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Thank yous for the week of Aug.28.

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

It's a police car until you look closely and see the details don't quite match. (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022

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It's a police car until you look closely. The eye shies away, the . (Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Friday, August 19, 2022

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Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Coming Out: Facticity and freedom

We have personal freedom — and thus the personal responsibility — to shape a lot about our lives.

U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka and former President Donald Trump stand on stage during a July rally in Anchorage. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Opinion: It’s Murkowski vs. Trump in November

Alaskans must reward her defense of the truth…

Courtesy Photo /Chris Arp 
Harry Potter Lake, at the top of this photo, as it looked four years ago, perched 10 feet above and 30 feet away from the creek that in 2022 received most of its water.

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Alaska Science Forum: If a lake drains in northern Alaska…

Rarely do people get to see it.

An angler holds up a king salmon in this August 2013 photo. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Wild Fish Conservancy focus is misguided

It’s a lot easier to pick on the little guy than power company giants.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022

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A thunderstorm passes between Midland and Odessa, Texas, just behind an array of pump jacks on Thursday, May 14, 2020. While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation’s coasts. (Eli Hartman / Odessa American)

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Climate bill’s unlikely beneficiary: U.S. oil and gas industry

The climate measure guarantees new drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.

This photo shows the Juneau School District headquarters on March 17, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion

When will our schools return to normal?

Somehow over the past 20 years, the “normal” school experience has changed.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: There is no need for a constitutional convention

What are the odds a constitutional convention will be anything other than a circus?

Adam Bauer

Neighbors

Living & Growing: Trustworthiness, truthfulness, honesty and cooperation can cure humanity’s ills

It is all too easy to look at the world today and become consumed by the discord…

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022

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Ryan John glasses the edge of the Sag River as it meets the unforgiving, flat tundra on its way to the Arctic Ocean. (Courtesy Photo / Jeff Lund)

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I Went to the Woods: North slope caribou

I had stopped hopping from tussock to tussock attempting to keep my feet dry. Frequent missteps and sneaky…

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

Opinion

Opinion: The real ‘at last!’ on climate change

In Alaska, the Inflation Reduction Act offers come game-changing features.

Ada watches the birds from our front yard, the Pacific Ocean, in Wrangell. (Courtesy Photo / Vivian Faith Prescott)

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Planet Alaska: Rescuing Ada

Dog days of summer.

(Juneau Empire File / Michael Penn)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022

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Voters wait in line outside a polling place during the Republican primary election in Wilson, Wyo., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)

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Cheney braces for loss as Trump tested in Wyoming and Alaska

Contests in Wyoming and Alaska offer tests for Trump and his brand of hard-line politics.

This October 2020 photo shows the MV Kennicott. The Alaska Marine Highway System's winter ferry schedule is now available for review. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Winter ferry schedule available for review

Comments now being accepted.

A blue darner dragonfly perched on hands, shoulders, and heads. (Courtesy Photo / Ralf Gerking)

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On the Trails: Sights and sounds from the trails in late summer

Winged wonders abound.