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Coming Out: In my seventieth year

Eyes undimmed, vigor unabated, ears unshot.

Dan Mann wades Echo Creek looking for a spot his scientific party can cross safely. The group ended up crossing the creek upstream of this point. (Courtesy Photo by Ned Rozell)

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A half century in a difficult, dynamic place

Tasting 13,000-year-old volcanic ash.

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Opinion

Opinion: America’s mentally unhealthy gun culture

Recent bill missed the collective mental deficiency of a culture which worships the power of guns…

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 Thursday, July 7, 2022

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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Medvedev warned the U.S. Wednesday that it could face the “wrath of God” if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Russia’s action in Ukraine. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Pool Photo)

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Putin’s aide warns U.S. against pressing for war crimes court

Russian lower house speaker urged Washington to remember that Alaska used to belong to Russia.

This March 2020 photo shows Juneau’s City Hall. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Assembly kicks the can

Assembly members weren’t elected to procrastinate.

In this March 12, 2020 file photo, Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, addresses reporters at a news conference in Anchorage, (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen File)

Opinion

Opinion: Here’s how we move forward from COVID-19

COVID-19 is different in 2022.

Tari Stage-Harvey (Courtesy photo)

Neighbors

Living Growing: Working up pollen

Being reminded again of the power of community

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 Wednesday, July 6, 2022

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Like the forest that surrounds us, Southeast Alaska’s economy is complex, multilayered, and interconnected. (Courtesy Photo /Bethany Goodrich)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: Roadless Rule distracts from a holistic approach to economy-building for the Southeast

The economy in Southeast Alaska is as evergreen as the lush temperate rainforest.

Bill Allen, former chief executive of VECO Corp. leaves federal court on Oct. 28, 2009 in Anchorage. Allen, a former oil services executive who was a key figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. He was 85. (AP Photo /Al Grillo, File)

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Bill Allen, key figure in Alaska corruption scandal, dies

Bill Allen, a central figure in a corruption scandal that rocked Alaska politics, has died. He was 85.

The author’s wife with her first keeper king salmon of the 2022 season. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went to the Woods: King size problem

We didn’t find the fish. We found a fish. A fish that was too small.

Theater Alaska performers Bostin Christopher, left, and Erin Tripp perform a short play in front of an audience at Mayor Bill Overstreet Park on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Theater Alaska partnered with environmental group 350Juneau to put on a Climate Fair for a Cool Planet, which drew over 100 people. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: A cool planet? And what isa carbon bomb?

A cool planet is a memory of the recent past, a fading reality of the present, hope for…

Tents are shown Wednesday, July 6, 2022, inside Centennial Park in Anchorage, Alaska. State wildlife officials have killed four black bears in a campground recently set aside for the city's homeless population after Anchorage's largest shelter was closed. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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4 bears killed in Anchorage campground reserved for homeless

Wildlife officials said before the bears were killed, they were entering tents.

The executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party faces charges including driving under the influence and refusing a chemical test after a weekend traffic stop near Soldotna. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Democratic Party official faces charges after stop

The executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party faces charges including driving under the influence and refusing a…

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 Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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A very young oystercatcher chick waits for a parent. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Oystercatchers, pinesap and spittlebugs

At the mouth of Cowee Creek, sometime in mid-June, we’d found a vigilant pair of black oystercatchers, presumably…

In this September 2019 photo, Rosita Kaaháni Worl, president of Sealaska Heritage Institute, gives a presentation at the Sharing Our Knowledge conference, on blood quantum and how it relates to enrollment of shareholders in Native corporations. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Sealaska dropping blood quantum requirement is welcome news. Here’s why

I don’t know that people fully appreciate the significance of the vote.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Firework sales should be prohibited in Juneau

Loud fireworks make it unsafe for our families to use their private property during the holidays.

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Opinion

Opinion: Lessons learned from 1/6

Dismayed by disinformation.