Tom Conner’s recent My Turn criticizing SalmonState was a messy mashup of insults and misinformation that read suspiciously like talking points whipped up by a… Continue reading
By Tom Conner Oil, mining, and fisheries have long been the bedrock of our state’s economy, bringing not only thousands of in-state jobs and billions… Continue reading
Alaska has a governor who habitually makes appointments to governing boards of individuals who have what should be disqualifying conflicts of interest. For fisheries, this… Continue reading
On Monday, Nick Begich III will be sworn in as Alaska’s congressman at large. But the oath he takes won’t mean much unless he’s willing… Continue reading
Late last year, when I went to sign up for my 2024 health insurance on the federal Obamacare marketplace, the options all seemed expensive —… Continue reading
In 2014, two years after I retired from a 32-year banking career, I was offered the opportunity to write a biweekly opinion column for the… Continue reading
When I read that President-elect Donald Trump had filed a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register on Monday, my first thoughts were he promised voters… Continue reading
Have you ever stepped into an old-growth forest alive with ancient trees or traveled a shoreline with migrating salmon, and thought: what treasures! Many who… Continue reading
On Monday, a New York City jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of negligent homicide in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely. The case gained… Continue reading
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King The glacier outburst flood events of… Continue reading
Two weeks ago, Sen. Dan Sullivan said Pete Hegseth was a “strong” nominee for Secretary of Defense. “I’ve been focused on the policies that I’m… Continue reading
This is the season of wish lists and holiday dreams, as we eagerly anticipate what Santa — or Amazon — might bring. But soon enough,… Continue reading
If I owned a home in the valley that was damaged by jökulhlaup floods during the last two years, I’d be skeptical about the Hesco… Continue reading
In 2015, the British Columbia government committed to ending Tulsequah Chief’s pollution of the Taku. It has been nine years since this commitment was made… Continue reading
With all the post-election analysis, one fact has escaped much publicity. When the fate of ranked choice voting (RCV) will be decided by only a… Continue reading
During meetings in Juneau last week, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials said it will likely take a decade or more to research and… Continue reading
Kim Kovol, commissioner of the state Department of Family and Community Services, wrote a Nov. 18 opinion piece praising the staff at the state-run Alaska… Continue reading
The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage is operated by the Department of Family and Community Services, and stands as… Continue reading
It was just over five years ago, in the summer of 2019, that the strategic prescience and unorthodox diplomatic brilliance of America’s re-elected Commander-in-Chief, Donald… Continue reading
Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era of wokeness really change things?” (Oxford Language)… Continue reading
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