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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 CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a Glance for Wednesday, Jan. 26

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

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, Jan. 25, 2022

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

Killdeer chicks have just one black breast band at first, but soon get the characteristic two bands.(Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Tails: Shorebirds in winter

Sightings are no “shore” thing.

Deborah Moody, an administrative clerk at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Anchorage, Alaska, looks at an oversized booklet explaining election changes in the state on Jan. 21, 2022. Alaska elections will be held for the first time this year under a voter-backed system that scraps party primaries and sends the top four vote-getters regardless of party to the general election, where ranked choice voting will be used to determine a winner. No other state conducts its elections with that same combination. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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How Alaska’s unique new election system works

Here is a closer look at what’s happening in Alaska.

FILE - Alaska Nanooks forward Brady Risk plays during the third period of an NCAA hockey game against Cornell on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 in Ithaca, N.Y. When the Alaska Nanooks ventured out from campus in Fairbanks for their second three-week road trip of the season, a simple stop in Seattle turned into a four-day stay as virus-related airline staff shortages and wintry weather in the region grounded flight after flight. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

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Roaming charge: Alaska Nanooks making most of independence

Patience, positive attitudes — and efficient packing.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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I’m against House Bill 52. Here’s why

HB 52 is anti-commercial fishing, anti-community poorly thought-out bill.

Then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Montgomery, Ala., in 2017. Palin is on the verge of making new headlines in a legal battle with The New York Times. A defamation lawsuit against the Times, brought by the brash former Alaska governor in 2017, is set to go to trial starting Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 in federal court in Manhattan. (AP Photo / Brynn Anderson)

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Palin COVID-19 tests delay libel trial against NY Times

Sarah Palin on Monday tested positive for COVID-19.

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Opinion: Alaska needs to thank its lucky stars that Biden is president

As oil prices rise, Alaska is going to get a billion-plus extra state revenue.

The Thunder Mountain High School boys basketball team stand on the Arctic Ocean. (Courtesy Photo)

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Falcons come up just shy of tournament win

Close game in the far north.

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 CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a Glance for Monday, Jan. 24

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

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 Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022

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Opinion: The buck stops at the top

Shared mistakes of Dunleavy and Biden.

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Recognitions for the week of Jan. 23

Local students earn academic honors.

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

Neighbors

Slack Tide: Wet is the New Dry

Beets are the new Brussels sprouts, which, in and of themselves, are the new kale.

FILE - Participants wave signs as they walk back to Orlando City Hall during the March for Abortion Access on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. State-by-state battles over the future of abortion in the U.S. are setting up across the country as lawmakers in Republican-led states propose new restrictions modeled on laws passed in Texas and Mississippi even as some Democratic-controlled states work to preserve access. (Chasity Maynard/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

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With Roe in doubt, states act on abortion limits, expansions

“This could be a really, really dramatic year…”

Former Alaska Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Bakalar speaks a news conference on Jan. 10, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska, after she sued the state. A federal judge on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, ruled that Bakalar was wrongfully terminated by the then-new administration of Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy for violating her freedom of speech rights. (AP File Photo / Mark Thiessen)

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Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing

Judge: Firing violated free speech rights under the U.S. and state constitutions.

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Alaska Science Forum: Fun with ice physics in the cryosphere

Here’s why some found recent winter weather fascinating.

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Opinion

It’s time for a federal law against LGBTQ discrimination

We have the opportunity to pass a federal law to protect 13 million LGBTQ Americans.

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 CANADIAN PRESS/AP, NIAID-RML

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COVID at a Glance for Friday, Jan. 21

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

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, Jan. 20, 2022

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