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    Opinion
    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Poor Southcentral spending decisions matter to everyone
    By Larry Persily • November 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Too many residents, business owners and politicians of Southcentral Alaska — we’re talking the state’s population center of Anchorage, the…

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    Conrad Heiderer. Photo courtesy Conrad Heiderer
    Opinion: The Kenai Peninsula could become Alaska’s 1st...
    By Conrad Heiderer • November 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula holds a kind of clarity that is hard to find in most places. Between the waters of…

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    This mosaic image shows combined passes from NOAA 21, Suomi NPP and NOAA 20 satellites. All show the auroral oval during the geomagnetic storm of Nov. 11-12, 2025. Vincent Ledvina, a graduate student researcher at the UAF Geophysical Institute, added the typical auroral oval to the image before posting it to his Facebook page (Vincent Ledvina — The Aurora Guy). Image by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Vincent Ledvina.
    As the dark season begins, more light
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • November 27, 2025 1:30 am

    It’s November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where on the globe you’re leaving the snowy imprint of…

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    Mike O'Meara.
    Letters to the Editor
    November 20, 2025 2:30 am

    Local community supports displaced families through fish drive

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    Joe Ravin. Photo courtesy of Joe Ravin
    Point of View: Youth Corner: Fostering a ‘third...
    By Joe Ravin • November 20, 2025 1:30 am

    I was fortunate enough to have attended the Boys and Girls club here in Homer for most of my childhood,…

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    Point of View: It takes a hamlet to feed the hungry
    Point of View: It takes a hamlet to...
    By Jessica Shepherd • November 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer is known as “the cosmic hamlet by the sea” or, alternately, as “a quaint little drinking village with a…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: New service takes the crime out of...
    By Larry Persily • November 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Used to be, a bagman was the guy in the movie who picked up or delivered the takings from a…

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    A rare red  aurora is seen over Alaska in February 1958. Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute
    Red aurora rare enough to be special
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • November 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at Reed College…

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    Mike O'Meara.
    Letters to the Editor
    November 13, 2025 2:30 am

    Grateful for arts partnership between Homer High and Bunnell

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    A map of Alaska depicts location names provided in Donald Orth’s Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Photo provided by Ned Rozell
    What’s in an Alaska name?
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • November 13, 2025 1:30 am

    I once asked a snowmachiner heading out on a trail from Nome where he was going.

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Candidates should pay a penalty for false...
    By Larry Persily • November 13, 2025 1:30 am

    A lot of time, energy and legal fees have been spent on political and court fights to limit donations to…

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    Mike O'Meara.
    Letters to the Editor
    November 6, 2025 2:30 am

    Thanks for making a Halloween tradition special

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: It’s my own fault, but that doesn’t...
    By Larry Persily • November 6, 2025 1:30 am

    I use a tablet to read newspapers. It started maybe a decade ago, when an increasing number of national newspapers…

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