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Opinion: The progressive revolution is here
Published 6:00am Friday, September 14, 2018
Things have to change and we have to have the courage to change them.
Read morePerseverance Theatre: This is ‘Our Town’
Published 9:00am Tuesday, September 11, 2018
With summer winding down, Perseverance Theatre is ramping up for its 40th season.
Read moreJuneau, state test scores rise from 2017
Published 2:58pm Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Alaska students improved in the state’s standardized testing program, but fewer than half are proficient in math, science and English.
Read moreJuneau charter fisherman appointed to ‘Supreme Court’ of halibut
Published 1:43pm Tuesday, September 4, 2018
A Juneau lodge owner and charter fisherman has been named to the International Pacific Halibut Commission, becoming the first charter fisherman to be seated on ... Read more
Fish Factor: Shellfish and seafood businesses growing
Published 2:18pm Friday, August 31, 2018
As Gov. Bill Walker prepares to sign a bill this week enacting the Alaska Mariculture Development Plan, 16 new applicants hope to soon begin growing ... Read more
Opinion: PFD must be constitutionally protected
Published 3:53pm Thursday, August 30, 2018
I moved to Alaska in 1979. As a place, Alaska was awesome. Big mountains, vast distances, awesome wildlife, deep fjords, huge glaciers and enormous rivers ... Read more
Opinion: Mark Begich should step aside this year
Published 4:00pm Monday, August 20, 2018
Bill Walker and Byron Mallott have steered us through one of the most challenging periods of our recent history.
Read moreKeep the Tongass wild and roadless
Published 4:51pm Friday, August 10, 2018
Alaskans are blessed with some of the wildest, most biologically prolific forests on the planet. Nowhere else is this more evident than the Tongass rainforest, ... Read more
Election 2018: Retired teacher Sara Hannan isn’t too tired to run
Published 1:55pm Wednesday, August 8, 2018
It started with a march, and now it’s a run.
Read moreVote ‘yes’ on salmon habitat ballot initiative
Published 11:10am Monday, August 6, 2018
I have been thinking long and hard about the salmon habitat ballot initiative that will be on Alaska’s November ballot. I served as Director of ... Read more
Fish Factor: Wild Salmon Day, Blue Economy and the Endangered Species Act
Published 10:33am Monday, August 6, 2018
Alaskans will celebrate Alaska Wild Salmon Day on Aug. 10, but plans also are underway for a much bigger celebration: the International Year of the ... Read more
Endless, roadless: Forest Service tries again to settle Tongass development issues
Published 9:49am Thursday, August 2, 2018
The U.S. Forest Service on Thursday announced an agreement with the State of Alaska that may lead to more development in the Tongass National Forest.
Read moreOpinion: Begich is my choice for governor
Published 9:31am Friday, July 27, 2018
We need a governor who is foursquare in support of a woman’s right to choose.
Read moreVote ‘no’ on Stand for Salmon
Published 3:15pm Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Generations of Alaska Native people have revered salmon for its life-sustaining properties and role in the growth and survival of our communities. To say that ... Read more
The MSA and Don Young’s partisan dilemma
Published 1:20pm Friday, July 13, 2018
Like the breakup of a marriage, there are two sides to this story.
Read moreThe champion of nothing
Published 3:32pm Sunday, July 1, 2018“Our oceans are our lifeblood,” U.S. Sen Dan. Sullivan, R-Alaska, wrote in a recent My Turn. “It’s imperative that they remain sustainable.” I felt a ... Read more
The champion of nothing
Published 9:46am Friday, June 29, 2018
The Save Our Seas Act isn’t really an act at all.
Read moreFunding of new pre-K program could be on October ballot
Published 10:55pm Tuesday, June 26, 2018A new pre-kindergarten program for Juneau youth is still in the works, but funding the program may be up to voters this October. The City ... Read more
Funding of new pre-K program could be on October ballot
Published 6:55pm Monday, June 25, 2018
A new pre-kindergarten program for Juneau youth is still in the works, but funding the program may be up to voters
Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do
Published 3:15pm Monday, June 25, 2018Propaganda is, by definition, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. ... Read more