I love salmon, but I care deeply about Alaska too. That’s why I oppose the salmon initiative. I doubt that there is anyone in Alaska… Continue reading
A friend recently noted that he hadn’t seen sandhill cranes on the Anchorage skyline this summer. It’s because they are all south in Seattle, Portland,… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature ended its session May 13. With the final gavel falling, two years of the longest budgets fights between Alaskans in over a… Continue reading
The 2018 legislative session ended with many of us breathing a sigh of relief through clenched teeth; thankful the House Majority and Gov. Bill Walker… Continue reading
I’m not going to rehash the capital move saga because Ben Brown thoroughly covered it in an Empire column two weeks ago. But as he… Continue reading
Win Gruening’s column published in Sunday’s paper, while difficult to read, is not wholly inaccurate. In referring to public school testing proficiency, we in the… Continue reading
Public Service Recognition Week 2018 was May 6 to 12. As President of the Juneau chapter of NARFE, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees… Continue reading
Public efforts to expand early child education across the country and, most recently in Juneau under the Best Starts proposal, seem counter-intuitive. After all, when… Continue reading
Lawmakers have again willfully and intentionally stripped away constitutionally protected rights of due process. House Bill 312 is, in part, an act relating to arrest… Continue reading
Who gave Avista the option to sell America’s energy company to Canada’s HydroOne and why? Canada can later sell HydroOne to China or any country,… Continue reading
I’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… Continue reading
The 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… Continue reading
My father, Ed Walker, served in the Aleutians in WWII and was one of the last surviving members of Castner’s Cutthroats, an Army regiment of… Continue reading
Amid Alaska’s deep recession with no end, it is the city of Anchorage that suffers the most. Beyond losing jobs and longtime residents on a… Continue reading
Recently, our state senate looked at ways to limit Medicaid access with Senate Bill 193, introduced by Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks. You may have seen… Continue reading
A recent House Resources Committee hearing on the Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project served as a reminder how prevalent a role outside environmental groups… Continue reading
The Alaska Chamber of Commerce has long been an outspoken voice for pro-business policies that grow our economy and create economic opportunities for Alaskans. For… Continue reading
By pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement (JCPOA), the White House is hoping, without any rational basis, for either a better agreement or a… Continue reading
I 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… Continue reading
In Alaska it feels we are collectively holding our breath when it comes to deciding whether to invest in infrastructure. At a time when the… Continue reading
