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President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on supporting Native Americans, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Treasury to begin distributing virus relief money to tribes

Trump called the funding the “single largest investment in Indian Country in our history.”

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on supporting Native Americans, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Death Notice: Fred George

Fred George, 35, died March 1. Legacy Funeral Home is trying to contact family, please call (907)277-1682… Continue reading

States, like Alaska, with few virus cases get big share of relief aid

States, like Alaska, with few virus cases get big share of relief aid

The least-populated states in the U.S. scored big when Congress pumped out direct federal aid.

States, like Alaska, with few virus cases get big share of relief aid
Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The city should sacrifice more

Living, breathing souls must be sent from CBJ staff to the unemployment office.

Juneau City Hall on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
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)

Opinion: Ferry service and vetoes are still problems

Pandemic overshadows issues, but they still matter.

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)
Police calls for Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Living & Growing: Living with and learning from distruption

Living & Growing: Living with and learning from distruption

Life can indeed be both “living with” disruption and “learning from” disruption.

Living & Growing: Living with and learning from distruption
Opinion: Here’s why Trump will lose in November

Opinion: Here’s why Trump will lose in November

America’s allies across the world must feel sorry for us.

Opinion: Here’s why Trump will lose in November
Police calls for Sunday, May 3, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, May 3, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, May 3, 2020
Bird-watching soars amid COVID-19 as Americans head outdoors
Bird-watching soars amid COVID-19 as Americans head outdoors
Opinion: Cruise industry continues to work hard toward a safe return to service

Opinion: Cruise industry continues to work hard toward a safe return to service

It is important we ensure communities are comfortable opening their ports when the time is right.

Opinion: Cruise industry continues to work hard toward a safe return to service
Opinion: A wonderful debt

Opinion: A wonderful debt

Let’s keep passing the same $20 around.

Opinion: A wonderful debt
Police say man injured after pocket knife fight

Police say man injured after pocket knife fight

Police: Man taken to hospital after fight involving two pocket knives and alcohol.

Police say man injured after pocket knife fight
Courtesy Photo | Frank Zmuda, Alaska Department of Fish and Game                                Beavers live from northern Mexico to northern Alaska.

Beaver invasion on the Baldwin Peninsula

Researchers counted an increase from two to 98 beaver dams near Kotzebue between 2002 and 2019.

Courtesy Photo | Frank Zmuda, Alaska Department of Fish and Game                                Beavers live from northern Mexico to northern Alaska.
Audience members watch The Fishpickers joke on stage during their performance Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 at the 47th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines. (Juneau Empire file)
Audience members watch The Fishpickers joke on stage during their performance Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 at the 47th annual Southeast Alaska State Fair in Haines. (Juneau Empire file)
Police calls for Friday, May 1, 2020

Police calls for Friday, May 1, 2020

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Police calls for Friday, May 1, 2020
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference in Anchorage on Friday, April 10, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Opinion: It’s time for Alaska to safely reopen

We must normalize this new normal to ensure our economic future.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference in Anchorage on Friday, April 10, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)
A special quarantine tent set up outside Bartlett Regional Hospital’s emergency room on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Hospital changes visitor policy

It coincides with resumption of elective procedures.

A special quarantine tent set up outside Bartlett Regional Hospital’s emergency room on Monday, March 30, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Opinion: Good progress battling the virus. It’s time to heal the economy.

Opinion: Good progress battling the virus. It’s time to heal the economy.

Lockdown proponents frame the options as returning to work or risking death. This is a false choice.

Opinion: Good progress battling the virus. It’s time to heal the economy.
First Friday comes to your couch
First Friday comes to your couch