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Mercedes O’Leary Harness

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Guiding Growth: Looking backward before moving forward

Let’s go on the uncertain path together

Zoe Stonorov (courtesy)

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Point of View: Time to oppose Willow and shift away from fossil fuels

On March 13, the Biden administration approved the Willow Project. I learned about this news from Instagram stories…

Debbie Speakman (courtesy photo)

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Pay It Forward: It takes a community

I moved to Homer in 2011 knowing little about this place except for camping on the Spit, halibut…

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)

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Alaska Voices: We live in a real world — or do we?

Events taking place today in the energy world should be of critical concern to our country, our Congress…

Ireland Styvar headshot.  Photo provided by Ireland.

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Point of View: The future of a better education lies in Alaska’s ability to STEAM things up

I am Ireland Styvar, a deeply worried Homer High Choir student.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Point of View: Dan Sullivan’s convenient amnesia

Here’s a history lesson that Sullivan’s public persona is desperate to forget.

Jesse Bjorkman (Courtesy)

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Point of View: Our next big fight — The erosion of Alaska’s wildlife management authority

The National Park Service is targeting Alaska’s wildlife management practices on preserves

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Point of View: Our politicians should listen to Alaskans on public school funding

The Alaska Policy Forum is actually part of a sprawling and coordinated web of lobbying groups and so-called…

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Point of View: Dunleavy is punting tax hikes to his successor

The only promise he hasn’t broken is not raising taxes.

Students and teachers gather with pinwheels in hand in front of snow painted blue at The Study in Soldotna, Alaska, as they commemorate Go Blue Day on Friday, March 31, 2023, to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Building a positive path forward for Alaska’s kids

Many of Alaska’s children do not have those positive experiences surrounding them

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Point of View: Homer’s Pratt Museum and Park offering free community education and conversation opportunities this spring

As the Pratt Museum and Park’s director of Lifelong Learning Experiences, I’ve been gifted with the great honor…

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Point of View: Let’s work to understand each other better

H.B. 105 promotes anti-LGBTQ legislation

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Point of View: State, labor, and utilities are aligned on modernizing the Railbelt grid

Today, Alaska has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to capture federal infrastructure dollars and stabilize Alaska’s aging Railbelt electrical grid,…