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    Mike O'Meara.
    Letters to the editor
    July 10, 2025 2:30 am

    Walking challenge supports community well-being

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Murkowski bought time for a new governor...
    By Larry Persily Wrangell Sentinel • July 10, 2025 2:30 am

    Among all the sections in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill that will drive up the federal deficit, pour billions into…

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    The old Forest Service administration bunkhouse building pictured here was built during the boom of the logging industry and has sat empty for decades. Now, it may be repurposed as a cultural healing center in Kake, Alaska. Photo by Tyler Bell.
    A healing center for Kake
    By Mary Catharine Martin The Salmon State • July 10, 2025 1:30 am

    The center will be open to attendees from all Southeast Alaska communities, especially rural ones.

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    Therese Lewandowski. (Photo provided)
    Point of View: America is built on diversity
    By Therese Lewandowski • July 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Our often-described melting pot — or mixed salad — country should be its strength and beauty. Instead, people have organized…

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    Mike O'Meara
    Letters to the editor
    July 3, 2025 2:30 am

    No Mow May support gives pollinators a boost

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Governor deposits a veto to help predatory...
    By Larry Persily • July 3, 2025 2:30 am

    Thousands of Alaskans get so squeezed on their finances every year that they turn to high-interest payday loans to help…

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    A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Point of View: Why ‘fee simple’ still matters...
    By Chris Story • July 3, 2025 1:30 am

    We, the people, have the freedom to own, to build, and to choose what we do with the land beneath our feet.

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    Deven Mitchell is the executive director and chief executive officer of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.)
    Opinion: The key to a stronger fund: Diversification
    By Deven Mitchell • July 2, 2025 2:30 am

    In the nearly 50 years since Alaskans overwhelmingly voted to create the Alaska Permanent Fund, it has become a globally…

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    Mike O'Meara.
    Letters to the editor
    June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    Scholarship award inspires hopeful future

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    Cassie Lawver. Photo provided by Cassie Lawver
    Opinion: Alaskans were misled on marijuana taxes and...
    By Cassie Lawver • June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    When Alaskans voted in 2014 to legalize recreational marijuana, they did so under the belief — repeated often by proponents…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Point of View: Life is harder when you...
    By Larry Persily • June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    My mom lived until she was 97. She died two weeks after President Joe Biden was sworn in, determined to…

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    The headwaters of the Ambler River in the Noatak National Preserve of Alaska, near where a proposed access road would end, are seen in an undated photo. (Ken Hill/National Park Service)
    Opinion: Congress must back the Ambler Road to...
    By Kati Capozzi, Deantha Skibinski, Rebecca Logan, Alicia Amberg, Leila Kimbrell • June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    Alaska stands at a pivotal moment and the stars have aligned for our state. The Ambler Road — a long-planned…

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    Fresh-picked lettuces are for sale at the final Homer Farmers Market of the year on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Opinion: Congress must rethink reconciliation bill’s harmful impacts...
    By Rachel Lord and Robbi Mixon • June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    The nutrition and agriculture sections of the reconciliation bill under consideration by the U.S. Senate threaten to do more harm…

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