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    Kyle Cowan is the manager of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service. (Photo courtesy Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service)
    Point of View: Fire season starts before Iditarod...
    By Kyle Cowan, Norm McDonald and Tyler Anderson • April 10, 2025 2:30 am

    It is critical that Alaskans exercise caution with anything that could ignite a fire.

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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)
    Point of View: Wake up America
    By David R. Eberle • April 10, 2025 2:30 am

    The number one problem in America is our national debt resulting from the inability to control federal spending.

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    Jackson Carney of Wrangell, a student in the Federal Subsistence Board Policy and Procedures class at the University of Alaska Southeast, testifies before the Federal Subsistence Board. (Photo by Ryan Morse/courtesy)
    Point of View: Helping the next generation of...
    By Mary Catharine Martin The Salmon State • April 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Ultimately, the goal is to ensure Alaskans, and young people, have a say in the decisions that affect them.

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    Erin McKittrick (Photo provided)
    Point of View: Making the best strategic decisions...
    By Erin McKittrick • April 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Erin McKittrick is an incumbent candidate for the District 3 Homer Electric Association board seat.

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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)
    Libraries defend every American’s freedom to read
    By Authors Against Book Bans Alaska chapter • April 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Authors Against Book Bans invites you to celebrate National Library Week.

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    Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo
People tour the garden plots during the 30th Annual Juneau Community Garden Harvest Fair on Saturday, Aug 24, 2024.
    Opinion: Increasing food security without a state agriculture...
    By Rodger Painter • April 3, 2025 1:30 am

    There is a path to increasing food security without an Alaska Department of Agriculture this legislative session.

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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)
    Point of View: Homeschooling offers flexibility for educational...
    By Emmy Brooks • March 27, 2025 1:30 am

    In response to Eric Waltenbaugh’s recent letter, published in the Homer News on March 6:

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    Penelope Haas is vice president of the Kachemak Bay Conservation Society and a commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay. (Courtesy photo)
    Point of View: Climate change is a hard...
    By Penelope Haas • March 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The chair of the Homer Planning Commission at a regular meeting this month called into question the science of climate…

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy compares Alaska to Mississippi data on poverty, per-pupil education spending, and the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress fourth grade reading scores during a press conference on Jan. 31, 2025. Alaska is highlighted in yellow, while Mississippi is in red. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
    Freeing states from the ‘stranglehold’ of the U.S....
    By Gov. Mike Dunleavy • March 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The USDOE has also been captured by a political ideology that has been harmful to education in America

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    USDA/NRCS logo. Photo provided
    NRCS helps residents grow food security in Alaska
    By Tracy Robillard • March 20, 2025 2:30 am

    Food security is a concern for all Alaskans. Approximately 95% of food purchased in Alaska is imported, accounting for around…

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    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: Advisors to the president should be held...
    By Gov. Frank H. Murkowski • March 13, 2025 2:30 am

    Musk’s role reminds me of a policy adopted some years ago by members of Congress — both the House and Senate.

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    Homer Port Director Bryan Hawkins. (Photo provided)
    The importance of the Homer Harbor expansion
    By Bryan Hawkins • March 13, 2025 2:30 am

    Homer Harbor supports jobs tied to more than 1,000 commercial fishing permit holders, 600 commercial fishing vessels, and 90 freight…

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    Wetlands are surveyed by the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. (Photo provided by the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust)
    Hope, strength and togetherness through conservation
    By Carson Chambers • March 13, 2025 2:30 am

    Back in 1990, Kachemak Heritage Land Trust was a brand-new nonprofit in a sea of many new and budding nonprofits…

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