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Opinion: Sullivan has fought hard for Alaskan visitor industry businesses

Thankfully, Dan Sullivan understands the importance of the industry.

  • Oct 12, 2020
  • By Dennis McDonnell and Ethan Berto
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In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The corps is asking the backers of Pebble Mine to come up with a mitigation plan within 90 days for nearly 3,000 acres of land and nearly 200 miles of streams it says could be affected if the controversial mine moves forward. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

Opinion: Alaska is an exceptional place for the minerals industry

The minerals industry, too, has been drawn to our state for its abundant resources…

  • Oct 11, 2020
  • By Sarah Davidson
In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The corps is asking the backers of Pebble Mine to come up with a mitigation plan within 90 days for nearly 3,000 acres of land and nearly 200 miles of streams it says could be affected if the controversial mine moves forward. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)
A group protests the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in the White House, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)

Opinion: The lucky Republicans being led by incompetence

“Into the Wild” tourists and Rose Garden attendees have commonalities.

  • Oct 11, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
A group protests the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus in the White House, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin)
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Opinion: Southeast Alaskans, finish the ballot

This year voters in Southeast have it easyonly two judicial officers are on the retention ballot.

  • Oct 10, 2020
  • By Retired Southeast Alaska judges
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Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.

Opinion: Thank-you, wildland firefighters

I join the president in conveying my deepest appreciation to all those who fight wildland fires.

  • Oct 9, 2020
Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.
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Opinion: Ballot Measure 2 puts voters first

This is a law creating transparency.

  • Oct 8, 2020
  • By Jonathon Taylor
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Opinion: Rapid tests must be implemented to save travel industry

The war we must fight now is COVID-19.

  • Oct 8, 2020
  • By Mark Roye
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Opinion: Nuclear launch ‘football’ must immediately be taken from Trump

We are at another moment of grave threat from an erratic, delusional, self-destructive megalomaniac

  • Oct 8, 2020
  • By Rick Steiner
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In this May 7, 2020 photo, Sen. Dan Sullivan wears a mask at a hearing in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch / Pool)

Opinion: Alaska is fortunate to have Dan Sullivan

The stakes have never been so important.

  • Oct 7, 2020
  • By Bob Jacobsen
In this May 7, 2020 photo, Sen. Dan Sullivan wears a mask at a hearing in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch / Pool)
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Opinion: Name Sully As 737 Max test pilot

Here’s why it makes sense.

  • Oct 6, 2020
  • By Jerry Smetzer
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President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump said Wednesday he would "listen to both sides" after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)

Opinion: The Tongass and Trump’s dishonest, lazy style of governance

Administering NEPA that way is dishonest and lazy

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump said Wednesday he would "listen to both sides" after his eldest son and a campaign adviser urged him to intervene to block a proposed copper and gold mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik)
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Opinion: Oil made Alaska rich, now it’s making us poor

It doesn’t need to be this way

  • Oct 5, 2020
  • By Beth Kerttula and Kate Troll
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Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Environmental groups should have to disclose their funding sources

Those natural resources of our frontier state are oil, gas, minerals, fish, timber and tourism.

  • Oct 2, 2020
  • By Frank Murkowski
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Robin O. Brena is a lifelong Alaska who grew up in Skagway and is an original sponsor of Ballot Measure 1, chair of the Oil and Gas Transition Committee for the Walker administration and founder of Brena, Bell and Walker, a longtime Alaskan law firm. (Courtesy Photo / Robin O. Brena)

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 means jobs in Southeast Alaska

Alaskans should not be intimidated out of a fair share for our oil.

  • Oct 1, 2020
  • By Robin Brena
Robin O. Brena is a lifelong Alaska who grew up in Skagway and is an original sponsor of Ballot Measure 1, chair of the Oil and Gas Transition Committee for the Walker administration and founder of Brena, Bell and Walker, a longtime Alaskan law firm. (Courtesy Photo / Robin O. Brena)
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Opinion: Not now, not ever. Just say no.

Upcoming ballot measures “actually pose a threat to Alaskan values and our economic well-being.”

  • Oct 1, 2020
  • By Win Gruening
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Opinion: More compromise and less conflict is the right path for Montana Creek

Opinion: More compromise and less conflict is the right path for Montana Creek

As if 2020 hasn’t been enough already!

  • Sep 29, 2020
  • By Shawn Eisele, Dan Kirkwood and Jeffrey Wilson
Opinion: More compromise and less conflict is the right path for Montana Creek
Opinion: Thank Sullivan when Alaska writes a check to an oil company

Opinion: Thank Sullivan when Alaska writes a check to an oil company

Let’s look at what he actually does.

  • Sep 29, 2020
  • By Stuart Cohen
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Opinion: We are at risk of undermining the foundations of our communities

Opinion: We are at risk of undermining the foundations of our communities

To address pandemic and climate change, listen to science and mobilize our nation’s resources.

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • By Art Bloom
Opinion: We are at risk of undermining the foundations of our communities
Greg Smith has served on the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly for nearly one year. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Finding good stories and inspiration in 2020

By Greg Smith It has been almost a year since I was elected to the Juneau Assembly. What a year it has been: a once-in-a-century… Continue reading

  • Sep 28, 2020
  • By Greg Smith
Greg Smith has served on the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly for nearly one year. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington in April 2018. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opinion: Honoring RBG’s final wish for Americans

The president and the Congress must honor the will of the people.

  • Sep 27, 2020
  • By Deborah Craig
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington in April 2018. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)