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Opinion: We can and must do better

The events of Jan. 6 represent the failure of constitutional and civic education at all levels

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Neighbors

Thank you letter for the week of Jan. 31, 2021

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

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Neighbors

Juneau residents earn awards, honors

Scots and students.

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

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Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021

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

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Neighbors

You might be middle-aged…

There is a growing list of everyday items that are virtually unknown to young people of today.

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Neighbors

Gimme A Smile: What does your perfect doughnut look like?

Doughnuts in orange juice is an acquired taste.

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol on Jan. 8, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol on Jan. 8, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

The unserious pursuit of constitutional amendments

Why the governor’s cure-all for the state’s chronic budget deficit will run into a brick wall. Again.

In this Dec. 24 photo, Arsenio “Pastor” Credo receives the Moderna coronavirus vaccine from nurse Courtney Taber at the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium’s Ethel Lund Medical Center. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire File)

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City shares instructions for making vaccination appointment

Registration for the clinic opens Monday.

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

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Police calls for Friday, Jan. 29, 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 causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. On Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, the top U.S. public health agency said that coronavirus can spread greater distances through the air than 6 feet, particularly in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces. But agency officials continued to say such spread is uncommon, and current social distancing guidelines still make sense. (NIAID-RML via AP)

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COVID at a glance for Friday, Jan. 29

The most recent state and local numbers.

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Alaska Science Forum: Bowhead whales are a rare wildlife rebound story

They’re the size of a bus and can live for 200 years.

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Opinion

Opinion: How we can confront propaganda

“We the people…” are late with this. It is time, now, to get started.

Treg Taylor

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Governor names new attorney general

Treg Taylor replaces Ed Sniffen, whom Dunleavy named to the post less than two weeks earlier.

This photo shows a sign outside the Division of Motor Vehicles office in Juneau. The agency plans to update its electronic screening system after issuing personalized license plates reading "FUHRER" and "3REICH" and later recalling them because of complaints, officials announced Friday. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska plans screening changes after ‘3REICH’ license plate

An Alaska agency plans to update its electronic screening system

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who spoke to the Empire via phone Wednesday, speaks at an Anchorage press conference on Dec. 11, 2020. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Watch: Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivers State of the State address

It’s live from Anchorage.

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

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021

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

Alan Wilson

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Insulation and energy efficient buildings

Discussing local solutions to climate change with Alan Wilson.

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Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Governing by executive order borders on autocracy

Apparently with just the stroke of a pen, President Biden can set laws for the country, raise taxes,…

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Opinion

Opinion: Psychiatric patients deserve to have a voice

In my case, I needed treatment for my treatment.

Juneau City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Local government plays role in maintaining freedoms

Current events bring me back to Sept. 11, 2001, and the U.S. post-9/11 response.