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A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. U.S. health officials Wednesday, Aug. 18, recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19

Plan calls for dose 8 months after people get their 2nd shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine

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Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Willow Project

The Trump administration approved the project, and the Biden administration defended it in court.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Lessons not learned

As a Vietnam veteran, I am disgusted that history seems to repeat itself…

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, Aug. 17, 2021

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Opinion: Legislative solutions can revive Alaska’s economy

The Legislature could take steps that will launch Alaska on a stable and prosperous fiscal future.

This photo shows adult crane flies mating on goldenrod. The flying adults are interested in just one thing — mating. They only live for a week or two, so males and females have a short time in which to find each other. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: No, they don’t eat mosquitoes, but these long-legged bugs are food for many animals

Crane flies while you’re having fun.

Heavy metals run out of the Tulsequah Chief mine opening and down to holding ponds next to the Tulsequah River Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Leakage from those ponds can be seen entering the river that flows into the Taku River down stream. Salmon Beyond Borders and the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission are calling for a permanent ban on mine waste dams in transboundary rivers, as well as a temporary moratorium for the permitting of new and the expansion of existing mines near transboundary waterways, (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Canada’s transboundary mine waste dams must be banned; BC’s industrialization of salmon habitat halted

If anyone doubts the risks, just consider the Mount Polley tailings disaster

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, Aug. 15, 2021

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Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File The Alaska State Capitol.

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Dividend size is a sticking point for special session

Debate over the check size in recent years has become politically charged and overshadowed issues.

Courtesy Photo/ Kaiti Grant, Alaska SeaLife Center The Alaska SeaLife Center admitted its first sea otter pup of the year last week.

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Alaska SeaLife Center admits 1st otter pup of the year

Pup was found by family camping nearby.

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Opinion: Dunleavy isn’t on board with electric ferry vision for Alaska

The governor has given us nothing but lip service about its essential purpose.

This photo shows a “shore-pine” version of lodgepole pine near the town of Yakutat. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Pine grove near Yakutat is farthest north

By Ned Rozell

This photo shows Russ Stevens, who won four gold medals during the Alaska International Senior Games. (Courtesy Photo)

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Juneau man wins gold at senior games

Russ Stevens of Juneau struck gold in Fairbanks.

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Death Notice: Christine Johnson

Christine M. Johnson, 65, died Aug. 5, 2021, in Juneau Alaska. A full obituary will appear at 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 Friday, Aug. 13, 2021

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: I applaud the school board’s decision

I am in strong support of the effort to control the spread of COVID-19 in our community.

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Living & Growing: Love has the power to overcome

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

This photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident. On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke)

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Census data for state show population gains and losses

Mat-Su Borough population gew by over 20%..

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, Aug. 11, 2021

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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, Aug. 12, 2021

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