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Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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Your weekend guide: Lighthouse history, board game convention, homeless help and more

Here’s what’s happening this week.

In this file photo from Aug. 1, 2019, Monika Kunat, left, signs an application petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy with others at the Planet Alaska Gallery in downtown Juneau.                                 Michael Penn | 
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Judge vacates order halting enforcement of recall decision

Twists and turns.

Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020

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Tourists watch as one of two cubs crosses the path between groups of tourists visiting the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file)

Opinion

Opinion: No place remains special by accident

To make and keep cohesive neighborhoods, it takes planning and zoning.

Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

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Police calls for Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020

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In this June 17, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)

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Opinion: 10-year-old court case still mars Alaska’s campaign finance laws

The results of the Citizens United decision were immediate, spectacular and damaging.

Mary Kailukiak fishes for tomcod and smoalt on the Bering Sea Saturday, Jan. 18 near Toksook Bay. The first Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census starting today live in this Bering Sea coastal village. The Census traditionally begins earlier in Alaska than the rest of the nation because frozen ground allows easier access for Census workers, and rural Alaska will scatter with the spring thaw to traditional hunting and fishing grounds. (AP Photo | Gregory Bull)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Be counted in the Census, Remembering King, Don’t dismiss Alaska’s energy workers

Letters to the Editor.

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Judge puts signature gathering for Dunleavy recall on hold

JUNEAU — A state court judge on Tuesday put on hold a decision that would have allowed supporters…

Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020

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Police calls for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020

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Bernice King, daughter of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., speaks on Thursday about a series of events to be held in and around The King Center in Atlanta. The events commemorating the birth of civil rights icon center around social justice, non-violence seminars and voter education. (AP Photo | Ron Harris)

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X-ray vision: What the Torah can teach us about race relations in America

Do you remember Superman’s X-ray vision?

Death Notices

Death notice: DuAnne Thorndyke Jacobi

DuAnne Thorndyke Jacobi died Jan. 9, 2020, in Olympia, Washington.

Local college students make honor rolls

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Local college students make honor rolls

Recognizing Juneau’s youth.

Tourists visit Nugget Falls in September 2014. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: When seeking more translates to less

There’s never been a time when anything was “as it used to be.”

Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020

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Police calls for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020

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Alaska company takes pizza to new heights with air delivery

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Alaska company takes pizza to new heights with air delivery

The air deliveries began as a simple matter of supplying a demand.

Catholic Bishop Andrew Bellisario speaks at a news conference Thursday in Anchorage announcing a review commissioned by the Archdiocese of Anchorage found credible evidence of sexual misconduct by 14 people who served in the archdiocese dating to 1966. (AP Photo | Mark Thiessen)

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14 with church ties named in Alaska misconduct review

A review found credible evidence by 14 people who served in the archdiocese dating to 1966.

The Alaska State Capitol reflects the sun in December 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The American Dream with an Alaskan twist

The Permanent Fund is being mismanaged.

Visitors line up to view Juneau’s downtown harbor in August 2015. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Do you restrict your activities when traveling?

It is true isn’t it that those who want to restrict days, time, and hours of tourist activities…

Planet Alaska: A lesson from haa shagóon in 2020

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Planet Alaska: A lesson from haa shagóon in 2020

The phrase means so much more than just “our ancestors.”

Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…