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Point of View: Pigeon-holing and political prejudice

It’s time to drop party identifications.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Dana Zigmund / Juneau Empire Geoff and Marcy Larson toast to 35 years of brewing in the Alaskan Brewing Co. Tap Room on Feb. 4. A timeline of business milestones hangs behind them.

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Hop-y anniversary: Local couple celebrates 35 years of brewing beer together

Alaskan Brewing Co. turns 35.

Alaska Republican state Rep. David Eastman, standing, speaks on the House floor on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Juneau Alaska. Alaska House leaders have backed away from a proposal to strip committee assignments from Eastman, who has acknowledged being a member of the far-right organization Oath Keepers, and for now plan to hold at least one hearing on the group. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Alaska House backs off sanctions for Oath Keepers legislator

Eastman has cast the current debate around him as an extension of “cancel culture”

Brian Lauth, closing manager for Super Bear Supermarket IGA, bags groceries Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Next month, the Finance Committee for the City and Borough of Juneau will consider whether to exempt grocery purchases from the city's sales tax. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire File)

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CBJ to consider ending sales tax on food

Long-running debate set to resume.

Ketchikan resident Jack Finnegan, left, owner of Fishability, and Bonnie, center, and Stormy Hamar, who own Kasaan Arts, Museum, and Canoes stand outside the Sealaska Heritage Building on Feb. 8. Earlier Tuesday, each business owner was named a winner of the Path to Prosperity contest, put on by nonprofit Spruce Root. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)

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Entrepreneurs get a boost on the Path to Prosperity

Spruce Root awards $50,000 in prizes

South Peninsula Hospital Foundation Executive Director Jeffrey Eide. (Photo provided)

Business

SPH Foundation welcomes Jeffrey Eide as director

South Peninsula Hospital Foundation recently added to its leadership team with the appointment of Jeffrey Eide as Executive…

AP Photo / Kamran Jebreili A Hawksbill sea turtle that was found on a nearby beach is displayed after an autopsy was performed along with trash mostly plastic materials, top, and food items, left, at the Al Hefaiyah Conservation Center lab, in the city of Kalba, on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. A staggering 75% of all dead green turtles and 57% of all loggerhead turtles in Sharjah had eaten marine debris, including plastic bags, bottle caps, rope and fishing nets, a new study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin. The study seeks to document the damage and danger of the throwaway plastic that has surged in use around the world and in the UAE, along with other marine debris.

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Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

BERLIN — Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels and will continue to grow even if significant…

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

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Angel (Photo courtesy of Alaska Mindful Paws)

Community

Pet of the Week: Angel

Look who’s back! Well, hello there, Angel! This sweet mama has been in a foster home and has…

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Cross Country Ski