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Opinion: How not to restore public trust in government

I’ve been trying to avoid reentering the debate about City Hall. There’s been plenty written about it on…

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, walks down a hallway Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, at the Alaska State Capitol. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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With Alaska’s federal judge vacancy nearing 2-year mark, Sullivan breaks from nomination tradition

Murkowski appears skeptical about the switch, saying she’s prepared to advance nominees to Biden

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023

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A bus passes by City Hall downtown in late June. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

My Turn: Juneau City Hall and mail-in voting

I have voted for a new City Hall because I think it makes financial sense and because a…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Current City Hall is an ongoing money pit

I have been following the ongoing dialog regarding the proposed City Hall project, and a couple of points…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Food for thought

As we ready ourselves to go to the polls soon, I invite Juneau voters to keep a few…

Birch and aspen glow orange in September in the Chena River State Recreation Area east of Fairbanks. (Photo by Ned Rozell)

Neighbors

Alaska Science Forum: The varying colors of fall equinox

We are at fall equinox, a day of great equality: All the residents of the entire world —…

A double rainbow appears in Juneau last Friday. (Photo by Ally Karpel)

Neighbors

Living and Growing: Embracing Tohu V’vohu — Creation Amidst Chaos

Over the course of the past year, during which I have served as the student rabbi of Juneau’s…

Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon. (Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

My Turn: Envisioning what a new municipal building means for the community for generations to come

When you ask people why they live in Juneau they may answer mountains, water or natural beauty, but…

Participants in the 38th Annual International Coastal Cleanup carry a fishnet to a boat on a coast near Sitka in August. (Ryan Morse / Sitka Conservation Society)

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Resilient Peoples and Place: Coastal cleanup removes 1,400 lbs. of trash from Sitka’s beaches

Effort by wide range of groups part of global project that has collected 350 million lbs. of waste.

Sun shines through the canopy in the Tongass National Forest. (Photo by Brian Logan/U.S. Forest Service)

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In new challenges to Alaska forest’s ‘Roadless Rule,’ pro-logging arguments have disappeared

U.S. Supreme Court rulings may give opponents new ammunition.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Ida Meyer, right, wins the Sitka Invitational by a fraction of a second in front of Sitka junior Clare Mullin on Saturday. (James Poulson / Sitka Sentinel)

Sports

JDHS girls, boys crush Sitka course

Largest field in Southeast history sees Crimson Bears on top

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Voters in the City and Borough of Juneau municipal election will decide this fall whether to approve $27 million in bond debt to fund the majority of the construction cost for a new City Hall. A similar $35 million measure was rejected last year.

Opinion

My Turn: A viable alternative to a new City Hall

Juneau is being asked to decide on funding a new City Hall…again. There are reasonable arguments both for…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023

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A nurses station is seen in an undated image. (Photo by FS Productions/Getty Images)

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As Alaska works through post-pandemic Medicaid renewals, only about a third of people stay covered

Health Department officials say they are ‘sounding the alarm’

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Monday, Sept. 18, 2023

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Recent clearcut logging on land owned by Sealaska Corp. at Cleveland Peninsula, just north of Ketchikan. (Photo by Rebecca Knight)

Opinion

My Turn: ‘There are no landless Natives in Southeast Alaska’

Those are the words of Department of Interior Secretary Jim Lyons and Undersecretary Sylvia Baca regarding so-called “landless”…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Better ways to enhance Juneau’s capital status than new City Hall

Some promoters of a new City Hall claim our current city buildings do “…not represent the high standard…

The existing 70-year-old Juneau City Hall. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Accusations of arrogance, deceit by Assembly on new City Hall vote are inaccurate and unfair

In the last two months there has been a steady drumbeat against the bond issue on a new…

A company advertises a help wanted sign on April 9, 2021 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Alaska gains jobs during summer peak, but is still below pre-pandemic figures

Buoyed by a record tourist season, Alaska employers hired thousands more workers this year than they did during…