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Kinross Gold’s Fort Knox mine, is seen from space. (Google/Maxar Technologies, Airbus)

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Mining exec: Alaska’s pricy, fossil fuel-based power could thwart investment

Kinross Gold says its Alaska investments have ‘extremely high’ energy costs and carbon emissions.

(Juneau Empire File)

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Aurora forecast for the week of Nov. 20

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

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023

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The historic Assembly Building, built in 1932 and located across the street from the Alaska State Capitol, will serve as legislative housing during the coming session after the building was gifted to the Alaska Legislature for that purpose. (Photo courtesy of the City and Borough of Juneau)

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Committee adopts policy for new apartments for Alaska lawmakers and staff

Apartments will be available starting next year for Alaska lawmakers and staff in a building that the Legislature…

A female bear with her cubs: bears have direct-development life cycles, looking like bears from the time they are born. (Photo by Jos Bakker)

Neighbors

On the Trails: Animal life cycles

There are two basic life-cycle patterns among animals. Many animals have complex life cycles with two or more…

Passengers return to the Norwegian Sun on Oct. 25, the final day of this year’s cruise ship season in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

My Turn: “Partnering” with cruise ship industry isn’t in Juneau’s interests

Regarding Jim Powell’s lecture at the Evening at Egan event on Friday, Nov, 10, on partnering with the…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Emire

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Police calls for Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, Nov. 17, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023

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A board at the University of Alaska Anchorage Student Union, seen on Nov. 16, 2022, holds notices of employment opportunities. Alaska’s minimum wage is set to rise on Jan. 1 to keep up with inflation, and an initiative campaign is underway to bring about faster increases. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska minimum wage increases next year; additional hikes proposed in ballot initiative

Alaska’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1, 2024 from $10.85 to $11.73 an hour, in accordance with…

The 125-year-old building at the corner of Front and Seward as seen in summer of 2023. Juneau moved utilities underground and upgraded street lights in the mid-1980s and again recently. Each summer different sayings are displayed on colorful banners (“We are lucky to live here” on this banner) and flower baskets, bringing lively attention to downtown. (Photo by Laurie Craig)

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Rooted in Community: Lewis/First National Bank

From cash to coffee, one building’s long history.

A petition calling for non-renewal of assessor Michael Dahle’s contract at a Haines store. The petition gathered nearly 500 signatures in about a week. (Lex Treinen / Chilkat Valley News)

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Haines Assembly ends assessor’s contract after 600 residents petition for removal

Michael Dahle formerly worked as a deputy assessor in Juneau.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., questions Navy Adm. Lisa Franchetti during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Sept. 14 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion

Opinion: Music to the ears of America’s adversaries

Two weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan made a commendable effort to end Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) one-man…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023

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From left to right, Robert Hughes (KKCFP), Eric Castro (USFS), Kelsey Dean (SAWC) and Angelo Lerma (KKCFP) pause to assess the placement of a log into Shorty Creek on Kuiu Island. Adding wood to streams helps build salmon habitat, and adds flood-resilient structure to the stream and banks. (Photo by Lee House)

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Resilient Peoples and Place: Healing the land together

Collaboration in full swing by tribes, federal and state agencies, local and environmental interests

(Jessica Spengler/CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Neighbors

Cooking For Pleasure: No trauma pie crust (that actually tastes good)

The secret is keeping all of the ingredients very cold.

Fog drifts through the trees in the Tongass National Forest on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

My Turn: A response to ‘There are no Landless Natives in Southeast Alaska’

Where to begin?

(Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Thankful to see the construction by local Native organiztions

Sitting in my living room listening to nails pounding into the old DEC building under renovation by the…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau man arrested at airport on suspicion of carrying $62,540 of fentanyl

66 grams of powdered fentanyl, 4,500 pills believed to contain drug found in luggage, police say.