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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Ferry system swims or sinks with federal...
    By Larry Persily • February 12, 2026 1:30 am

    The Alaska Marine Highway System has never fully paid its own way with ticket revenues; it’s always needed state money…

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    Biologist Jordan Pruszenski measures an anesthetized bear during May 2025. Biologists take measurements and samples before attaching a satellite/ video collar to the bear’s neck. Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Fish and Game
    The scent of barren ground grizzly
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • February 12, 2026 1:30 am

    Unlike most of us, Jordan Pruszenski has held in her arms the following wild animals: wolves, caribou, beavers, muskrats, musk…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: World doesn’t need another blast of hot...
    By Larry Persily • February 5, 2026 1:30 am

    Everyone needs a break from reality — myself included.

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    Northern sea ice, such as this surrounding the community of Kivalina, has declined dramatically in area and thickness over the last few decades. Photo courtesy Ned Rozell
    20 years of Arctic report cards
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • February 5, 2026 1:30 am

    Twenty years have passed since scientists released the first version of the Arctic Report Card, now a staple at the…

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    Carl Benson, born in Minneapolis in 1927, took this self-portrait of himself in Greenland when he was 28. Photo by Carl Benson
    Carl Benson embodied the far North
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • January 29, 2026 1:30 am

    Carl Benson’s last winter on Earth featured 32 consecutive days during which temperatures in his chosen town did not rise…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Dunleavy writing constitutional checks he can’t cover
    By Larry Persily • January 29, 2026 1:30 am

    Gov. Mike Dunleavy, in the final year of his 2,918-day, two-term career in the job, is picking at the plate…

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    Van Abbott.
    Looting the republic
    By Van Abbott • January 22, 2026 1:30 am

    A satire depicting the systematic extraction of wealth under the current U.S. regime.

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    A University of Alaska Fairbanks skater takes the ice against Long Island University in February 2024. Photo courtesy Leif Van Cise
    The physics of skating and slap shots
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • January 22, 2026 1:30 am

    When two NHL hockey players collide, their pads and muscles can absorb enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: It’s OK not to be one of...
    By Larry Persily • January 22, 2026 1:30 am

    This is for all of us who don’t have perfect hair — and for those of us with no hair…

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Trying to deny voters a choice is...
    By Larry Persily • January 15, 2026 1:30 am

    Alaskans this fall will vote for the third time whether they prefer open primary elections to choose their favorite candidates…

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    Pam Groves of the University of Alaska Fairbanks looks at bones of ancient creatures she has gathered over the years from northern rivers. The remains here include musk oxen, steppe bison and mammoth. Photo by Ned Rozell
    What killed the world’s giants?
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • January 15, 2026 1:30 am

    Most of the large animals that have walked the surface of Earth are no longer here. Why?

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    Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)
    Opinion: Reelection should not be the measure of...
    By Larry Persily • January 8, 2026 1:30 am

    The Alaska Legislature will reconvene in Juneau in less than two weeks, with a stack of difficult issues weighing on…

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    Four members of the Riley Creek wolf pack, including the matriarch, “Riley,” dig a moose carcass frozen from creek ice in May 2016. National Park Service trail camera photo
    The Riley Creek pack’s sole survivor
    By Ned Rozell Alaska Science Forum • January 8, 2026 1:30 am

    As I was driving down the highway one spring day eight years ago, I saw a shaggy, gray-black canine cruising…

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