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Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. (Photo courtesy Van Abbott)

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OPINION: The illusion of superiority

America’s military edge endures but only if it adapts to the economics and speed of AI warfare.

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LETTER: Missing and murdered Indigenous women can’t be forgotten

This most recent death of Kelly Hunt has hit me deeply and viscerally. Missing and murdered Indigenous women…

The Southeast Alaska Conservation Council is a nonprofit headquartered in Juneau. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file)

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OPINION: The pesky implications of the full picture of Alaska mining project

Win Gruening’s April 1 column asked why Juneau’s “economic naysayers” won’t connect the dots, dismissing community voices and…

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OPINION: When symbolism is prosecuted and power is protected

8647 was never a threat. It was a spectacle, a political exorcism in which the Justice Department fixates…

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Student Beebuks Kookesh practices his casting technique. After the course, he continues on with Favorite Bay Lodge as a guide.

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Woven Peoples and Places: Remembering the 2nd Annual Tongass Guide Academy

Students learned not only the skills of fly fishing, but about tourism’s impacts on small coastal communities

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OPINION: Juneau Assembly in the weeds looking for cuts, let’s look at the trees first

When our Assembly Finance Committee met on April 22 to consider possible cuts to the budget, they were…

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OPINION: Now hiring time travelers – From expertise to absurdity

The ‘best people’ pledge has crossed into science fiction

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LETTER: Separate is not equal and Alaska should know better

As a leader within the NAACP, I do not take lightly the responsibility to speak when history echoes…

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The author and his stepdad both loved fly fishing, but never fly fished together.

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I Went to the Woods: The firefighter who fished

Tom was the type of guy who had a fly rod spreadsheet. Not because he was pretentious, a…

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LETTER: Slow down revision to the Tongass plan

I make my living on the water in Southeast Alaska. Like a lot of people, I don’t look…

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LETTER: Funding cuts will leave many Alaskans out in the cold

A successful state-funded program that helps people onto a path of safety and stability faces devasting cuts this…

The global shift to electrification is advancing across passenger vehicles, heavy trucks, and emerging aviation technologies. (Black Press file photo)

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Opinion: All the wrong moves

The Trump Administration is destroying the future economy.

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LETTER: Alaska fisheries in jeopardy

Alaska is running out of time. The scale of bycatch in 2026 — including more than 10.5 million…

Trevor Storrs is the president and CEO of the Alaska Children’s Trust. (Courtesy photo)

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The many faces of prevention

Communities are leading the way in preventing child abuse and neglect

Old magazines, especially those that are pre-social media proliferation, pre-COVID and pre-AI, are refreshing reads. (Courtesy of Jeff Lund)

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I Went to the Woods: Serious back issues

“Do you need that magazine?”

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LETTER: Juneau is your city, stop dumping on it

Criticism is an essential element of democracy, and of good government. However, in recent times, an anti-tax, anti-government…

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Deputy Municipal Clerk Andi Hirsh (left) explains options for implementing ranked choice voting to Juneau Assembly members during a Committee of the Whole meeting June 2, 2025, at City Hall.

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Opinion: Gaslighting the vote: Sullivan backs Trump’s attack on ranked-choice voting

When Donald Trump declared on April 10 that ranked-choice voting is fraudulent, Senator Dan Sullivan responded with a…

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OPINION: Áak’w Landing, a bright spot in Juneau’s economy

With the recent announcement of the finalization of a necessary tidelands lease, the protracted and long-running permitting process…

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LETTER: Juneau doing its part to save the Earth

Happy Earth Month. Good things are happening!

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LETTER: Congress must put the people first

When members of Congress are elected, they swear an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States…