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The M/V Tustumena returns to Homer on Aug. 1, 2010, after spending the day in Seldovia, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Governor proposes cutting ferry funding at the end of the summer

New budget calls for 75 percent reduction

Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee

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Marijuana industry testifies against governor’s control board nominee

“There’s this undercurrent of trying to push back the marijuana industry.”

US Senator questions Facebook over policies surrounding ivory sales

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US Senator questions Facebook over policies surrounding ivory sales

He worked with Alaska Native artists to resolve an issue with Etsy last year.

Jerry Arizpe and his wife, Jordan, hold a 33-pound bag of food they picked up at the Southeast Alaska Food Bank on Monday, Jan 21, 2019. Arizpe is a U.S. Coast Guardsman at Station Juneau and is not currently receiving a paycheck because of the partial federal shutdown. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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‘Money-wise, I’m almost broke’: Furloughed workers in Juneau prepare for second missed paycheck

“This was a wakeup call for a lot of us.”

Government workers and their supporters hold signs during a protest in Boston, Friday, Jan.11, 2019. The workers rallied with Democratic U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and other supporters to urge that the Republican president put an end to the shutdown so they can get back to work. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Alaska receives almost 10 times more unemployment filings since shutdown began

There have been almost 10 times more unemployment filings from federal workers in Alaska than normal since the…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo credit Juneau Empire</span>                                Robert Monteith, General Manager of the Juneau Empire.

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Empire, CCW get new general manager

His first journalism job was in Alaska.