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Point of View: COVID-19: The time to act is now, before widespread community transmission
As reports of an illness began spreading across the United States, reactions were mixed. One city took it…
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Point of View: We Alaskans will endure coronavirus pandemic
As our nation and the world experiences the life-altering impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, I wanted to…
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Pay it Forward: No wrong or right — just different
It’s not right, it’s not wrong. It’s just different.
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Point of View: Follow Hammond’s advice by adjusting oil taxes to redeem state’s share
There are at least eight state savings and investment funds operating today, quasi-independent of legislative appropriations. The Department…
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Point of View: Public input needed to safeguard state protections
In 1971, the Alaska Legislature formed the Department of Environmental Conservation to take the lead on Alaska’s environmental…
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Point of View: A love letter to Homer
It’s hard to decide which things I love most about our Cosmic Hamlet. In addition to all the…
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Point of View: Preparing for the new coronavirus
Here are a few key steps everyone can do now.
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Point of View: The Importance of Social Wellness
Social wellness can be defined in many ways. MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) of the…
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Point of View: Raising the dead – Tim O’Leary on the state of things
My Dad, Tim O’Leary, was a political observer and his letters to the Homer News were prolific —…
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Point of View: Elder ages gracefully — and still pays it forward
They were teenagers when they walked through Ellis Island into a new life, she with her sewing machine…
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Point of View: The true dilemma — Truth is on shaky ground
Do you long for those days when you could have a good honest debate and express your arguments…
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Point of View: Cook Inlet commercial fisheries feed Alaskans
Alaska is salmon country, where fish feed our communities in every way — sustenance, work, recreation, art, faith,…
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Point of View: Drawdown – a manual for local climate action
As an Alaskan who is acutely aware of global warming and the rapid climatic changes being thrust upon…