On Jan. 9, 2006, reporter Lisa Demer with the then-Anchorage Daily News wrote “No day in court” reporting about a settlement agreement in U.S. District… Continue reading
Independence Day in Juneau is always a memorable occasion. Annually, professional fireworks at midnight are just one event in a much larger celebration on the… Continue reading
Juneau’s topography and climate have blessed us with renewable electric power. But like the rest of the country, and the world, we’re too dependent on… Continue reading
The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy and exercising that right is important. This year more than 19,000 Alaskans have registered to… Continue reading
I am a widow, aged 74, living in Homer. I came to Alaska in 1960 to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks, fell in love… Continue reading
On Aug. 1, 2015, Quinton Chandler with KBBI radio published “North Pole lawmaker seeks investigation into the state Office of Children’s Services.”Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:The University of Alaska is in a difficult position. Facing budget cuts that have extended and… Continue reading
The recent editorial by William Hogarth and Steve Murawski, titled “Longstanding fisheries act doesn’t need changing,” gets a lot of things right. The Magnuson-Stevens Act… Continue reading
I am Janie Standifer, and I am 17 years old. I am from Tyonek, a village of 200 people right across the Inlet from Anchorage.… Continue reading
This month, you’ll see back-to-school ads from virtually every store. These ads will try to convince you that you need to buy clothes, shoes, computers,… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Ketchikan Daily News:When the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center opened in 1995, any visitor who stepped inside the $10… Continue reading
Horrific videos of young men shot by police. The tragic murders of law enforcement officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge. We seem to face an… Continue reading
In 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the Alaska Parental Consent law regarding a minor child’s abortion was unconstitutional. In that ruling, the court… Continue reading
The firefly lights kept blinking on and off. As we chased their flight through the Washington, D.C., hotel garden, we admired their efforts. Their adult… Continue reading
After losing to Joe Miller in the 2010 primary, Sen. Lisa Murkowski bucked the Republican establishment by mounting a historic write-in campaign. She justified her… Continue reading
The deadliest animal in the world isn’t the shark, bear or the human being. It is the mosquito.This past week, the Empire has published a… Continue reading
It’s easy these days to focus on all the things wrong with our city and state, but this week there was much good to celebrate.Juneauites… Continue reading
The Walker Administration and a supportive legislative minority have struggled mightily to persuade Alaskans the budget really has been “cut to the bone” and it’s… Continue reading
Imagine life in Juneau without ferries.It isn’t a pleasant mental picture.Yet, in 2013, this is exactly what the residents of Kodiak, the Alaska Peninsula and… Continue reading
Before the Mount Polley Mine disaster struck two years ago, our communities of Xat’sull First Nation and Likely, British Columbia, lived in the reassurance from… Continue reading
