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Opinion: Time to settle educators’ contract

I encourage the Juneau School District to support the swift conclusion of negotiations.

A dipper searches for insects in a log jam, underwater. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

News

On the Trails: The afterlife of trees

Dead wood is an important basis for many new uses.

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Neighbors

Thank you letter for the week of Jan. 15

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

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Neighbors

Recognitions for the week of Jan. 15

Juneau students earn academic honors.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Saturday, Jan. 14

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

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Alaska Supreme Court: Anchorage Democrat qualified for House seat

Lower court’s ruling affirmed.

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File The Aurora Borealis glows over the Mendenhall Glacier in 2014.

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Aurora Forecast

Forecasts from the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute for the week of Jan. 15

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 13

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

This photo shows the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The wrong way to define demand

Sometime in the 1970s, the U.S. Forest Service published a multipage brochure for visitors to the Mendenhall Glacier.…

Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Coming Out: An ethical appeal

Don’t ignore shared humanity.

Fredrick Brower, center, helps cut up a bowhead whale caught by Inupiat subsistence hunters on a field near Barrow, Alaska, Oc. 7, 2014. After tidal surges and high winds from the remnants of a rare typhoon caused extensive flood damage to homes along Alaska's western coast in September, the U.S. government stepped in to help residents largely Alaska Natives repair property damage. Residents who opened Federal Emergency Management Agency brochures expecting to find instructions on how to file for aid in Alaska Native languages like Yup'ik or Inupiaq instead were reading nonsensical phrases. (AP Photo / Gregory Bull)

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FEMA fires group for nonsensical Alaska Native translations

For many, it was a reminder of culture and language suppresion.

Visitors take images of Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau in summer 2022 from inside the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Alaska’s small glaciers are on the way out

Even optimistic projections show half of glaciers gone by end of century.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 12

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Roger Wharton (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Living Growing: First friend

Dogs are very common special friends of people in Southeast Alaska.

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Opinion

Action is needed to stem the flow of people leaving the state

Losing more residents than a state gains is an indicator of trouble ahead.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 11

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

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State Supreme Court to hear arguments in residency case

The Alaska Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on Friday.

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Opinion

Opinion: COVID relief funds help homeless children in Alaska

We need to sustain this kind of investment.

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Opinion

Opinion: MLK Day clinics offered in the ‘spirit of service and advocacy for equality and social justice’

If the pandemic has taught us anything it is how much we need each other. Businesses need workers.…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 10

This report contains information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.