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Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leaves a Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sullivan said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, he plans to vote for President Donald Trump, telling a radio program Trump and his administration “have been fully committed to helping our state.” Four years ago, after a 2005 video surfaced in which Trump made lewd comments about women, Sullivan cited the “reprehensible revelations” about Trump in withdrawing his support of Trump’s candidacy. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Sullivan says he plans to vote for Trump

Senator said the choice to support Trump this go-round is, to him, “very clear.”

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leaves a Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sullivan said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, he plans to vote for President Donald Trump, telling a radio program Trump and his administration “have been fully committed to helping our state.” Four years ago, after a 2005 video surfaced in which Trump made lewd comments about women, Sullivan cited the “reprehensible revelations” about Trump in withdrawing his support of Trump’s candidacy. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (NIAID-RML via AP)
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Opinion: You be the judge of who should be our senator

You have a true Alaskan in Washington who has stood and delivered.

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Arctic bristletails, like the ones shown in this photo, are wingless insects that live along the shoreline. (Courtesy Photo / Aaron Baldwin)

We’re still learning about these unusual insects

The’ve been around for 400 million years.

Arctic bristletails, like the ones shown in this photo, are wingless insects that live along the shoreline. (Courtesy Photo / Aaron Baldwin)
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Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 6

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

It is a police car.
AP Photo / Evan Vucci President Donald Trump (left) walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday to return to the White House after receiving treatments for covid-19 at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Trump says he’s leaving hospital for White House, feels good

Trump hoped for a Monday discharge from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19.

AP Photo / Evan Vucci President Donald Trump (left) walks out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday to return to the White House after receiving treatments for covid-19 at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump said Wednesday he would "listen to both sides" after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)

Opinion: The Tongass and Trump’s dishonest, lazy style of governance

Administering NEPA that way is dishonest and lazy

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump said Wednesday he would "listen to both sides" after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)
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Opinion: The mind turns to history amid recent events

So this is what it feels like to be ruled by a megalomaniacal king.””

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Opinion: How I’m voting and why

Yes, yes, independents and Joe.

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Opinion: Oil made Alaska rich, now it’s making us poor

It doesn’t need to be this way

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EcoChaplain Roger Wharton is an Episcopal priest from Juneau who returns when possible for spiritual inspiration and a taste of wilderness. (Courtesy Photo / Roger Wharton)

Living & Growing: God satisfies the needs of every living creature

As usual, I write to you about the biblical and Christian nature wisdom tradition.

EcoChaplain Roger Wharton is an Episcopal priest from Juneau who returns when possible for spiritual inspiration and a taste of wilderness. (Courtesy Photo / Roger Wharton)
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Thank you letter for Oct. 4, 2020

Thank you, merci, danke, gracias, gunalchéesh.

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It is a police car.

Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 4

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

It is a police car.
Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Update: Concerning signs despite word Trump is doing ‘very well’

Trump was admitted Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Trump was admitted to the hospital after contracting the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Environmental groups should have to disclose their funding sources

Those natural resources of our frontier state are oil, gas, minerals, fish, timber and tourism.

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

State reps ask governor to not help Pebble

Prominent legislators call for Dunleavy to stop assisting proposed mine.

Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
An Alaska yellowjacket sits among the leaves in late fall. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)

Fall equinox and the signs of the big turn

It is time for Alaskans to start paying the bill for all that summer daylight.

An Alaska yellowjacket sits among the leaves in late fall. (Courtesy Photo / Ned Rozell)