Opinion
Defeat the stigma associated with mental health conditions
There’s a virus spreading across America. It harms the one in five Americans affected by mental health conditions.…
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Win Gruening’s attack on early education is a false start
I was disappointed to read columnist Win Gruening’s recent attack on the Best Starts program. Best Starts is…
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Building a dog park at Adair-Kennedy doesn’t make sense
I am deeply concerned about some changes at Adair-Kennedy Park. Just recently the city removed a good chunk…
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Pick Dunleavy for better public safety
Public safety is an issue that is important to all Alaskans. Rising crime, dwindling resources and inadequate responses…
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Need help? AWARE is here
AWARE (Aiding Women in Abuse and Rape Emergencies) exists at intersections. When people come to us, they’re in…
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Proposed fisheries ballot measure goes too far
I love salmon, but I care deeply about Alaska too. That’s why I oppose the salmon initiative. I…
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Senate Bill 26: Diapering the devils in the details
The 2018 legislative session ended with many of us breathing a sigh of relief through clenched teeth; thankful…
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The Road and the capital move
I’m not going to rehash the capital move saga because Ben Brown thoroughly covered it in an Empire…
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In response to ‘Best Starts or blank check?’
Win Gruening’s column published in Sunday’s paper, while difficult to read, is not wholly inaccurate. In referring to…
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Bipartisan collaboration on health care
The Alaska Legislature ended its session May 13. With the final gavel falling, two years of the longest…
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Federal employees make a difference every day
Public Service Recognition Week 2018 was May 6 to 12. As President of the Juneau chapter of NARFE,…
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Best Starts or blank check?
Public efforts to expand early child education across the country and, most recently in Juneau under the Best…
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Don’t take away rights of vulnerable people
Lawmakers have again willfully and intentionally stripped away constitutionally protected rights of due process. House Bill 312 is,…
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Stop the HydroOne sale
Who gave Avista the option to sell America’s energy company to Canada’s HydroOne and why? Canada can later…
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Where are all the sandhill cranes?
A friend recently noted that he hadn’t seen sandhill cranes on the Anchorage skyline this summer. It’s because…
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Dear UA, Don’t go through with a 10-year timber sale in Haines
I’m a lifelong Southeast Alaskan, commercial fishermen and union tradesman with a background in rural living and aquaculture.…
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Forward-thinking planning vital to the future of ‘the glacier’
The Glacier. The Mendenhall. The Lake. In U.S. Forest Service nomenclature, this Juneau gem is the Mendenhall Glacier…
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Military history museum effort deserves support
My father, Ed Walker, served in the Aleutians in WWII and was one of the last surviving members…
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Bringing the Wild West back to Alaska
Amid Alaska’s deep recession with no end, it is the city of Anchorage that suffers the most. Beyond…
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Medicaid work requirements are cruel and misguided
Recently, our state senate looked at ways to limit Medicaid access with Senate Bill 193, introduced by Sen.…