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Living & Growing: Spring renewal

May we all enrich our good ground as spring comes this year

Old growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon river Trail on the Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government lands. The Associated Press obtained details on the government’s first-ever national inventory of older forests in advance of their expected public release on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

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U.S. plans new forest protections, issues old-growth inventory

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature…

Marijuana plants are shown at a California Street Cannabis Company location in San Francisco on March 20, 2023. Along the West Coast, which has dominated U.S. marijuana production from long before legalization, producers are struggling with what many call the failed economics of legal pot...a challenge inherent in regulating a product that remains illegal under federal law. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Part party, part call to action: A look at pot holiday 4/20

Examining cannabis culture’s high holiday.

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Letters to the Editor

This is not a fairy tale

But it has a happy ending.

This image shows the site plan of the proposed Capital Civic Center. (City and Borough of Juneau)

Opinion

Opinion: Capital Civic Center concerns

Show us that the CCC will pay for itself, or ask us to vote to subsidize it.

Southeast Alaska’s Chilkat River is seen on May, 30, 2013. The Chilkat and its main tributary, the Klehini River, are listed among the nation’s most at-risk rivers because of the planned Palmer Project copper and zinc mine being developed upstream from the village of Klukwan. (U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center)

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Looming mine development puts Southeast’s Chilkat-Klehini system on list of endangered rivers

A pair of connected Southeast Alaska waterways are on the 2023 list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers issued…

State Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, listens to an overview of the state’s balance sheet under a proposed budget for next year introduced by the Senate Finance Committee during a hearing Wednesday. The budget contains a surplus of more than $1.4 billion, but that’s a misleading number since it doesn’t include Permanent Fund Dividends, an increase in education funding and other spending that are virtually certain to be added following public testimony during the next couple of days. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Senate budget draft includes huge surplus and no PFD

Initial draft also lacks education funding boost, but changes to come after public comment process

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy shakes the hands of state legislators as he prepares to deliver the 2023 State of the State address to the Alaska Legislature on Jan. 23, 2023, in Juneau. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Dunleavy weighs a statewide sales tax amid broader push for fiscal plan

Governor meets with House and Senate members, declines to publicly reveal specifics of proposal

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy’s complete fiscal irresponsibility

Governor shifts public attention to culture wars as he gives state’s resources to corporations

Freshly printed paper makes it way through the Juneau Empire printing press in Juneau Thursday evening. Beginning May 3, the Juneau Empire will be printed in Washington state, and delivered on Wednesdays and Saturdays. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Juneau Empire upgrading online coverage, changing print publication days

Emphasis on enhanced digital content; print production moving to Washington state

Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire Freshly printed paper makes it way through the Juneau Empire printing press Thursday evening. Beginning May 3, the Juneau Empire will be printed in Washington state, and delivered on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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From the editor and publisher

Ben Hohenstatt and David Rigas

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, speaks to reporters after giving an address to state lawmakers in Juneau on Feb. 17. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Opinion

Opinion: Rep. Mary Peltola and the Second Amendment

Alaska congresswoman’s overly strict interpretation keeps her from supporting reasonable gun limits

Leeann Thomas, third-generation owner of the Triangle Club, stands before the business her grandfather started in 1947. The location has a long history of Juneau businesses. (Laurie Craig / For the Downtown Business Association)

Neighbors

Rooted in Community: The Triangle Club and 76 years of the Thomas family

Historical photos hang in the building that once housed the famous Winter and Pond photo studio.

Gavel Alaska screenshot The House Finance Committee hears a presentation Monday by Joshua Strauss. The presentation informed legislators of the potential of carbon offset programs.

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Bill proposing carbon offsets meets lukewarm reaction in key committee

House Finance members express skepticism about claimed benefits

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Can Juneau tolerate this much cruise traffic every summer?

I want to bring to light some facts for your reading public.

Members of the Juneau Assembly’s Finance Committee meet Wednesday as they hear department presentations about next year’s proposed budget. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: Spending up, taxes up, population stagnant in Juneau

Last week, during a scheduled CBJ Assembly Finance Committee meeting, City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) staff introduced…

(Clarise Larson/ Juneau Empire File)

Sports

JDHS boys soccer starts season on the right foot

JDHS beat TMHS 6-1.

Opinion

Opinion: Enthusiastic about the Empire

Local news and opinion coverage surpassing larger cities elsewhere

The final cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Encore, sailed out of Juneau in late October, 2022. The first ship to arrive for the 2023 season will be the Norwegian Bliss. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Ships in Port for the week of April 16

Here’s what to expect the first week of the season.

Courtesy Photo / Sunny Pittman Artwork by Skate Board member Jordan Kendall can be seen behind a skater at the Pipeline.

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The Pipeline timeline, and where the Juneau skate park is wheeling off to next

The story starts with a group of teens in the mid-’90s. Now, the park is heading toward a…