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Geoff Kirsch is an award-winning Juneau-based writer and humorist.

Neighbors

Slack Tide: 5 stages of winter weather grief

Hope ‘springs’ eternal?

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Opinion

Opinion: Choosing Ukrainian aid over energy relief

I’ve got two problems with the energy check proposal.

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

News

Police calls for Friday, March 11, 2022

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(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Sovereignty in the Digital Age

What is the risk of exempting Turo from taxation?

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Opinion

Opinion: Oil, gas and the winds of war

The war in Ukraine is a grim reminder of how dependent we’ve become on fossil fuels.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

News

Police investigate unidentified body

Authorities are investigating an unidentified body found Thursday afternoon.

A state of Alaska flag flies outside the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. The state has issued a corrected birth certificate for Benny Benson, the teenager who won a design contest for the flag in 1927, meaning he was 14 and not 13 when came up with the design of the Big Dipper and the North Star on a simple field of blue. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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Investigation finds that state flag designer was 14, not 13

The difference a year makes.

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, March 10, 2022

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Page Bridges (Courtesy Photo)

Neighbors

Living & Growing: Northern Light

“I intend to show the world that there is no limit to the possible and no force stronger…

Nancy Keen, right, Vivian Mork, Marvin Willard and Rosita Worl, left, protest outside the Dimond Courthouse as a court hearing between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Department of Fish and Game on herring limits in Sitka Sound takes place inside on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Return stewardship of the herring to the people of Sheet’ka Kwaan

Once the herring are gone, they’re gone.

This photo shows a dandelion. "During spring’s root season, people dig up and dry dandelion root, then ground it for coffee, claiming it’s a good substitute." writes By Yéilk’ Vivian Mork. (Yéilk’ Vivian Mork / For the Capital City Weekly)

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Planet Alaska: Waking up with the plants of Taakw eetí

Wake up, Taakw eetí is almost here!

Five-time winner Dallas Seavey takes his sled dog team through a snowstorm in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 5, 2022, during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The competitive start of the nearly 1,000-mile race will be held March 6, 2022, in Willow, Alaska, with the winner expected in the Bering Sea coastal town of Nome about nine days later. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

Sports

Iditarod leader Seavey is first to leave ghost town of Ophir

Seavey was leading the Iditarod early Wednesday, in his quest to become the race’s greatest champion.

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Lawmakers have chance to make good choice for psychiatric care

State has a 60-year history of making bad choices in care for disabled psychiatric patient.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Alberta's oilsands are operating with critical staff only as the highly contagious Omicron variant sweeps the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a Glance for Wednesday, March 9

Numbers come from reports from the City and Borough of Juneau Emergency Operations Center and the Alaska Department…

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Discussion of public process seems hypocritical

“Don’t JACC up my taxes.”

Alexander B. Dolitsky

Opinion

Opinion: Russian saying offers insight into invasion of Ukraine

“Beat your friends, so your enemies will be scared of you.”

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

News

Police calls for Wednesday, March 9, 2022

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

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska State Legislature in February. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion

Opinion: I’m a longtime Democrat ready to support a Republican senator

She is willing to act in the interest of the country rather than marching lockstep with her party.

This photo shows a least and crested auklet on Kasatochi Volcano in 2012 (Gary S Drew / United States Geological Survey)

News

On the Trails: Birds’ sense of smell

Old myth doesn’t pass the sniff test.

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Opinion

Opinion: I’d take Babcock over Walker any day

“In the end, Walker is remembered by many for to many poor decisions…”