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Alaska Voices: Are We OK? A message from Alaska’s hospitals and nursing homes on COVID-19

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Alaska Voices: Are We OK? A message from Alaska’s hospitals and nursing homes on COVID-19

A lot has changed from just one month ago when it was concerning to see 20 positive cases…

(Kenai Peninsula Borough image)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Ensuring everyone gets right information in times of crisis

We are continuously utilizing our experience and lessons learned to ensure safety for all.

This Aug. 1, 2017, file photo shows the oil producer BP company logo at a petrol station in London. (AP Photo/Caroline Spiezio, File)

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Voices of the Peninsula: The neighborly thing to do

Maybe I’m radical for believing that a decision about what’s fair shouldn’t take place at a ballot box.

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 would be deleterious to Alaska’s future

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Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 would be deleterious to Alaska’s future

A yes vote on Ballot Measure 1 would be like driving a ship into the eye of a…

Bert Stedman (Courtesy photo)

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Protecting the Permanent Fund

Our Permanent Fund will be an infinite resource for future Alaskans if we protect it.

Opinion: Is white privilege real?

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Opinion: Is white privilege real?

White privilege is not the suggestion that white people have never struggled.

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Knopp shows the Republican leadership we need in Juneau

All eyes are on Kenai and Soldotna as we approach the August Republican primary election, when we decide…

A sign by the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center shows where to vote on Aug. 21, 2018, for the Diamond Ridge, Homer, Alaska, precinct. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Alaska Voices: To ensure democracy, ballot access for all is paramount

Federal leaders must urgently invest in and implement election protection reforms across the country

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Alaska Voices: Lawmakers must fight for Dreamers

DACA recipients have proven themselves to be hardworking members of our communities

A sign by the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center shows where to vote on Aug. 21, 2018, for the Diamond Ridge, Homer, Alaska, precinct. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Voices of the Peninsula: It’s time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 and Alaska was the 10th state to ratify.

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

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Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Taxes aren’t the only factor in oil production.

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Dividends don’t grow on trees

“Without taxing for the extraction of our oil, there will be no dividends.”

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Alaska Voices: Tackling Alaska’s high health care costs

Alaska desperately needs health care cost reform.

Point of View: What it was like being in unofficial parade with BLM banner

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Point of View: What it was like being in unofficial parade with BLM banner

I am writing today to let the people of Homer know about what it was like to try…

Alaska Voices: Alaska Native Tribes must act fast to close digital divide

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Alaska Voices: Alaska Native Tribes must act fast to close digital divide

When it comes to high-speed internet access, rural Alaska communities are lagging behind.

Lance Roberts (courtesy photo)

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Alaska Voices: Who benefits from Alaska’s binding caucuses?

The main purpose for the binding caucus is to concentrate power in the hands of the leadership.

Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

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Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Recent evidence suggests evidence debilitating fear of Trump’s twittering thumbs.

Upper Skilak boat launch is pictured on Oct. 6, 2019. (Clarion staff)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Pandemic measures take Alaska down worrisome path

Wake up, Alaskans. This ain’t the Lower 48!

Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

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Opinion: Breast cancer, chemicals and environmental justice

Prevention is badly needed.

Greg Sutter in a photo taken July 12, 2017, near Homer. (Photo courtesy Greg Sutter)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Let’s keep ‘yellow jack’ from flying over more boats

In Homer you could see it being flown on our state ferry, M/V Tustumena, tied to the Pioneer…