Opinion

Stand up, speak out against separating children from parents

Separating children from their parents at the Southern border is cruel. It is meant to be cruel. It is meant to send a message. The… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2018
  • By CHAVA LEE

Zero-tolerance a strategic blunder and national disgrace

President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ zero-tolerance policy is dangerous to our national security, as well as so wrong on so many levels.… Continue reading

  • Jun 21, 2018
  • By JOE MEHRKENS
Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

The Department of Homeland Security removed more than 2,000 children from their families in a matter of weeks. As mothers and grandmothers who have dedicated… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2018
  • By DONNA WALKER and TONI MALLOTT
Learn from our history, don’t repeat it
Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

The Department of Homeland Security removed more than 2,000 children from their families in a matter of weeks. As mothers and grandmothers who have dedicated… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2018
  • By TONI MALLOTT
Learn from our history, don’t repeat it

Border family separations open old wounds

I want to express my appreciation to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing the separation of families at the U.S. border and demanding… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2018
  • By ROSITA WORL

We all must stop this monstrosity!

The current U.S. policy of ripping crying children from their parents arms because they are illegal immigrants is pure evil, and must be stopped. These… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2018

We all must stop this monstrosity!

The current U.S. policy of ripping crying children from their parents arms because they are illegal immigrants is pure evil, and must be stopped. These… Continue reading

  • Jun 20, 2018

Border family separations open old wounds

I want to express my appreciation to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska for opposing the separation of families at the U.S. border and demanding… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018
  • By ROSITA WORL

Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and find their salmon solution conclusions to be… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018

Vote against Ballot Measure One

I read Cook Inlet Keepers’, Stand for Salmon’s, and the Alaska Conservation Foundation’s pro-House Bill 199 opinion and find their salmon solution conclusions to be… Continue reading

  • Jun 19, 2018
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For far too long, Alaska relied on a corrections and prisoner-rehabilitation approach that was unsustainable.

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

For 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… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By Greg Razo
Let’s not jeopardize common-sense criminal justice reforms

SB 26 makes a critical change for Alaska’s future

A generation ago, Alaska’s leaders made a once-in-a-lifetime decision that set our state on a unique course. To some, the new wealth flowing through Alaska’s… Continue reading

  • Jun 17, 2018
  • By LT. GOV. BYRON MALLOTT
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Win Gruening For the Juneau Empire
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 15, 2018
  • By Sam Cotten
(Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion: The truth about fish and wildlife management in Alaska

Alaska’s support for the National Park Service’s recently proposed amendments to hunting and trapping practices on national preserves in Alaska is not about trophies. It… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2018
  • By SAM COTTEN

What ‘Blue Wave’?

We continue to hear that the “Blue Wave” is coming. Secular progressive liberals who are overwhelmingly Democrats would have us believe that the midterm elections… Continue reading

  • Jun 14, 2018
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Connecting the dots between Juneau’s economy and Juneau’s needs

We don’t like talking about it much, but Juneau’s picturesque landscape has some scary bare spots we can’t seem to patch. Formerly full local malls… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By WIN GRUENING
The Walmart in Juneau before it closed. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Road rebuttal

Road rebuttal

Ben Brown in a June 3 My Turn put Mayor Bill Overstreet Park and the Juneau Access proposal on the same level of community controversy/acceptance.… Continue reading

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • By Kate Troll
Road rebuttal