Opinion

Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit

Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit

Juneau family, exchange student form bonds.

  • May 12, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: A story of family and the human spirit
Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities

Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities

It’s a big contributor to the economy, quality of life.

  • May 12, 2019
  • By BENJAMIN BROWN
Opinion: Arts and culture integral to Alaska’s rural communities
Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending

Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending

Alaska’s fiscal dilemma remains residents’ top concern.

  • May 10, 2019
  • By KATI CAPOZZI
Opinion: Now is the time to limit state spending
Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do

Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do

Politicians seem incapable of making difficult choices.

  • May 10, 2019
  • By MIKE McCURLEY
Opinion: Raiding the PFD is the easy thing to do
Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving

Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving

Data doesn’t tell the entire story.

  • May 9, 2019
  • By PAMELA GARCIA
Opinion: Our schools are challenged, but thriving
Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience

Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience

Graduates are prepared to lead the way to Alaska’s future.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By JIM JOHNSEN
Opinion: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience
Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities

Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities

Save our road, save our cities.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By CALVIN CASIPIT
Opinion: Ferry system vital to maritime communities
Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford

Lower PFD would balance budget, allow funding of core services.

  • May 8, 2019
  • By CHRIS BIRCH
Opinion: Paying a dividend Alaska can afford
Keep funding the WWAMI program

Keep funding the WWAMI program

I hope the Legislature recognizes the value that locally educated physicians add to our health care system.

  • May 7, 2019
  • By Jill Carlile
  • health
Keep funding the WWAMI program
Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life

“This cannot be happening to me.”

  • May 7, 2019
  • By Kevin Clarkson
Alaska’s Attorney General: This one embarrassing act saved my life
Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage

Bristol Bay’s fish, wildlife and economic prosperity are at stake.

  • May 6, 2019
  • By PERK PERKINS and DAVE BULTHUIS
Opinion: Pebble Mine is bad for business and worse for America’s outdoor heritage
Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Current criminal laws tie our hands, state prosecutors say.

  • May 5, 2019
  • By ANGIE KEMP and JOHN NOVAK
Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now
Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal

Politicians are in pursuit of a mythical creature called efficiency.

  • May 5, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: The politics of waste in Lynn Canal
Opinion: A public vote on the PFD is worse than doing nothing

Opinion: A public vote on the PFD is worse than doing nothing

You can have your cake and eat it too — you just have to pay for the cake.

  • May 3, 2019
  • By LARRY PERSILY
Opinion: A public vote on the PFD is worse than doing nothing
Opinion: The solution to every problem isn’t always spending more money

Opinion: The solution to every problem isn’t always spending more money

Alaska government ‘investments’ versus ‘expenditures.’

  • May 3, 2019
  • By WIN GRUENING
Opinion: The solution to every problem isn’t always spending more money
Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska

Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska

We must keep UA from permanent harm due to lack of funding.

  • May 2, 2019
  • By JOE BEEDLE
Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska
Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Our democracy cannot properly function on distrust.

  • Apr 29, 2019
  • By BILL DILLON
Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust
Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Congress can find a bipartisan way to formerly condemn Trump.

  • Apr 28, 2019
  • By RICH MONIAK
Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens
Opinion: Override Trump’s veto of US involvement in Yemeni war

Opinion: Override Trump’s veto of US involvement in Yemeni war

America is helping to make the humanitarian crisis worse.

  • Apr 26, 2019
  • By CRAIG WILSON
Opinion: Override Trump’s veto of US involvement in Yemeni war
Opinion: Twenty years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

Opinion: Twenty years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

A red flag law could address Alaska’s epidemic of gun violence.

  • Apr 26, 2019
  • By BILL HANSON
Opinion: Twenty years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence