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    Opinion
    Heidi Drygas, executive director of the 8,000-member Alaska State Employees Association, addresses a rally outside the Alaska State Capitol on Feb. 10, 2023. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire File)
    Let’s stop the ‘Neglect. Panic. Repeat.’ cycle of...
    By Heidi Drygas, Jeff Kasper and Jordan A. Adams • October 4, 2023 2:30 am

    The payroll section is one of several state agencies in crisis

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    This photo shows Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jim Cockrell. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)
    Strengthening Alaska through service: Join the Alaska State...
    By James Cockrell • October 4, 2023 2:30 am

    The law enforcement positions within the Department of Public Safety fill a critical need within our community

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    State’s claim to ownership of Kuskokwim River threatens local communities and salmon
    State’s claim to ownership of Kuskokwim River threatens...
    By Hal Shepherd • October 4, 2023 1:30 am

    In a Sept. 21, Homer News opinion piece, Doug Vincent-Lang, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and…

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    Mike O'Meara
    Letters to the Editor
    October 4, 2023 1:30 am

    Letter to the editor

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    Deven Mitchell, executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (Courtesy photo)
    Opinion: Providing for generations of Alaskans
    By Deven Mitchell • September 28, 2023 2:30 am

    As a public endowment, the wealth of the Fund is the responsibility of every resident of the state

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    LaDawn Druce asks Sen. Jesse Bjorkman a question during a town hall event on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Opinion: Addressing Kenai Peninsula’s education and public safety...
    By LaDawn Druce • September 28, 2023 2:30 am

    Many of our best and brightest educators take a hard and close look at the teacher’s retirement system in Alaska early in their careers and are stunned

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    A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Last call to voice your vote!
    By Kenai Peninsula Votes • September 28, 2023 2:30 am

    By voting, even if they are uncontested seats, you are honoring the civic duty of voting and acknowledging the hard work these people all do.

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    Mike O'Meara
    Letters to the Editor
    September 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Paul Banks thanks you for generosity and support of outdoor learning

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    UAA Provost Denise Runge photographed outside the Administration and Humanities Building.
    Opinion: UAA offers affordable and convenient pathways that...
    By Denise Runge • September 20, 2023 2:30 am

    At UAA, we provide numerous academic programs designed to meet specific workforce needs

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    Mavis Muller
    Burning Basket’s temporary art leaves lasting impression
    By Mavis Muller • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

    As the lead volunteer for the Burning Basket project, a volunteer-dependent, weather-affected labor love, I have been witnessing this ongoing…

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    A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    For those who vote and those who don’t
    By Kenai Peninsula Votes • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

    It is a right to vote, or not. Our local community elections happen every October; this year it’s Oct. 3….

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    Mike O'Meara
    Letters to the Editor
    September 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Restore government confidence starting at local level

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    The dubious Dunleavy deal to use public dollars for personal legal costs
    The dubious Dunleavy deal to use public dollars...
    By Andrée Mcleod and Robin O’Donoghue • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    It’s a tired game of deja vu: Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Attorney General Treg Taylor are again attempting to change…

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