Letters to the Editor
Letter: Clean up after setting off fireworks at Outer Point
Dear Fourth of July Outer Point fireworks revelers:
Opinion
Opinion: The question of term limits
If passed by voters, a proposed ballot initiative would limit all state legislators to serving 12 consecutive years…
Opinion
My Turn: Ongoing lack of hospice care complicates matters of life and death
“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone?”
Opinion
My Turn: Soapy Smith rides again
I recently spent a rainy Sunday afternoon in the Gold Rush cemetery in Skagway, wandering behind tour guides…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Second Juneau-Douglas crossing won’t fix low- and middle-income housing woes
The article on the second crossing in the Empire on June 28 dredges up the old statement that…
Opinion
My Turn: My costly experience with the Alaska Marine Highway System
Last year during the summer of 2022 I wanted to visit a few small towns in Alaska with…
Opinion
My Turn: Capital creep — a way to weaken state government
I just read that the Permanent Fund Corp. has been considering a move to Anchorage since 2019. I…
Opinion
My turn: Cleaning up Tulsequah Chief Mine is a way to protect salmon as habitats face other threats
King salmon runs along our coast are in trouble. Most scientists think changing ocean conditions are the problem.…
Opinion
Opinion: Alaska’s reckoning with the past could improve care for psychiatric patients
There are a lot of similarities between the federally funded Indian boarding schools and locked psychiatric facilities of…
Opinion
Opinion: Juneau’s July 4 celebrates what is good about America
Growing up in Juneau, and later when raising our own children, our family attended countless Fourth of July…
Opinion
Opinion: Time for Xs, Ys and Zs to quit whining and get into voting booths
I am a Baby Boomer.
Opinion
Opinion: Ellsberg’s leaking of Pentagon Papers is still a model for truth in the digital age
Daniel Ellsberg, known for leaking a secret study about the Vietnam war to the news media, died last…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Appreciate the freedom to tell stories, listen and engage
Sincere and multiple kudos to Alexander Dolitsky for his My Turn of June 19, 2023, in his discussion…
Opinion
My Turn: Glory Hall or new City Hall, that is the question
The relentless drumbeat of the outgoing city manager may leave the CBJ in financial ruin because he has…
Opinion
Opinion: Comments about Trump by Alaska leaders reflect their level of respect for voters
The comments by Alaska’s top elected leaders to former President Donald Trump’s indictment say a lot about what…
Opinion
My Turn: Local leaders’ chatter about diversity and sustainability rings hollow
If you pay attention to the workings of the City and Borough of Juneau, one hears a great…
Opinion
My Turn: What is freedom?
Editor’s note: The following is an account of a fictional conversation.
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Hoping for a favorable ruling as king salmon troller season nears
Folks following the Wild Fish Conservancy lawsuit that seeks to shut down commercial king salmon fishing in Southeast…
Opinion
Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s non-defense of Trump
Referring the unsealed indictment of former President Donald Trump, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said “the charges in this case…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: A safer alternative to Fred Meyer intersection
Regarding the dangerous intersection for left turns off Egan southbound, I didn’t see anything in your article about…