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Salmon dry on a rack in Quinhagak, a Yup’ik village in Western Alaska, in July 2023. Salmon is a staple of the traditional Indigenous diet in Alaska and one of the main foods harvested through subsistence practices. A new rule made final by the Department of the Interior is aimed at boosting tribal participation in subsistence management. (Alice Bailey/University of Alaska Fairbanks)

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New rule adds three Alaska tribal representatives to federal board managing subsistence

Federal government also announces three agreements with tribal organizations on lands, water management.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

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These materials are mailed to Alaska voters who request absentee ballots. Clockwise, from the top right: The envelope from the Alaska Division of Elections, the return envelope, the ballot and instructions. (Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon)

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As dropbox program ends, most Alaska absentee voters will pay $1.46 to cast their ballots

The Alaska Division of Elections has not continued a ballot dropbox program operated in coordination with the Municipality…

The front page of the Juneau Empire on Oct. 13, 1994. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Empire Archives: Juneau’s history for the week ending Oct. 19

Three decades of capital city coverage.

A map shows Douglas Island between Outer Point and Point Hilda, where Goldbelt Inc. owns about 1,800 acres of land. The urban Alaska Native corporation announced Wednesday it and Royal Caribbean Group are exploring a proposed cruise ship port with two floating docks and “a recreated 1800s Alaska Native Tlingit village” on the property. (Google Maps image)

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West Douglas cruise port proposed by Goldbelt and Royal Caribbean, to surprise and dismay of city officials

Two-ship floating dock, recreated 1800s Tlingit village envisioned on island as soon as 2027.

Juvencio Garcia (right) has people sign in to stay at the city’s cold-weather emergency shelter in Thane on the first night of its second year of operation Tuesday. Garcia was among those who stayed at the shelter last year and said he hopes to provide the help shelter staff from the first season provided him. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Warming shelter opens for second season hoping to provide clients, staff and neighbors more relief

Indoor bathrooms, smoking breaks among changes meant to lessen first-year tensions.

In an undated photo via Carol Ann Hafner, Eric Hafner. Hafner, who is serving a 20-year sentence, is running to represent a state in which he has never set foot. He could play the spoiler under Alaska’s ranked-choice system. (Via Carol Ann Hafner via The New York Times)

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How a man imprisoned in New York could sway Alaska’s key U.S. House race

In close race between Peltola and Begich that may determine House majority, Eric Hafner is a bizarre twist.

A line of vehicles responds to the scene of a fatal wreck at Egan Drive and Mendenhall Loop Road on April 26, 2023. The two-vehicle crash involved a car and a truck, with a female passenger inside the truck pronounced dead at the scene. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Juneau man arrested for manslaughter, DUI after woman’s death in 2023 vehicle collision

Passenger in truck driven by Patrick Dealexandro, 57, killed in crash at busy Egan Drive intersection.

(Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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JPD vehicle involved in collision at Douglas Bridge that closes part of Egan Drive for three hours

Officer treated and released at hospital for injuries, passenger of other car released at scene.

Neil Steininger (left) and Maureen Hall are the two newly elected members of the Juneau Assembly, according to results of the Oct. 1 municipal election certified on Tuesday. (Photo of Steininger by Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire; photo of Hall provided by the City and Borough of Juneau)

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Certified election results put Steininger and Hall on Assembly, sink Saturday cruise ship ban

Turnout of 38.7% is fifth-highest in local election since 2000 — but well below most in prior decade.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024

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Snow falls on the Alaska Capitol and the statue of William Henry Seward on Monday, April 1, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska Capitol may begin screening all visitors in 2025, according to draft security proposal

An airport-style security screening checkpoint could be coming to the Alaska State Capitol, ending decades of open public…

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024

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People dance to music by The Muskeg Collective during KTOO’s 50-Fest on Saturday night at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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KTOO packs a half century of programming into a six-hour 50-Fest anniversary celebration

Ten mini-concerts, plus interviews, theater and tributes showcase public broadcasting outlet’s history.

Commercial fishing boats are lined up at the dock at Seward’s harbor on June 22. Numerous economic forces combined last year to create a $1.8 billion loss for the Alaska seafood industry, and related losses affected other states, according to a new report. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

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Alaska’s seafood industry lost $1.8 billion last year, NOAA report says

A variety of market forces combined with fishery collapses occurring in a rapidly changing environment caused Alaska’s seafood…

Jasmine Chavez, a crew member aboard the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, waves to her family during a cell phone conversation after disembarking from the ship at Marine Park on May 10. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Ships in port for the week of Oct. 12

Here’s what to expect this week.

Vincent Colliard navigates past glacier crevasses on the Juneau Icefield during a three-week crossing with fellow polar explorer Børge Ousland as part of their Ice Legacy project, which seeks to cross the world’s 20 largest icefields to raise awareness about the Arctic and impacts climate change is causing there. (Børge Ousland / Copyright photo used with permission)

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Two polar explorers add to their ‘Ice Legacy’ with perilous 20-day crossing of the Juneau Icefield

Børge Ousland and Vincent Colliard overcome collapsing snow bridges, impassible crevasses, other challenges.