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Why did Alaskans statewide get an Amber Alert on Tuesday?

On Tuesday afternoon, cellphones across the state beeped with emergency tones as the Alaska State Troopers attempted to…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, June 13, 2023

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Rev. Teri Schwartz

Neighbors

Living and Growing: The Story of Norbert Čapek’s Flower Ceremony

His mother was a devout Catholic, his father agnostic. He became an acolyte at age 10 in 1890…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, June 9, 2023

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At the base of elderberry leaves there are extrafloral nectaries that may be part of the plant’s defense against insect herbivores. (Bob Armstrong photo)

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On the Trails: Deciduous trees in Southeast — a perspective

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming…

Klas Stolpe / for the Juneau Empire
Bob Barger tips his cap after being honored Saturday, June 3, at the 2023 Alaska School Activities Association Baseball State Championships on Sitka’s Moller Field for his lifetime of sports broadcasting in Alaska.

Sports

Bob ‘The Voice’ Barger retires

Announcer of Alaska high school sports ices vocal chords

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Sunday, June 11, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Monday, June 12, 2023

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Weaver and textile artist Lily Hope shows a group of students how to forage for horsetails Saturday near the Alaska State Museum in Juneau. They boiled the plants to make a natural dye. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska State Museum lesson weaves together art, science and culture

Six pots full of natural dye bubbled on the back patio at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau…

Stellar’s Jays kissing in a tree May 3 in the North Tee Harbor area. (Courtesy Photo / Glenn Ramsey)

Sports

Wild Shots

Reader-submitted photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska.

Salmon dries on a traditional rack on the beach in the Seward Peninsula village of Teller on Sept. 2, 2021. Salmon is a dietary staple for Indigenous residents of Western Alaska, and poor runs have created hardship. A new Alaska salmon task force mandated by federal law is now appointed and charged with producing a science plan within a year. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska salmon task force charged with developing science plan

19 members appointed by federal and state leaders to spend a year on sustainable management

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Saturday, June 10, 2o23

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Cinnamon-colored Juneau black bear watching cars drive by out the road at the 20 mile marker on Friday, June 2. (Courtesy Photo / Virginia Kelly)

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Wild Shots

Reader-submitted photos of Mother Nature in Southeast Alaska.

Lawrence “Woody” Widmark holds up his Alaska School Activities Association Gold Lifetime Pass as Sitka Wolves players and ASAA executive director Billy Strickland applaud during the presentation at the ASAA State Baseball Championships in Sitka last week. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

Sports

Southeast Alaska umpire receives golden honor

Sitka’s Lawrence “Woody” Widmark receives ASAA lifetime pass

A Chinook salmon is seen in an undated photo. (Photo by Ryan Hagerty/USFWS)

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Washington-based group wants Endangered Species Act protections for Alaska king salmon

By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Beacon

A harbor seal pokes its head up near Low Island in Sitka Sound on June 1. The area was the site of a fatal charter boat accident May 28. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

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Body of captain recovered 11 days after five die in Sitka boat sinking

Authorities have recovered the body of the captain of a fishing charter boat that was found last month…

Fred La Plante is the pastor of the Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy / Fred La Plante)

Neighbors

Living & Growing: Struggling Together Is Good

Most of us are tired of the constant bickering on issues, seeing one side as “wrong” and our…

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Change in city leadership brings opportunity

With current and projected turnover in city leadership, Juneau citizens might consider new ways to meet the challenges…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, June 6, 2023

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A bald eagle is seen on Feb. 6, 2018, perched in a tree in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Bald eagles are near the top of the list of bird species in Alaska that have been killed by the currently circulating strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Avian influenza has returned to Alaska, and so have health advisories

Migrating birds have returned to Alaska, and so has the highly pathogenic avian influenza that began to sweep…