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Company agrees to $7M cleanup of former mine on Prince of Wales Island

Company agrees to $7M cleanup of former mine on Prince of Wales Island

A Colorado company agreed to a $7 million cleanup plan for Alaska’s only uranium mine, which has left radioactive waste in the Tongass National Forest.… Continue reading

Company agrees to $7M cleanup of former mine on Prince of Wales Island
Police calls for Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Police calls for Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Protesters: Caribou heart meant to send message to senator

Protesters: Caribou heart meant to send message to senator

May says Sullivan reminded him of the robotic Tin Man, and he wanted to give him a heart.

Protesters: Caribou heart meant to send message to senator
City seeks hotline employees

City seeks hotline employees

Duties include screening for COVID-19 testing.

City seeks hotline employees
Will they demolish a former Methodist boarding school where the Alaska territorial flag was first flown almost a century ago?

Will they demolish a former Methodist boarding school where the Alaska territorial flag was first flown almost a century ago?

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE — The fate of one of Alaska’s most historic yet neglected structures could be decided Monday as city officials… Continue reading

Will they demolish a former Methodist boarding school where the Alaska territorial flag was first flown almost a century ago?
Opinion: Here’s why I’m voting for the oil tax referendum

Opinion: Here’s why I’m voting for the oil tax referendum

I hope everyone votes yes on Proposition 1.

Opinion: Here’s why I’m voting for the oil tax referendum
This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP)
This electron microscope image made available and color-enhanced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. (NIAID/National Institutes of Health via AP)
Police calls for Sunday, July 12, 2020

Police calls for Sunday, July 12, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, July 12, 2020
Living & Growing: ‘The last shall be first and the first shall be last’

Living & Growing: ‘The last shall be first and the first shall be last’

“The last shall be first and the first shall be last.” Jesus says something like this close to a dozen times, so that’s a signal… Continue reading

Living & Growing: ‘The last shall be first and the first shall be last’
Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Taxes aren’t the only factor in oil production.

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues
Opinion: I agree, Sullivan needs to speak up

Opinion: I agree, Sullivan needs to speak up

My compliments on the July 5 opinion piece by Rich Moniak in the Empire. [Opinion: Fear of the president’s immature tweets] I appreciate the distinction… Continue reading

Opinion: I agree, Sullivan needs to speak up
A grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo, closed for nearly three months because of the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle. Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but few have been sighted in recent decades. The federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Conservation groups upset by North Cascades grizzly decision

Decision draws rebukes from conservation groups, who have worked to grow the tiny population.

A grizzly bear roams an exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo, closed for nearly three months because of the coronavirus outbreak in Seattle. Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but few have been sighted in recent decades. The federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades ecosystem. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

State reports 55 cases, 1 in Juneau

Hospital employee among those testing positive.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
Tribes struggle to meet deadline to spend virus relief aid

Tribes struggle to meet deadline to spend virus relief aid

They must quickly decide how to spend more than $714 million in federal virus relief money,

Tribes struggle to meet deadline to spend virus relief aid
Gavel (Courtesy photo)

Judge declines to block virus aid to businesses

“The current situation is too grave,” he said.

Gavel (Courtesy photo)
Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development

“Without federal assistance we are in deep trouble.”

Opinion: Federal assistance is needed for renewable energy development
Proof of the past: These rock formations offer evidence of an ice-free Alaska

Proof of the past: These rock formations offer evidence of an ice-free Alaska

It’s hard to believe Alaska’s cold heart was grassland when Manhattan and Chicago were under blue ice.

Proof of the past: These rock formations offer evidence of an ice-free Alaska
Board of Regents announced interim president candidates
Board of Regents announced interim president candidates
Police calls for Friday, July 10, 2020

Police calls for Friday, July 10, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Friday, July 10, 2020
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet this and next week to select an interim president. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet this and next week to select an interim president. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)