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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks about new Trump administration policies at a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, in his Anchorage office. Behind him are Attorney General Treg Taylor and Department of Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Opinion

Opinion: Alaska’s moment is here: Let’s finish the pipeline

Conflict in the Middle East is sending shockwaves through global energy markets. And yet again, Alaskans are wondering…

Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. Photo courtesy Van Abbott

Opinion

Opinion: A war without consent

Alaska’s delegation backs Iran conflict while sidestepping accountability

Kate Skundrich is a volunteer member of the HYPE Advisory Panel in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Anna Meredith

Opinion

Opinion: Youth Corner: What’s all the HYPE?

It feels as though Homer is gaining a wave of exciting momentum lately. More people are moving to…

Rep. Sarah Vance participates in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Opinion: Why Alaska should pass CSSB 64

For nearly a decade, election policy in Alaska has been defined more by debate than results. Over the…

Annika Hauer photo.
Madeline Johnson, who read the Declaration of Independence at the celebration, titled her painting “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” responding to the question, “What does America mean to you?”

News

Capitol celebration marks Declaration of Independence, America’s 250th birthday

By Annika Hauer

In February 2026, a snow hat forms and deforms on top of a chickadee house in Fairbanks built by the late biologist David Klein. A moose bumped it and knocked off the mass on March 9, 2026. Photos courtesy Ned Rozell

Features

Alaska writer buckling under pressure

Thirty below again this morning. OK then. Time to reach for the baseball bat and fine-tune the weather…

Zane, 2-year-old male. Photo courtesy Homer Animal Shelter

Community

Pet of the Week: Zane

He’s wildly friendly with humans, loves attention and has that goofy pointer charm.

Mike O'Meara, cartoon for March 19, 2026.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Despite the weather, an Epic success!

Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. Photo courtesy Van Abbott

Columnists

Opinion: Congress cannot let presidents manufacture war powers

Lisa Murkowski’s vote shows how oversight collapses after the first strike.

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Homer happenings from years past

Juneau Empire file photo
Larry Persily.

Opinion

Opinion: All work and no pay is an insult to TSA employees

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security stopped more than a month ago when congressional Democrats and Republicans…

Julie Sande. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska

Letters to the Editor

Opinion: Internet for all, built for Alaska

For too long, high-speed internet — something most Americans take for granted — has been a luxury in…