Opinion
Opinion: Sullivan plays make believe with America’s future
Two weeks ago, Sen. Dan Sullivan said Pete Hegseth was a “strong” nominee for Secretary of Defense. “I’ve…
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Opinion: Our comfort with spectacle became a crisis
If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Voter fact left out of news
With all the post-election analysis, one fact has escaped much publicity. When the fate of ranked choice voting…
Opinion
My Turn: Maybe the news is ‘No new news’ on Canada’s plans for Tulsequah Chief mine cleanup
In 2015, the British Columbia government committed to ending Tulsequah Chief’s pollution of the Taku. It has been…
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My Turn: Rights for psychiatric patients must have state enforcement
Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece…
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Opinion: Mired in bureaucracy, CBJ long-term flood fix advances at glacial pace
During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take…
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My Turn: Proud to be ‘woke’
Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…
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My Turn: Making the Arctic great again
It was just over five years ago, in the summer of 2019, that the strategic prescience and unorthodox…
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My Turn: Small wins make big impacts at Alaska Psychiatric Institute
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage is operated by the Department of…
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Opinion: Dunleavy has the prerequisite incompetence to work for Trump
On Tuesday it appeared that Gov. Mike Dunleavy was going to be nominated to be the next Secretary…
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Misperceptions stand in way of disaster survivors wanting to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes
As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we…
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My Turn: Charting a course toward seafood independence for Alaska’s vulnerable food systems
As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA),…
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Opinion: Let’s consider tightening cell phones restrictions in Juneau schools
A recent uptick in student fights on and off campus has Juneau School District administrators looking for answers.…
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Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
Aside from not being a lifelong Republican like Peter Wehner, the sentiment he expressed in The Atlantic a…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Alaskans are smart, can see the advantages of RCV and open primaries
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization that neither endorses nor opposes candidates or political parties,…
Opinion
10 reasons to put country above party labels in election
Like many of you I grew up during an era when people put country above party. The ‘60s…
Letters to the Editor
Letters: Vote no on ballot measure 2 for the future of Alaska
The idea that ranked choice voting (RCV) is confusing is a red herring. The single, nonpartisan ballot is…
Opinion
Opinion: The silent Republican Party betrayal
On Monday night, Donald Trump reported that two Pennsylvania counties had received “THOUSANDS of potentially FRAUDULENT Voter Registration…
Opinion
My Turn: Election presents stark contrasts
This election, both at the state and federal level, presents a choice that couldn’t be more starkly defined.…
Letters to the Editor
Letter: Supporting ranked choice voting is the honest choice
Some folks are really up in arms about the increased freedom afforded Alaska voters by ranked choice voting.…