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This April 12 photo shows Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, who will not be seeking reelection. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Senate minority leader doesn’t plan to run this year

“In my heart and my mind, I’ve moved away from the job.”

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Opinion: Generalizations, misinformation further divide on firearms

Either way, purposely or because of the lack of knowledge, misinformation further divides…

Bill Ritter, former governor of Colorado and founder of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University, promotes bipartisanship in his opening address on May 24 at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Nonpartisan solutions promoted for energy and climate problems, but not everyone is on board

A different framework.

FILE - Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. The judge who presided over Palin's libel case against The New York Times denied her request Tuesday, May 31, 2022, for a new trial, saying she failed to introduce "even a speck” of evidence necessary to prove actual malice. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Judge: No ‘speck’ of proof in Palin’s libel case against NYT

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge who presided over Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times…

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, June 1, 2022

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

This screenshot from the Pick.Click.Give. website shows the program's logo. (Screenshot)

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Opinion: This is a good year for Alaskans to Pick.Click.Give

Alaskans have until Aug. 31 to go back online and sign up for Pick.Click.Give.

Mary Goddard holds salmon filets wrapped in deer heart leaves. (Courtesy Photo / Bethany Sonsini Goodrich)

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Planet Alaska: The gift of deer heart

Deer heart is one of the early and most abundant greens in Tlingit Aaní.

This 2018 photo shows the M/V Malaspina 2018. (Courtesy Photo / Frank P. Flavin)

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Ferry retiring to Ketchikan

Malaspina to be sold to LLC; planned to be centerpiece of a historic park.

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Governor’s office contracts ex-aide for ‘statehood defense’

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office has entered a contract with a former Dunleavy aide…

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, May 31, 2022

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

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Update to state’s consent definition gives me hope

By Katie Botz

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Bill can be a step forward for Alaska’s mental health system

By James B. Gottstein

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Opinion

Opinion: Federal government is to blame for local business challenges

Let’s hope that the federal government changes course quickly.

A Princess Cruise Line ship is docked in Juneau on Aug. 25, 2021. (Michael Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Ships in Port for the week of May 29, 2022

Here’s what to expect this week.

A Princess Cruise Line ship is docked in Juneau on Aug. 25, 2021. (Michael Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Ships in Port for the week of June 12

Here’s what to expect this week.

Gavel (Courtesy photo)

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Ex-attorney general faces sexual abuse of a minor charges

Charges filed against former Alaska Attorney General Clyde “Ed” Sniffen.

Jane Hale (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Coming Out: A living name

Names that live and breathe like we do, and that sometimes change like we do.

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Neighbors

Gimme a Smile: Living in a time of greatness

We are living in a time of greatness.

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Opinion

Opinion: The dangerous combination of guns and conspiracies

The hatred that’s crept its way into American politics is new. The violence it’s spawned is newer yet.

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Alaska Science Forum: The worst fire year we can remember

Here’s how it happened.