Opinion
My Turn: Alaska fisheries management is on an historical threshold
Alaska has a governor who habitually makes appointments to governing boards of individuals who have what should be…
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Opinion: Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year
Late last year, when I went to sign up for my 2024 health insurance on the federal Obamacare…
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Opinion: Ten years and counting with the Juneau Empire…
In 2014, two years after I retired from a 32-year banking career, I was offered the opportunity to…
Opinion
Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s Orwellian style of transparency
When I read that President-elect Donald Trump had filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register on Monday,…
Opinion
Southeast Alaska’s ecosystem is speaking. Here’s how to listen.
Have you ever stepped into an old-growth forest alive with ancient trees or traveled a shoreline with migrating…
Opinion
Opinion: Stress testing the justice system
On Monday, a New York City jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of negligent homicide in the death…
Opinion
Opinion: What does it mean to be part of a community?
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott…
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My Turn: Juneau residents need to tell leaders what services they want and how to pay for them
This is the season of wish lists and holiday dreams, as we eagerly anticipate what Santa — or…
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Opinion: Sullivan plays make believe with America’s future
Two weeks ago, Sen. Dan Sullivan said Pete Hegseth was a “strong” nominee for Secretary of Defense. “I’ve…
Opinion
Opinion: Our comfort with spectacle became a crisis
If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Voter fact left out of news
With all the post-election analysis, one fact has escaped much publicity. When the fate of ranked choice voting…
Opinion
My Turn: Maybe the news is ‘No new news’ on Canada’s plans for Tulsequah Chief mine cleanup
In 2015, the British Columbia government committed to ending Tulsequah Chief’s pollution of the Taku. It has been…
Opinion
My Turn: Rights for psychiatric patients must have state enforcement
Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece…
Opinion
Opinion: Mired in bureaucracy, CBJ long-term flood fix advances at glacial pace
During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take…
Opinion
My Turn: Proud to be ‘woke’
Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…
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My Turn: Making the Arctic great again
It was just over five years ago, in the summer of 2019, that the strategic prescience and unorthodox…
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My Turn: Small wins make big impacts at Alaska Psychiatric Institute
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage is operated by the Department of…
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Opinion: Dunleavy has the prerequisite incompetence to work for Trump
On Tuesday it appeared that Gov. Mike Dunleavy was going to be nominated to be the next Secretary…
Opinion
Misperceptions stand in way of disaster survivors wanting to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes
As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we…
Opinion
My Turn: Charting a course toward seafood independence for Alaska’s vulnerable food systems
As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA),…