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A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Prepare to vote

Prepare to vote in your local borough and city elections.

Ben Carson (center) visits Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla with Gov. Mike Dunleavy (to Carson’s right) on Tuesday. (Official photo from the Office of the Governor)

Opinion

Point of View: Embarrassing Alaska through neglectful governance

When Gov. Mike Dunleavy learned Dr. Ben Carson would be speaking in Alaska, he made time on his…

A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Municipal government? What are their responsibilities?

Municipal governments (boroughs and cities) are similar to state and federal governments. They have a legislative and executive…

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Will you vote?

Will you be able to vote on Tuesday, Oct. 3?

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Point of View: The wrong move

The job of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation trustees is to focus on pursuing, maintaining and growing our…

Larry Persily gives a presentation at the Kenai/Soldotna joint chamber luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

Opinion

Point of View: Facts on LNG don’t align with political hype

It’s time Alaskans acknowledged that the governor’s “we’ve never been closer to a gasline” slogan is 807 miles…

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion

Point of View: Uniting Alaskans to address the youth mental health crisis

Big Tech’s business model is to get our children hooked

Opinion

Point of View: Caring, community and dance

How does a community care for its people?

Janie Leask

Opinion

Point of View: Let’s bring together the community through recreation

Eudaemonia, Koinonia, Gemænscipe.

Tony Knowles (Courtesy photo)

Opinion

Point of View: Let’s make sure the Mulchatna massacre never happens again

This killing is unprecedented in scale in Alaska since statehood or anywhere else in modern America

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski . (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Point of View: Healthy oceans are vital to Alaska

I reintroduced several pieces of legislation aimed at sparking innovations in the blue economy

Photo provided by Suvi Bayly
A Homer home constructed from recycled shipping containers.

Opinion

Point of View: Shipping containers offer alternative building option

Pile drivers, pilings, steel vs. galvanized: What it took to build my home from a Connex

Charlie Lahaie

Opinion

Pay It Forward: When the Stars Align

We had never heard of Homer, Alaska, until 2015, when our son announced he was moving there. He…