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Police calls for Friday, Aug. 11, 2023

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Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023

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Larry Persily

Like bell bottoms and Blockbuster movie rentals, so too will GCI’s email pass

Changes are forced upon us as the world evolves, and there is little anyone can do about it. Though I want to be a rigid… Continue reading

Larry Persily
The Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore docks in Juneau in October, 2022. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Ships in Port for the Week of Aug. 13

Here’s what to expect this week.

The Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore docks in Juneau in October, 2022. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
The Odess Theater is seen on May 22, 2019, on the campus of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, which operates the former home of Sheldon Jackson College. (Photo by Flickr user Jasperdo/Creative Commons)

Sitka Fine Arts Camp withdraws immigration lawsuit after feds reconsider issue

A key employee for one of Alaska’s major arts organizations has received a federal immigration visa, ending a lawsuit over the case. Sitka Fine Arts… Continue reading

The Odess Theater is seen on May 22, 2019, on the campus of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, which operates the former home of Sheldon Jackson College. (Photo by Flickr user Jasperdo/Creative Commons)
The offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022 in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. plans to open Anchorage office by year’s end

It’s the first time the corporation has opened a satellite office outside its Juneau headquarters.

The offices of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. are seen Monday, June 6, 2022 in Juneau. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Good advice for everyone seen in a Gold Street garden on Aug. 4. (Photo by Denise Carroll)

Art In Unusual Places

Good advice for everyone seen in a Gold Street garden. 8-4-23 The hosing of a fish hold causes abstract patterns in the harbor waters. 8-3-23.… Continue reading

Good advice for everyone seen in a Gold Street garden on Aug. 4. (Photo by Denise Carroll)
Alaska SeaLife Center staff give fluids to the dehydrated walrus calf. (Photo by Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

Northern Journal: More from the mammal beat, mining prospects and a tribe’s quick reversal

The fate of The Walrus, coyotes attack Alaska soldiers and governor visits Alaska Range.

Alaska SeaLife Center staff give fluids to the dehydrated walrus calf. (Photo by Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)
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Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023

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Bjorn Dihle stands in front of acid mine drainage at British Columbia’s Tulsequah Chief mine, which has been abandoned and leaching acid mine drainage into the transboundary Taku River watershed for more than 65 years. The Taku, a wild salmon river, flows into Alaska and empties into the ocean just south of Juneau. (Photo by Chris Miller/csmphotos.com)

Opinion: Powerful interests should stop targeting Alaska hook and line fishing

They should start targeting the real threat to wild salmon: habitat destruction

Bjorn Dihle stands in front of acid mine drainage at British Columbia’s Tulsequah Chief mine, which has been abandoned and leaching acid mine drainage into the transboundary Taku River watershed for more than 65 years. The Taku, a wild salmon river, flows into Alaska and empties into the ocean just south of Juneau. (Photo by Chris Miller/csmphotos.com)
An adult peregrine falcon in flight over Alaska. (Photo by Ted Swem)

Alaska Science Forum: Population of Yukon River peregrines nosedives

Numbers of adult peregrine falcons on the upper Yukon River in Alaska have decreased by more than a third in the last three years, according… Continue reading

An adult peregrine falcon in flight over Alaska. (Photo by Ted Swem)
A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday. Thousands of residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. (AP Photo/Ty O’Neil)

Wildfire devastates Hawaii’s historic Lahaina; dozens killed, mass evacuation of area

Hawaii officials have launched a mass evacuation effort for visitors and residents stranded north of a historic Maui town that was largely destroyed by wildfire.… Continue reading

A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday. Thousands of residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. (AP Photo/Ty O’Neil)
Fred La Plante is the pastor of the Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy / Fred La Plante)

Living and Growing: Being healthy physically, mentally and spiritually

Moving to Juneau about nine months ago, I began a journey back to Alaska and health. I started the journey about a year or so… Continue reading

Fred La Plante is the pastor of the Juneau Church of the Nazarene. (Courtesy / Fred La Plante)
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Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
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Police calls for Monday, Aug. 7, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Sophia Owen, a senior at Thunder Mountain High School, discusses her educational goals and involvement in after-school programs as a member of this year’s Million Girls Moonshot Flight Crew. (Screenshot from Million Girls Moonshot video)

My Turn: After-school programs shaped my life. Why don’t all students have access?

Designing and programming a robot to fling as many rubber ducks off a wheel as possible in 30 seconds is a joy only a small… Continue reading

Sophia Owen, a senior at Thunder Mountain High School, discusses her educational goals and involvement in after-school programs as a member of this year’s Million Girls Moonshot Flight Crew. (Screenshot from Million Girls Moonshot video)
The riverfront in Kotlik, a Yup’ik community of about 600 people, is seen in 2009. Kotlik, on the north end of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is one of the communities in the Kusilvak Census Area. A new study published in the Lancet found that Alaska Natives in the Kusilvak Census Area have the nation’s highest rate of death from intentional self-harm or interpersonal violence. (Photo provided by the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs)

Alaska construction employment statistics show uneven post-pandemic recovery, wage deflation

Employment in Alaska’s construction industry had not yet returned to pre-COVID-19 levels as of the end of 2022, even though the industry was damaged less… Continue reading

The riverfront in Kotlik, a Yup’ik community of about 600 people, is seen in 2009. Kotlik, on the north end of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, is one of the communities in the Kusilvak Census Area. A new study published in the Lancet found that Alaska Natives in the Kusilvak Census Area have the nation’s highest rate of death from intentional self-harm or interpersonal violence. (Photo provided by the Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs)
A sign marks a house along the Mendenhall River that is condemned following a glacial dam outburst Saturday that resulted in weekend flooding along the river. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Bursting ice dam in Juneau highlights risks of glacial flooding around the globe

The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off a bobbing chunk of its… Continue reading

A sign marks a house along the Mendenhall River that is condemned following a glacial dam outburst Saturday that resulted in weekend flooding along the river. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
Humpback whales engage in “bubble net” feeding near Juneau on July 31. (Photo by Christopher Grau)

Wild Shots

To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. Don’t have a… Continue reading

Humpback whales engage in “bubble net” feeding near Juneau on July 31. (Photo by Christopher Grau)
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Letter: Assembly way off track — time for a course correction

My name is Molly Duvall. I was born in Petersburg and am living in Juneau now for the second time since 1990. I’m a working… Continue reading

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