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Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Dialing up memories of what we don’t hear

This column is for people who remember — or who heard stories from their parents or grandparents —…

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Rivers in Alaska, Yukon set to warm: how will this affect salmon?

Research coming from the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder incorporated Indigenous…

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy meets with members of the University of Alaska Anchorage chapter of Turning Point on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, the same day he proclaimed “Charlie Kirk Day.” (Governor Mike Dunleavy/Facebook)

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Oct. 14 proclaimed ‘Charlie Kirk Day’ in Alaska

Governor Dunleavy Turning Point USA chapter on the same day

U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)

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One dead, dozens rescued and roughly 1,000 displaced in western Alaska communities hit by ex-typhoon

Emergency supplies began to arrive in communities Monday, as search and rescue efforts continued for two people unaccounted…

Jeffery Mishler

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Jeffery Mishler

November, 5, 1960 - September, 20, 2025

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A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Opinion: A plan to revive the American Dream

The best course for the United States is clear.

Cars drive past the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. building in Juneau. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: 49 Forward: For generations of Alaskans

I was born about a decade after Alaska became the 49th state, and have shadowy memories of life…

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: We never had a shutdown when I was growing up

My brothers and sister and I often had meltdowns, putdowns and lowdown name-calling while fighting at home, in…

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Homer happenings from years past

Jane Arlene Ronda

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Jane Arlene Ronda

March, 28, 1933 - September, 14, 2025

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Xochitl Muñoz (left) is a master’s student in paleontology at UAF; Willa Johnson (right) is pursuing a master’s degree in marine biology in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

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Alaska graduate students awarded national research fellowship for work in sciences

Willa Johnson and Xochitl Muñoz are recipients of the 2025-2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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Alaska Supreme Court allows personal watercraft in Kachemak Bay, reversing lower court

The ruling has significant implications for all state agencies’ ability to impose and repeal regulations, attorneys say.