Opinion

My Turn: Protecting the values of Denali National Park

This summer I spent a week in Denali National Park visiting with hundreds of tourists, answering their questions about Alaska, and sharing books about the… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2016
  • By DEBBIE S. MILLER

My Turn: Alaska reverses its opposition to investigations into Exxon climate fraud

Just two months after the attorney general of Alaska joined other conservative oil states in opposing a nationwide investigation by 20 other attorneys general into… Continue reading

  • Sep 1, 2016
  • By RICK STEINER

My Turn: Feds disingenuous about predator management in Alaska

Many in the outdoor community are probably aware that recently approved regulations by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2016
  • By TED SPRAKER

Alaska Editorial: Avian flu arrives in Alaska

The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:Highly pathogenic avian flu — an extremely infectious variety of bird flu often fatal to birds… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2016

My Turn: Wildlife professionals culpable in Alaska bear attack

Wilderness guide Anna Powers followed bear spray and bear encounter guidelines to the letter — and that’s why she’s in a hospital recovering from a… Continue reading

  • Aug 31, 2016
  • By DAVE SMITH
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, left, shown on the first day of the 29th Legislature at the Capitol in Juneau in January.

My Turn: Lands into trust

Since we came into office, the topic of tribes placing lands into trust in Alaska has engendered some of the most passionate comments and concerns… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2016
  • By GOV. BILL WALKER and LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOTT
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, left, shown on the first day of the 29th Legislature at the Capitol in Juneau in January.

Alaska Editorial: Time to move ‘Into the Wild’ bus

The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:Maybe this idea from one of our Twitter followers is what should be done about the… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2016

My Turn: Untangling support and accountability

My best teachers are often the people who come to AWARE for services. I’ll never forget the first time I met with a mother I… Continue reading

  • Aug 30, 2016
  • By SARALYN TABACHNICK

My Turn: International trading isn’t a perfect art, but it’s still a necessary one

Since the 2016 presidential race got underway, there has been a lot of talk, some of it angry and hostile, about globalization and free trade.… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2016
  • By Ben Brown

My Turn: Letters from a lawmaker, and the precarious power of elected officials as private citizens

Alaska, wake up.That an individual you elected to make laws and lead the state would defend the character of a convicted child sex offender and… Continue reading

  • Aug 29, 2016
  • By JILL BURKE

My Turn: The myth of privatization

The U.S. Department of Justice is ending its decade’s long relationship with private prisons. The decision only affects federal inmates, so it has no direct… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2016
  • By Rich Moniak

My Turn: Local politics don’t need to be so divisive

It’s been awhile since I wrote a column. I decided to stop once I got to the pondering stage about whether or not to run… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2016
  • By Kate Troll

My Turn: The Legislature is even more broken than we thought

“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the… Continue reading

  • Aug 28, 2016
  • By JUSTIN PARISH

My Turn: What’s a girl to do?

When I was a kid in early years of learning the saga of U.S. history, I had trouble understanding the meaning, relationship and difference between… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2016
  • By Carolyn Brown

My Turn: Whale-watchers, clean up your act

The last few years, there has been a large increase in the number of whale-watching boats running out of Auke Bay. I’m not sure of… Continue reading

  • Aug 26, 2016
  • By MIKE BETHERS

Alaska Editorial: More than words

The following editorial first appeared in the Kenai Peninsula Clarion:The next time you recite the Pledge of Allegiance at a public function, try to listen… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2016

My Turn: The truth about child abuse in rural Alaska villages

You recently published an editorial titled “It takes a village to abuse a child.” As a victim of child abuse in an Alaskan village, I… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2016
  • By MALEAH WENZEL

My Turn: Overturn Citizens United and empower small donors

Since the inception of our democracy, Americans have been concerned about the undue influence of powerful corporations. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I hope we shall take… Continue reading

  • Aug 25, 2016
  • By MARGARET STOCK

Alaska Editorial: A return to a tribal homeland

The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:It is a story that is all too familiar: Facing climate change and the destruction of… Continue reading

  • Aug 24, 2016

Alaska Editorial: State’s failure to pursue land trust appeal at odds with prior statements

The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Gov. Bill Walker’s decision to not appeal a federal court’s ruling in an Alaska Native… Continue reading

  • Aug 23, 2016