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Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Nov. 10, 2022.

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This public domain images shows former House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. Boggs was traveling in an airplane with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich in 1972 that went missing and has never been found.

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Opinion: On 50th anniversary of disappearance, time to search for missing Boggs-Begich plane

Hale Boggs was my grandfather.

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Nov. 3, 2022.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Toxic threat minimized

Louie Flora (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Candidate statement: Louie Flora for House District 6

You can always gauge how near we are to the end of the campaign season by the quantity…

Heath Smith (Photo provided)

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Candidate statement: Heath Smith for Senate District C

If Alaska is to move forward it is time to move on from those that have perpetuated and…

Gary Stevens (Photo provided)

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Candidate statement: Gary Lee Stevens for Senate District C

It has been my privilege to represent this Senate district. We have been through a lot what with…

Ginger Bryant (photo provided)

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Candidate statement: Ginger Bryant for House District 6

I’m overwhelmed seeing everything that Alaska has to offer being swallowed up by resource seekers. Resource seekers are…

Sarah Vance (Photo provided)

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Candidate statement: Sarah Vance for House District 6

Dear Friends,

George Overpeck

Opinion

Pay It Forward: Thank you, Anonymous

When I moved to Homer as a young adult, my new neighbor, Walter Johnson, asked me a memorable…

Michael O’Meara

Opinion

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Dear Editor,

Former Democratic state Rep. Beth Kerttula holds up a sign reading “Vot No Con Con,” during a rally at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza in Juneau. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Constitutional convention is not necessary

As most know, a proposition to hold a constitutional convention will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Mike O'Meara

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Fun Successful Oktoberfest!

Mossy Kilcher. (Photo courtesy of Mossy Kilcher)

Opinion

Point of View: Leave well enough alone; vote ‘no’ on a constitutional convention

In these inflammatory, divisive and uncertain times it would be fatal for Alaskans to risk a constitutional overhaul.