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Opinion: Large cruise ships are a clear and present danger to Southeast Alaska

We don’t have to ban cruise tourism, but do need to eliminate the greatest risks to our communities.

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 25, 2021

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

Pedestrians walk along South Franklin Street in July 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The tourism cabal looks out for itself

“The problem is that there are simply too many tourists.”

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Congress should back lab-grown meat

A meaty issue.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Cruise ballot initiatives promote negative perception of capital city

Is this the image we want to project as our capital city?

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Protecting Juneau’s future depends on protecting Juneau’s environment

Let’s use this break to figure out some reasonable limits on cruise traffic.

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, May 24

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 Tuesday, May 25

The most recent state and local figures.

JDHS graduates make their way from a graduation ceremony held Sunday, May 23. All three Juneau public high school held ceremonies on Sunday. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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PHOTOS: 1 day, 3 graduation ceremonies

See photos of the big day.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Ending unemployment boost is punitive, shortsighted

The way to help people is to support them.

Firefighter medic Andy Tighe snaps a photo of the breakaway plus-class cruise ship Norwegian Bliss while Captain Tracy Mettler operates a fireboat in the Tongass Narrows in Ketchikan, Alaska, on June 4, 2018. President Joe Biden signed into law Monday, May 24, 2021, legislation that opens a door for resumed cruise ship travel to Alaska after the pandemic last year scrapped sailings. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News)

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Biden signs bill opening door for Alaska cruises to resume

The measure will allow large cruise ships to sail directly from Washington state to Alaska.

A northern waterthrush sings. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On the Trails: Larcenous lichens and some short stories

That’s not moss…

Neighbors

Thank you letters for the week of May 23, 2021

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

Geoff Kirsch

Neighbors

Slack Tide’s Guide for Vaccinated Alaskans

There are still some things even vaccinated Alaskans should avoid.

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 23, 2021

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(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Juneau is a shining star and model for other visitor destinations

Our community is a model for destinations around the world on how to responsibly manage tourism.

Hikers traverse the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes on the Alaska Peninsula, walking on a sheet of ash and volcanic rock more than 500-feet thick. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

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Alaska Science Forum: Bringing the world to a standstill

On a fine June day about 100 years ago, the world fell apart.

In this April 22, 2021, photo, signs of spring thaw appear along the Tazlina River in Tazlina, Alaska. The Catholic Church wants to sell 462 acres that once housed the Copper Valley mission school to the Native Village of Tazlina, a federally recognized tribe. The tribe is scrambling to raise the nearly $1.9 million asking price so it can regain stewardship of its ancestral land. (John Tierney/Indian Country Today)

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Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands

A federally recognized tribe is scrambling to raise funds to regain stewardship of the lands.

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, May 21, 2021

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

This May 2020 photo shows an open sign illuminated on a Juneau business. Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development reports the state has added jobs but has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels of employment. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska gains jobs but doesn’t reach pre-pandemic levels

Numbers still lagged what they were before the pandemic, per state report.