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Point of View: We stand with the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic

Our thoughts and hopes are with KBFPC staff, volunteers and clients

Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)

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Point of View: Proud to be ‘woke’

Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…

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Opinion: Charting a course toward seafood independence for Alaska’s vulnerable food systems

As a commercial fisherman based in Sitka and the executive director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA),…

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Data centers, which require massive amounts of energy and few jobs, have downsides for Alaska

Gov. Mike Dunleavy is courting major tech companies to establish data centers in Alaska at a time when…

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Strengthening Alaska’s health care response to violence

While Alaska has the highest rates of interpersonal violence in the country, including domestic violence, sexual assault, child…

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Opinion: Vote yes to retain Judge Zeman and all judges on your ballot

We are a diverse group of Alaskans who serve as members of the board for Alaskans for Fair…

A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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I was opposed to open primaries and ranked choice voting, but now I’m voting no on Ballot Measure 2

Here’s why

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Point of View: The election and Alaska oil politics

Alaska is facing multiple problems these days. State savings accounts are on the edge of empty. The university…

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: District 6 needs to return to representation before Vance

From 1990 to 2018, the Homer area had been represented in the Alaska House by one Democrat and…

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Could an unnecessary gold mine drive Cook Inlet belugas extinct?

Along the pristine west side of lower Cook Inlet lies Tuxedni Bay, the only known winter feeding ground…

Nick Begich III campaign materials sit on tables ahead of a May 16, 2022, GOP debate held in Juneau. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Begich’s business shows commitment to Alaska

Headquarters in Alaska creates local jobs

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Unaffordable promises are a dishonest way to campaign

Supporters of Herbert Hoover’s 1928 campaign for president ran newspaper ads with the headline, “A Chicken for Every…

Baisden family dog, Tug, is photographed in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Rhonda Baisden)

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Opinion: Ode to a good boy

The reality of saying goodbye hit us like a freight train