuing Donlin mine permit, judge rules.

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Letter: Honesty of front-line staff at Bartlett hospital is appreciated

As someone who has used the services of Bartlett Hospital since 1980, and probably will need to do…

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Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024

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Police calls for Friday, Sept. 27, 2024

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Police calls for Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024

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A young bleeding tooth mushroom sheds excess water in red drops. (Photo by Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Birds, leaves and mushrooms at the onset of autumn

On a dark and dismal day in late September, I cheered myself up by remembering some pleasing observations…

Ceramics by Uliana from BeWilder Creative will be featured at The Pottery Jungle during First Friday in October. (Juneau Arts and Humanities Council)

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Here’s what’s happening for First Friday in October

Cardboard heads, a new Pride robe and a sendoff for retiring local bead artist among activities.

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Three women arriving on flights arrested on drug charges in two incidents at Juneau’s airport

Drugs with a street value of more than $175,000 seized during arrests, according to JPD.

Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jude Pate, right, asks a question during oral arguments in a case concerning correspondence education allotments, on June 27, 2024, in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage. (Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Supreme Court says most business insurance doesn’t cover COVID-19 damages

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Alaska Supreme Court said Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic does not qualify as…

Bartlett Regional Hospital has closed some programs in recent months due to ongoing budget shortfalls. (Laurie Craig / Juneau Empire file photo)

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My Turn: Patient safety and quality come first at Bartlett Regional Hospital

As Paul Harvey used to say “here is the rest of the story.” Bartlett Regional Hospital finds itself…

Jeremy Hamey, a Juneau resident, is having a career year as a professional poker player. (Alaska Sports Report photo)

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Juneau poker pro Jeremy Hamey wins back-to-back tournaments in California

Juneau’s Jeremy Hamey has gone from making jumpers to making a living at the poker table.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Nick Iverson leads his teammates Erik Thompson and Owen Woodruff as they take first, second and third place in the Men’s 5,000-meter race during the Division 1 Region V Cross Country meet at Ward Lake in Ketchikan on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Iverson won the event with at time of 16:27.11. (Christopher Mullen/ Ketchikan Daily News)

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Iverson puts senior stamp on Region V championship as Crimson Bears take boys team title

“I think if we didn’t combine schools there would be no way we had a chance of getting…

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé’s Ida Meyer runs past Ward Lake as she competes in the Women’s 5,000-meter race during the Division 1 Region V Cross Country event on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Meyer won the event with a time of 19:37.76. (Christopher Mullen/ Ketchikan Daily News)

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Ida’s ‘Meyer Miles’ too much for Region V harriers

JDHS senior wins championship, leads Crimson Bears to girls’ cross-country team title

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Police calls for Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

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Green salad with blackberries, pecans, pears and blue cheese. (Photo by Patty Schied)

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Cooking for Pleasure: Green salad with blackberries, pecans, pears and blue cheese

This is an unusual salad that I love to serve as a first course for a company dinner.…