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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)

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Point of View: The real reason people don’t trust elections

I am saddened to see so many people still believe that the 2020 election was stolen. The 2020…

Mike O'Meara.

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Letters to the Editor

Thank you for continued support

Dr. Karissa Niehoff

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Opinion: Protecting the purpose: Why funding schools must include student activities

High school sports and activities are experiencing record participation. They are also experiencing unprecedented pressure — pressure that…

Sharon Jackson is the Alaska State Chair for U.S. Term Limits. Photo courtesy U.S. Term Limits

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Term limits ensure fresh leadership and accountability

75 years after the 22nd amendment, let’s finish the job and term limit Congress.

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Ferry system swims or sinks with federal aid

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

Mike O'Meara.

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Letters to the Editor

Masculinity choices

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: World doesn’t need another blast of hot air

Everyone needs a break from reality — myself included.

Van Abbott.

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Opinion: Senator Murkowski needs to caucus with Democrats

The Republican values she believed in are no longer.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy gestures during his State of the State address on Jan. 22, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)

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Opinion: It’s time to end Alaska’s fiscal experiment

For decades, Alaska has operated under a fiscal and budgeting system unlike any other state, and some could…

Mike O'Meara.

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Letters to the Editor

Homer Farmers Market annual meeting a great success!

Rudy Multz works as the Child and Family Program Manager for South Peninsula Behavioral Health and is a member of Planet Youth Homer. Photo provided by Anna Meredith

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Planet Youth Homer: Quality after-school programming protects kids

“It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are?” From 1960 through the late 1990s this public…

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Dunleavy writing constitutional checks he can’t cover

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

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)

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Opinion: Federal match funding is a promise to Alaska’s future

Alaska’s transportation system is the kind of thing most people don’t think about until it stops working. But…