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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.…
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Ambler Access Project deserves to play out
A recent House Resources Committee hearing on the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project served as a reminder…
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The deception of Stand for Salmon
The Alaska Chamber of Commerce has long been an outspoken voice for pro-business policies that grow our economy…
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Are we safer with or without the Iran deal?
By pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA), the White House is hoping, without any rational basis,…
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Contraceptives effort may have unintended consequences
I write to express my concerns about the State of Alaska’s intent to fund a study on a…
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Build the infrastructure this country deserves
In Alaska it feels we are collectively holding our breath when it comes to deciding whether to invest…
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A governor free from the conflicting interests of party
Gov. Bill Walker called himself a “traditional Alaskan Republican” when declaring his independent run for governor in 2013.…
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‘Criminal Fund’ bill was a win
The Alaska Legislature just united 60 to zero to strike a great blow for restitution for the victims…
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Fund Base Student Allocation
I ‘m writing to ask readers to write the legislature with this urgent request: please provide adequate funds…
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In support of free speech
I’m glad Jack Cadigan prefaced his letter to the editor with a lengthy statement about how staunch a…
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A billion wasted dollars
I sincerely hope scientific minded young people in Alaska step up to replace the bought and paid for…