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Opinion: How satellites may lead to broadband service for rural Alaska

Low Earth orbiting satellites may soon help Alaska to achieve a task force goal.

April is usually the author’s favorite month for steelhead fishing. If the weather and fish, cooperate. (Jeff Lund / For the Juneau Empire)

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I Went To The Woods: Slow start to the spring season

Fish on.

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COVID at a glance for Tuesday, April 6

The most recent state and local numbers.

This November 2020 photo shows a gun lock. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Our senators must help end ‘sideshow nightmare’ of gun violence

Enhance the background checking.

Vivian Mork Yéilk’ inspects cottonwood buds. (Courtesy Photo / Vivian Mork Yéilk’)

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Planet Alaska: Harvesting in the scent of spring

In the Tlingit language the cottonwood is called dúk.

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Opinion: Meeting a pioneer of glasnost in the former Soviet Union

These were my encounters and are my recollections regarding Vladimir Vysotsky.

A marbled godwit has winkled a lugworm out of its burrow in the sediments. (Courtesy Photo / Bob Armstrong)

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On The Trails: Mudflats at low tide

A walk on a gray, March day turned out to be more interesting than expected.

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: An idea to limit length of legislative floor sessions

Here’s the plan to help move along the baseball games, I mean legislative work, at a faster pace.

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Alaska court hears arguments in dispute over appointments

State Supreme Court considers whether governor appointments to boards, commissions and his cabinet.

Many residents took to the ice at Twin Lakes as well as the park’s snow-covered hills Friday, Nov. 20. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Ice rescue training planned for Twin Lakes

It’s not an emergency.

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COVID at a glance for Tuesday, April 6

The most recent state and local numbers.

FILE - This May 10, 2017 file photo shows Denali, North America's tallest peak, from an airplane flying over the Alaska Range near Talkeetna, Alaska. Officials on Monday, April 5, 2021, said five people had to ski to a shelter after they landed on Ruth Glacier at the base of Denali on April 2, 2021, and a heavy snowstorm stranded them for at least three days. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Snowstorm strands 5 who landed 3 planes on Denali glacier

They were stranded for the weekend after landing Friday on Ruth Glacier.

Has it always been a police car? (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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

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Bethel OKs investigator to review sex crime processes

The move is in response to a case in which a woman said it took police seven hours…

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US approves $47.5M to build new Newtok airport, repair 2

Newtok was granted more than $21.1 million to construct a new airport scheduled to be completed by 2023.

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Neighbors

Thank you letters for the week of April 4

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

Has it always been a police car? (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire)

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Police calls for Sunday, April 4, 2021

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

An election official lays out more “I voted” stickers on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Stickers for the 2020 general election featured designs by Alaskan artist Barbara Lavallee. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The League of Women Voters of Alaska strongly supports the For the People Act

Here’s why.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, contracting with Coastal Helicopters, works to reduce avalanche risk on Thane Road by setting off avalanches in a controlled fashion on Feb. 5, 2021.(Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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Update: Thane Road closure canceled.

Weather conditions cause cancellation.

Someone holds up an inflatable Alaska Marine Highway ferry at at a rally to support of the Alaska Marine Highway System on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Biden’s infrastructure plan and new ferries

Does Gov. Mike Dunleavy want new ferries that would require a long-term state subsidy to operate?