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My Turn: Entitled? We can’t afford it anymore
Published 4:11pm Friday, March 10, 2017On Feb. 17, 2016, I listened to and provided testimony before the House Finance Committee on House Bill 115, a bill designed to address Alaska’s ... Read more
20 Years Off The Grid
Published 12:20am Wednesday, March 8, 2017In May 1999 Jay and Eileen Beedle set out to raise their children off the grid on Shelter Island, a skiff ride from Juneau. Yearning ... Read more
My Turn: Smallest of lives
Published 5:53pm Friday, February 24, 2017“Here in the arctic, the smallest of lives are miraculous,” said poet Terry Tempest Williams during a trip to ANWR. In 2005 I knelt in ... Read more
Emperor Goose up for hunt after decades of conservation
Published 10:20pm Tuesday, February 14, 2017BETHEL — Federal wildlife officials are looking to open up a subsistence hunt this year for a goose that’s been off-limits to hunting for the ... Read more
Keeping the oil industry healthy
Published 11:05pm Monday, February 13, 2017An observation from educator/philosopher William James came to mind as I watched Robin Brena lecture the House Resources Committee a few days ago on his ... Read more
Parish, Kito and Walker offer qualified support for big budget-fix bill
Published 5:18pm Monday, February 13, 2017Juneau’s two delegates to the Alaska House of Representatives and Gov. Bill Walker say they are optimistic about a keystone budget fix proposed by the ... Read more
Bethel search crew sees spike in alcohol-related calls
Published 1:07am Wednesday, February 8, 2017BETHEL — Members of Bethel’s volunteer search and rescue organization are dealing with a spike in alcohol-related calls this winter, which is putting a strain ... Read more
Deadline to apply for UAS scholarships is approaching fast
Published 4:54pm Sunday, January 29, 2017The deadline to apply for University of Alaska Southeast scholarships is Feb. 15. According to a release from the university, UAS-specific scholarships are open to ... Read more
Rep. Reinbold: The simple truth of the state of the budget
Published 5:38pm Friday, January 27, 2017The conversation around the state budget hasn’t been exactly truthful. The “cuts” have been exaggerated in an attempt to gain public support for “revenue options”, ... Read more
For Denali’s 100th anniversary, state should permanently protect park wildlife along the boundary
Published 5:37pm Friday, January 27, 2017Next month (Feb. 26) will mark the 100th anniversary of Alaska’s most iconic tourism destination — Denali National Park &Preserve. This would be the perfect ... Read more
Oil and gas subsidy debate, which sank budget deal last year, is poised to return
Published 5:18pm Tuesday, January 24, 2017An issue that sank plans for a budget fix in 2016 will soon resurface in the Alaska Legislature. A bill addressing North Slope oil and ... Read more
Walker debuts pay freeze bill: 5,000 workers would be affected
Published 4:39pm Sunday, January 22, 2017Gov. Bill Walker has officially proposed freezing the pay of approximately 5,000 nonunion state employees. Senate Bill 31 was announced Friday morning, two weeks after ... Read more
A new way to hang your keys: Juneau woodworkers laser-cut new business
Published 2:30am Friday, January 20, 2017Local woodworkers Max Stanley and Chris Hinkley aren’t your typical hobbyists. For the past three years, the pair of engineers by training have perfected a ... Read more
Deficit is distant thunder as Legislature convenes
Published 2:18am Wednesday, January 18, 2017For one day, there were smiles. At times resembling students returning for the first day of a new high school year, the 30th Alaska Legislature ... Read more
Urgency in budget, but legislators face rifts
Published 9:01am Tuesday, January 17, 2017JUNEAU — Alaska legislators agree on the need to address the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. But rifts remain over how best to do that, with ... Read more
Letter: Break wasteful idling habits
Published 9:01am Friday, January 6, 2017I read with dismay the excellent Jan. 3 article by Empire reporter James Brooks, “Beneath the waves or beneath the land, warming Alaska poses multiple ... Read more
Letter: New Year’s resolutions
Published 9:00am Tuesday, January 3, 2017In the coming new year, I’d like to humbly suggest that our elected officials resolve to work together and solve Alaska’s fiscal crisis. As a ... Read more
Letter: Collective voice needed
Published 9:00am Tuesday, January 3, 2017When Bill Walker first ran for governor in 2010, I asked him why. He said he was tired of politicians talking about the gas pipeline ... Read more
A year in review: City Hall’s biggest stories in 2016
Published 9:03am Sunday, December 25, 2016As this year draws quickly to its close, it’s becoming increasingly clear that any future mention of 2016 will — for Americans anyway — primarily ... Read more
Slack Tide: ‘Neau Year’s Resolutions for 2017
Published 9:00am Sunday, December 25, 2016The holidays are once again upon us, and nothing spells holiday cheer like compiling lists… especially lists of sudden, drastic self-improvements. Why else would so ... Read more