Letters to the Editor
Loss of auto shop hurts students
All across the country there has been renewed interest in vocational education, now commonly known as CTE (Career…
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Rude behavior from Alaska Airlines staff to Folk Fest performers
On the morning of April 16, my sister — singer/songwriter Hope Griffin — and her accompanying cellist JamieLeigh…
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Stick with the tried and true
Ben Speciale’s March 30 My Turn “Modernize recreational fishing – the big picture” misses an important point: anyone…
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Rural help disappearing
Another recent casualty of reduced federal and state funding for social services is the on-site rural support for…
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State funding for Ambler Mining Road is irresponsible
On April 6, the state legislature held a hearing on the feasibility of building a private industrial road…
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Ocean acidification is happening
I read with interest the Empire article “Murkowski introduces bill to study ocean acidification.” I applaud U.S. Sen.…
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CBJ should stop trying to annex Admiralty Island
We encourage Juneau taxpayers to contact their Assembly members and ask them to amend the latest proposal to…
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Make the hard decisions about gun control
I attended the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday, March 24, and I want to share some…
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Opinion: Parish’s ‘no’ vote costs Juneau $20M needed for road
I have always been an independent voter. I am also a longtime supporter of the Juneau Access project.…
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Future generations depend on fossil fuel reserves in the ground
Assuming that they survive, how will our great-great-grandchildren look back on the message from Gov. Bill Walker and…
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Stop pretending the national debt isn’t important
I have noticed that when I email Alaska’s three U.S. lawmakers that the topic of national debt is…
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Alaska natural gas pipeline will be a stimulus for the U.S.
The United States should give us one more stimulus package — to the middle class. In all of…
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Some unsafe work conditions at psychiatric institute are self-inflicted
Employees of state-run Alaska Psychiatric Institute on March 8 marched from API to MacLoughlin to bring attention to…
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When leaders act like children, and children act like leaders
Thank you all for coming last week and protesting gun violence with us. We send our condolences to…
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Support the second amendment, but also some gun controls
I applaud our young people for standing up and protesting a totally unsatisfactory condition in America. I did…
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Invest in expectant mothers, young children
Pregnant women and young children are among the most vulnerable populations in developing nations. Every day, children around…
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Next best chance for a change is this fall
So Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, wants to make a condition on someone getting Medicaid benefits that they have…
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Do not disappoint our students
It was my pleasure as an adult to attend the student walkout on the steps of our state…
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Thunder Bears racist?
I am writing in response to the ridiculous accusations that the combined team name of “Thunder Bears” for…
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Stop attacking the Tongass
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wants to repeal the 2016 Tongass Plan Amendment to log remaining old growth…