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Copies of the Alaska State Constitution are available outside the lieutenant governor’s office on the third floor of the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Alaskans should vote against a constitutional convention

Possible disruption to our current local governance is frightening.

Charlie Pierce (Courtesy Photo)

News

Kenai Peninsula Borough paid more than $260K to settle complaints against Pierce

Only one of the settlements has been previously disclosed to the public.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

News

Police calls for Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022

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

A beaver pauses on top of its dam.(Courtesy Photo / Chuck Caldwell)

News

On the Trails: All about beavers

Leave it to ‘em.

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Opinion

Opinion: Volunteers needed to help address beaver issues in Dredge Creek system

We’re looking for volunteers to work with one or two others for an hour or two once or…

The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, USA, April 8, 2020. Oil prices are sagging amid fears of recessions across the globe. OPEC and allied countries are weighing what to do about that when they meet online Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. High oil prices were a bonanza for countries like Saudi Arabia over the summer, but now they're well off those highs. Saudi Arabia's oil minister has even said the group known as OPEC+ could cut production at any time. (AP Photo / Eric Gay)

News

OPEC+ makes small trim to world oil supplies as prices fall

Oil prices jumped after the announcement.

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Opinion

Opinion: We do not need to convene a constitutional convention

Ways to amend the constitution already exist.

A voter in Juneau fills out their ballot during the Aug. 16 special general and primary elections. Two rural Alaska communities failed to open polling places on Election Day. (Jonson Kuhn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Two rural Alaska communities failed to open polling places on Election Day

Two voting stations in rural Alaska failed to open as scheduled on Alaska’s Aug. 16 election day, leaving…

This August 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows vials of the company's updated COVID-19 vaccine during production in Kalamazoo, Mich.  U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain. The move on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2022,  by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna  that already have saved millions of lives.  (Pfizer)

News

Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

Answers to “Who’s eligible?” “What’s the difference?” And more.

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Neighbors

Recogntions for the week of Sept. 4

Awards and honors.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

News

Police calls for Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022

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

The Huskies on Friday improved their record to 4-0 with all wins coming within the Cook Inlet Conference. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Sports

Huskies run wild in win over Colony

337 yards for Jamal Johnson.

This photo shows a view of Manhattan from the window seat of a New York to Seattle flight. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

News

Alaska Science Forum: Chasing the sun from New York to Alaska

Around the country in a day.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

News

Police calls for Friday, Sept. 2, 2022

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

An artist’s rendering shows winter view of a proposed new Juneau City Hall at 450 Whittier St. (Courtesy Image / North Wind Architects)

Opinion

Opinion: A new City Hall is an investment in democracy

That’s a business we want to be in business forever.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Ranked choice voting is not the problem

There is, in fact, no evidence that the result would have been any different under the old system…

Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney (Courtesy Photo / State of Alaska Department of Revenue)

News

State revenue commissioner resigning

Mahoney’s resignation is effective Sept. 9. She has been in the role since 2020.

Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Coming out: That within which passes show

“…Stuff that passes show, none of which can denote me truly.”

An American flag flies in the breeze as NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister. (AP Photo / Chris O'Meara)

News

The rocket is now grounded until later this month or even October.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to…

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

News

Police calls for Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022

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