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Point of View: Some answers

In the Nov. 14 edition of the Homer News, in a letter to the editor titled “A Request…

Mike O'Meara.

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We’re all in it together

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. (Alaska Department of Family and Community Services photo)

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Point of View: Small wins make big impacts at Alaska Psychiatric Institute

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage, is operated by the Department of…

Rachel Lord. (Photo courtesy Rachel Lord)

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Point of View: We stand with the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic

Our thoughts and hopes are with KBFPC staff, volunteers and clients

Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)

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Point of View: Proud to be ‘woke’

Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…

Mike O'Meara.

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Book donation enriches student education

State Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, left, confers with Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and other members during an April 24, 2024 floor session. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: This could be Alaska’s last shot at bipartisan good

The next two years may be Alaska’s last chance for productive, bipartisan legislative action.

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Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination

Aside from not being a lifelong Republican like Peter Wehner, the sentiment he expressed in The Atlantic a…

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Opinion: Charting a course toward seafood independence for Alaska’s vulnerable food systems

As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA),…

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Data centers, which require massive amounts of energy and few jobs, have downsides for Alaska

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is courting major tech companies to establish data centers in Alaska at a time when…

Mike O'Meara.

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Strengthening Alaska’s health care response to violence

While Alaska has the highest rates of interpersonal violence in the country, including domestic violence, sexual assault, child…

Derrick Green (Courtesy photo)

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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 will help businesses and communities thrive

It would not be good for the health and safety of my staff, my customers, or my family…