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Point of View: Support new Voting Rights Act

The League of Women Voters is in the process of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of…

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Point of View: Alaska should invest in its greatest resource — our children

As Alaskans we are facing difficult challenges and uncertain times. As a state we are facing health and…

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Point of View: Department of Public Safety provides accountability

Members of the public are encouraged to make their concerns known

Point of View: The Second Amendment needs no sanctuary

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Point of View: The Second Amendment needs no sanctuary

Members of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly along with the borough mayor have embarked on a pointless effort…

Point of View: Decency

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Point of View: Decency

Basic human decency long has seemed to me to be an indispensable element of our American character. Figure…

Homer Police Chief Mark Robl, third from left, stands with some of the Homer Police Department officers and jail officers at groundbreaking ceremonies on May 24, 2019, for the new police station in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Point of View: Conduct of Minneapolis officer is counter to HPD values

The police department is saddened and dismayed by the horrible conduct of a police officer in Minnesota last…

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Point of View: Foreign exchange experience leads to a more open mind

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Willy Dunne is a member of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. (Courtesy photo)

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Point of View: Vote By Mail makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat

Voting is the most important responsibility we have to ensure a government “of the people, by the people…

Point of View: COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways

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Point of View: COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways

COVID-19 harms children in seen and unseen ways

Point of View: Oil taxes, what oil taxes?

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Point of View: Oil taxes, what oil taxes?

Five years ago, through Senate Bill 21 (SB21), Alaskans were asked to substantially reduce our oil production taxes.…

Point of View: Homer’s Beluga Slough — A special sandhill crane nesting and viewing area

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Point of View: Homer’s Beluga Slough — A special sandhill crane nesting and viewing area

In the heart of downtown Homer, Alaska, just below the Sterling Highway and the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife…

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

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Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

According to a recent Anchorage Daily News article, “Thousands of fishery workers, many from outside Alaska, are headed…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Thursday, April 9, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Point of View: The science of reopening

Late on a cold Tuesday in January, a plane evacuating 201 Americans from Wuhan, China landed in Anchorage.…