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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
Police calls for Thursday, April 30, 2020

Police calls for Thursday, April 30, 2020

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Police calls for Thursday, April 30, 2020
Opinion: What the future holds for Alaskan families dealing with toxic PFAS in their drinking water
Opinion: What the future holds for Alaskan families dealing with toxic PFAS in their drinking water
Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

University of Alaska announces furloughs for top leaders

Top University of Alaska administrators, including President Jim Johnsen, will be subject to mandatory furloughs to help address budget issues, the system announced Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska, speaks to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at the Moose Lodge on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)