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Protecting salmon is good business and the right thing to do
Published 4:11pm Saturday, June 23, 2018
Propaganda 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
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi
Published 5:29pm Monday, June 18, 2018I grew up here in Southeast Alaska with a childhood full of blueberries, huckleberries, high-bush cranberries, salmon berries, spruce-tip jelly, sea lettuce and beautiful wild ... Read more
Eating Wild: Beach Greens Quick Kimchi
Published 9:29am Monday, June 18, 2018
The indigenous communities of Alaska have been living with these plants and this land for millenia.
Read moreLet’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms
Published 2:43pm Sunday, June 17, 2018For 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 ... Read more
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms
Published 10:12am Thursday, June 14, 2018
For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable.
Read moreJuneau needs to plan now for 2019 tourism growth
Published 3:24pm Tuesday, June 12, 2018It’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 ... Read more
Fish Factor: Hagfish, also known as ‘slime eels,’ have many uses
Published 6:27pm Wednesday, June 6, 2018Hagfish is the real name for what is commonly called slime eels and it could become a viable fishery with ready markets standing by. Little ... Read more
My son’s ocean
Published 3:59pm Monday, June 4, 2018My son has fished with me since he was five months old. He was not much help then, but he was on the boat that ... Read more
Accept the economic reality of Juneau Access
Published 8:02pm Thursday, May 31, 2018As a lifelong Alaskan born in Anchorage, I grew up hearing about how the capital move — moving the capital from Juneau to elsewhere — ... Read more
Americans must learn to value health
Published 3:08pm Tuesday, May 29, 2018I was pleased the Empire dedicated the entire opinion page to the important topic of curtailing health care costs in the May 22 issue. It ... Read more
What largess?
Published 3:31pm Sunday, May 27, 2018In his May 21 My Turn, Todd Smoldon is thankful that there are no new taxes but disparaging of the use of the permanent fund ... Read more
Healing and harvesting: Kasaan prepares for annual harvest event
Published 11:02pm Tuesday, May 22, 2018Deep in the coastal rainforest of Prince of Wales Island, the Haida village of Kasaan prepares for the 5th Annual Kasaan Community Harvest. This event ... Read more
Senate Bill 26: Diapering the devils in the details
Published 2:13pm Monday, May 21, 2018The 2018 legislative session ended with many of us breathing a sigh of relief through clenched teeth; thankful the House Majority and Gov. Bill Walker ... Read more
Dear UA, Don’t go through with a 10-year timber sale in Haines
Published 2:37pm Wednesday, May 16, 2018I’m a lifelong Southeast Alaskan, commercial fishermen and union tradesman with a background in rural living and aquaculture. I’ve hiked and hunted through the aftermath ... Read more
Forward-thinking planning vital to the future of ‘the glacier’
Published 2:36pm Wednesday, May 16, 2018The Glacier. The Mendenhall. The Lake. In U.S. Forest Service nomenclature, this Juneau gem is the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area (MGRA). The USFS and contractors ... Read more
Contraceptives effort may have unintended consequences
Published 3:48pm Sunday, May 13, 2018I write to express my concerns about the State of Alaska’s intent to fund a study on a Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC), currently included in ... Read more
USCG Juneau Sector commander Thorne whistled ashore
Published 11:22pm Saturday, May 5, 2018The first day of Capt. Phillip R. Thorne’s U.S. Coast Guard career was captured in a photo in Connecticut newspaper “The New London Day.” It ... Read more
House votes to borrow $1 billion for oil and gas deal
Published 12:44am Friday, May 4, 2018In a 23-15 vote Thursday afternoon, the Alaska House of Representatives approved a plan to borrow a billion dollars from global bond markets and send ... Read more
What’s Happening the week of April 25-May 1
Published 8:07pm Wednesday, April 25, 2018Raincountry Flyfishers meeting, Wednesday, April 25, 7 p.m., Thunder Mountain High School Library. Gary Sedgwick, David Athern, and George Elgee will present. All welcome. Pillars ... Read more
Art behind bars: Lemon Creek art program benefits inmates, regional nonprofits
Published 1:19am Friday, April 20, 2018Editor’s note: Additional details have been added to clarify the collaboration between programs at the Sealaska Corporation and Sealaska Heritage Institute. At first, Kenny Smith ... Read more