Many in the outdoor community are probably aware that recently approved regulations by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)… Continue reading
Southeast Alaskans are not shy around the forest. Our rural communities are surrounded by the largest remaining temperate rainforest on earth. We build homes and… Continue reading
HOMER — Homer has made amendments to the city’s animal control laws that ban a practice some might think of as Alaskan as log cabins… Continue reading
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the… Continue reading
Recently, the Juneau Empire published an op-ed from Juneau community member Win Gruening about the state of Alaska’s budget. We welcome Mr. Gruening’s input and… Continue reading
About 65 people attended a public forum Wednesday night to ask representatives from the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company about their plans to build… Continue reading
The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy and exercising that right is important. This year more than 19,000 Alaskans have registered to… Continue reading
Anchorage Democrat Sen. Bill Wielechowski might go through the courts to supersede Gov. Bill Walker’s partial veto of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend appropriation.In a… Continue reading
The recent editorial by William Hogarth and Steve Murawski, titled “Longstanding fisheries act doesn’t need changing,” gets a lot of things right. The Magnuson-Stevens Act… Continue reading
HOMER — In a talk before the Homer City Council on Tuesday, Gov. Bill Walker mentioned a historic photo of Metlakatla villagers Lt. Gov. Byron… Continue reading
Before the Mount Polley Mine disaster struck two years ago, our communities of Xat’sull First Nation and Likely, British Columbia, lived in the reassurance from… Continue reading
If there’s one thing that everybody can learn from the late superstar musician Prince, it’s the importance of leaving a will.“He was 54 or 55.… Continue reading
We are lifelong Alaskans with many vested interests in our state, including children and grandchildren. We are grateful for Gov. Bill Walker’s determination to set… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:There really is only one adult in the messy room of Alaska’s finances. It’s Gov. Bill… Continue reading
Alaskans know it. I was born and raised here, and I can see it clear as day. Our state is at a serious crossroads, where… Continue reading
A Sitka chef representing Alaska in a national seafood competition will be transporting the key ingredient — a white king salmon — in a violin… Continue reading
When was the last time you cheered the fact that the price of something rose 10 percent?That seemed to be what the state of Alaska… Continue reading
Alaska’s credit rating hasn’t been downgraded again — yet.Moody’s Investors Service issued a report Thursday reiterating that it has not forgotten about the state’s money… Continue reading
The following editorial first appeared in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Throughout the regular, extended and special sessions of the Legislature this year, it was sometimes… Continue reading
On June 29, we witnessed something unheard of in Alaska. For the first time in state history, a sitting governor asserted the power to unilaterally… Continue reading
