There are at least eight state savings and investment funds operating today, quasi-independent of legislative appropriations. The Department of Revenue…
In 1971, the Alaska Legislature formed the Department of Environmental Conservation to take the lead on Alaska’s environmental protections. DEC’s…
It’s hard to decide which things I love most about our Cosmic Hamlet. In addition to all the caring organizations…
Here are a few key steps everyone can do now.
Social wellness can be defined in many ways. MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) of the Southern Kenai…
My Dad, Tim O’Leary, was a political observer and his letters to the Homer News were prolific — and those…
They were teenagers when they walked through Ellis Island into a new life, she with her sewing machine and he…
Do you long for those days when you could have a good honest debate and express your arguments and different…
Alaska is salmon country, where fish feed our communities in every way — sustenance, work, recreation, art, faith, family, tradition…
As an Alaskan who is acutely aware of global warming and the rapid climatic changes being thrust upon us, I…
As we move forward into a new decade, I am happy to continue the First Lady’s Volunteer Awards, an annual…
Bill Clinton was impeached by the Republican controlled House of Representatives in 1999 for having an affair with a White…
From Greta Thunberg: “How dare you,” indeed. How dare her parents, her educators and her government steal her youth, rob…
