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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 Sunday, May 30, 2021

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

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Neighbors

Graduation in the rain: Gimme a Smile

My closing bit of advice from 2017 still holds true for today, but a lot has changed.

Donn and Virginia Doland will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on June 9, 2021. (Courtesy Photos)

Neighbors

Dolands to celebrate 70th anniversary

Donn and Virginia Doland will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary on June 9.

This photo shows wild flowers at Eagle Beach. (Courtesy Photo / Kenneth Gill, gillfoto)

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Wild Shots: Photos of Mother Nature in Alaska

Reader-submitted photos of Southeast Alaska.

The Capitol Dome looms behind the Peace Monument statue in Washington, Friday, May 28, 2021, as the Senate tries to finish to its work going into the Memorial Day recess with Republican leaders insisting they will block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection by a mob loyal to former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)

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GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

Senate Republicans blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Dan O’Neill on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska writer awarded an honorary degree

By Ned Rozell

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Dunleavy’s fiscal laziness

Voters first need a well-developed analysis.

Death Notices

Death Notice: Declann Dayton

Declann Dayton, 2-month-old son of Meagan Dayton, was found deceased in his crib morning of May 3, 2021.…

Death Notices

Death Notice: Georgette Mills

Georgette L. Mills, formerly of Juneau, died on May 19, 2021, in Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage.

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, May 27, 2021

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

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: We pay, they spend — assembly members reject property tax relief

The assembly can still reconsider property tax relief.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Unemployment boost would have helped businesses

They would spend it at local businesses.

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé boys’ basketball team recently held our end of the season awards ceremony. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Sports

Coaches’ Corner: JDHS boys basketball

Year-end awards and acknowledgments.

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: The importance of friendship

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” - Helen Keller

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

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Corps: Pebble Mine appeal review could take over a year

The proposed mine has been the subject of heated debate for years.

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, May 26, 2021

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

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, May 27

The most recent state and local figures.

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 Thursday, May 28

The most recent state and local figures.

Anthony Christianson, Hydaburg mayor and leader of the Hydaburg Cooperative Association’s Natural Resource department, harvests cedar bark during a demonstration with the United States Forest Service, artists, Sealaska, and more.  (Courtesy Photo / Bethany Sonsini Goodrich)

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Resilient Peoples & Place: ‘Monument Trees’ and cedar stewardship on the Tongass National Forest

“Cedar is the warp in the basket of who we are as a people.”

The Holland America Line cruise ships Eurodam, left, and Nieuw Amsterdam pull into Juneau’s downtown harbor on May 1, 2017. Holland America extended its pause on sailings to Alaska until mid-May as the company tries to find ways to sail under new health regulations. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Independent travelers cannot compensate for what cruise ship travelers bring

If these initiatives pass, what kind of future are we leaving for our children?