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AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., walk out of the Senate Chamber in the Capitol on Saturday at the end of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in Washington. The Senate acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeachment.

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Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Murkowski votes guilty, Sullivan not guilty in historic vote.

MV LeConte docks at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal with the MV Tazlina in the background on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Additional ferry service announced for week of Feb 21

The MV LeConte will make an additional week’s worth of trips before its annual overhaul and certifications in…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives at the start of the fifth day of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 at the Capitol in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds / Pool via AP)

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7 Republicans vote to convict Trump in impeachment trial

It’s the most lawmakers to vote to find a president of their own party guilty in impeachment hearing.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivers this year’s virtual State of the State address in this Jan. 28, 2021 photo. On Sunday, Feb. 14, Dunleavy and state health officials held a COVID-19 update news conference. (Courtesy Photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Watch: Dunleavy and state officials give COVID-19 update

Conference held with disaster declaration deadline looming.

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Neighbors

Living & Growing: Love that is not stingy

Those that we truly love we find that it is not a hardship to love them.

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML)

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COVID at a glance for Friday, Feb. 12

The most recent state and local numbers.

A diagram from "Alaska Science Nuggets" shows the science behind mysterious dancing power wires. (Courtesy Image)

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What makes wires move like jump ropes? Here’s the answer

Wire they dancing?

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Opinion

Opinion: The Tongass could be a solution for the pandemic

Southeast Alaska now has an industry option that would generate jobs not impacted by the pandemic.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Impeachment evidence paints damning picture

Senators who vote not to convict need to apologize to families of those who died at the Capitol.

In this file photo from May 9, 2019, former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Ferries, federal funding could save state from being high and dry

If the rates are reasonable, the traffic will come.

Amanda Price, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, center, is surrounded by Department of Public Safety officials during a press conference on her confirmation to the position at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Department of Public Safety commissioner resigns

Price is out.

Andy Romanoff says reducing carbon emissions starts at home. (Courtesy Photo / Brian Wallace for Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists)

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Juneau’s Climate Change Solutionists: Boosting heat pumps with Andy Romanoff

“We all have the potential to have a greater impact that we may realize.”

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

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Police calls for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

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

Jeff Lund / For Juneau Empire While February in Alaska isn’t “desirable” by the standards of many, it is a month in which optimism is high for the author.

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I Went To The Woods: Until March does arrive, it’s just you and your attitude

Until this week, I probably would have ranked February was one of my most optimistic months.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: How will we heat our homes?

Here is an article I would like to see addressed by the Juneau Empire:

Lack of cruise ships relying on shore power from Alaska Electric Light and Power will not affect customers, said an AEL&P vice president on June 29, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: How about blaming the cruise industry itself?

Don’t blame Canada, but don’t blame the U.S. either.

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

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Police calls for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021

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

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML)

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COVID at a glance for Wednesday, Feb. 10

The most recent state and local numbers.

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML)

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COVID at a glance for Thursday, Feb. 11

The most recent state and local numbers.

(Courtesy Image / Pat Race)

Opinion

Opinion: Recall effort is necessary to hold governor accountable

“We can’t assume someone else is going to do the work of holding him accountable…”