Opinion

Border family separations open old wounds

I want to express my appreciation to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing the separation of families at the U.S. border and demanding… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018
  • By ROSITA WORL

Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and find their salmon solution conclusions to be… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018

Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and find their salmon solution conclusions to be… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable.

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable. This was evidenced by swelling prison rolls and alarming rates… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOTT
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Win Gruening For the Juneau Empire
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Sam Cotten
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • By SAM COTTEN

What ‘Blue Wave’?

We continue to hear that the “Blue Wave” is coming. Secular progressive liberals who are overwhelmingly Democrats would have us believe that the midterm elections… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2018
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By WIN GRUENING
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Road rebuttal

Road rebuttal

Ben Brown in a June 3 My Turn put Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and the Juneau Access proposal on the same level of community controversy/acceptance.… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Kate Troll
Road rebuttal
Jack Rafuse

Salmon initiative risks Alaska’s economic future

A niece of mine and her husband have owned a restaurant in Homer for at least 20 years. I worked on energy policy at the… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By JACK RAFUSE
Jack Rafuse

Vote Yes for Salmon this November

A thick skin is required for this business. Direct competition is part of the job. To survive in this industry, you’ve got to let the… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Marie Rose
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, people seeking political asylum in the United States line up to be interviewed in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration’s fighting words for asylum seekers don’t appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can’t take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Congress must pass bipartisan reform of our immigration laws

I am outraged to hear of border agents separating immigrant children from their parents. This cynical deterrent splits up children from their parents, including both… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Odette Edgar
In this Monday, June 4, 2018 photo, people seeking political asylum in the United States line up to be interviewed in Tijuana, Mexico, just across the U.S. border south of San Diego. The Trump administration’s fighting words for asylum seekers don’t appear to be having much impact at U.S. border crossings with Mexico. Lines keep growing, so much that U.S. authorities can’t take them all at once. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Mark Begich answers reporters’ questions after filing to run for governor in the 2018 Democratic primary at the state Division of Elections office on Friday, June 1, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Begich is a former two-term mayor of Anchorage. He lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid in 2014 to current U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Walker, Mallott should get another four years

My first action learning that Mark Begich jumped into the gubernatorial race, thus crowding the field, was to apply to change my voter registration from… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Emily Kane
Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Mark Begich answers reporters’ questions after filing to run for governor in the 2018 Democratic primary at the state Division of Elections office on Friday, June 1, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. Begich is a former two-term mayor of Anchorage. He lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid in 2014 to current U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Juneau needs to plan now for 2019 tourism growth

It’s time for Juneau to make plans for 1.31 million visitors in 2019 and beyond, a massive 20 percent growth from 2017. The Mendenhall Glacier… Continue reading

  • Jun 12, 2018
  • By Michael Hekkers
Passengers walk off Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam on Monday, May 1, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Stop stealing crab

I have lived in Juneau and sport fished for Dungeness crab for more than 35 years. I enjoy the activity on the water and my… Continue reading

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • By STEVE PETERSON

Advocating for the homeless

Yesterday as I was waiting for the bus at the Downtown Transit Center, I happened upon a person lying asleep on their sleeping bag by… Continue reading

  • Jun 11, 2018
  • By LYNDA WATTS