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Best laid plans

Life

Best laid plans

The parts of the brain associated with long-term planning are the last to mature.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Stay out of Alaskans’ finances

When Alaskans need advice on what to do with their money, they will seek out a financial counsellor.

Minister’s Message: Expiration date — made for eternity

Life

Minister’s Message: Expiration date — made for eternity

Remember when you never needed to look at the expiration date on milk to know that it was…

Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Opinion

Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Using marijuana at a store is different than having a beer at the Red Dog.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

News

Dunleavy not planning marijuana board repeal this session

The decision was based session time left and Dunleavy’s focus on other legislative priorities.

Major issues unresolved in legislative session’s final weeks

News

Major issues unresolved in legislative session’s final weeks

Gov. Dunleavy is facing resistance to pieces of his agenda.

Larry Persily gives a presentation at the Kenai/Soldotna Joint Chamber Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

The wishful thinking of ballot measures

Let’s look back at a similar path that led nowhere.

Pioneer Potluck: The continued story about Ben’s boat and clam digging

Life

Pioneer Potluck: The continued story about Ben’s boat and clam digging

This week’s recipes: green chili chicken noodle soup, chicken Kiev, cinnamon rolls

A photo submitted to iNaturalist showing a female Lycia rachelae on April 7, 2016. This is one of only a few species of moths where the female is flightless. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS).

Sports

Refuge notebook: Connecting the dots on your next hike

As experts continue to learn more about our environment and flood the world with facts, figures, predictions and…

Opinion: Creative solutions to Gov. Dunleavy’s bold vision for Alaska

Opinion

Opinion: Creative solutions to Gov. Dunleavy’s bold vision for Alaska

Get on the bandwagon before it’s too late.

Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

Opinion

Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

Earth must be treated as a home for all, not a resource for rich, powerful nations.

Schools briefs for the week of April 22, 2019

News

Schools briefs for the week of April 22, 2019

What’s happening this week

Opinion

Sexual assault survivors deserve real change

It’s clear that we need concrete policy solutions — not symbolic gestures

Opinion: University of Alaska struggles to deliver education efficiently

Opinion

Opinion: University of Alaska struggles to deliver education efficiently

Management decisions must promote collaboration, not rivalry.

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Life

Unhinged Alaska: The annoyances of spring

Certain testosterone-infused feral critters strut around our acreage like Wild Bill Hickok

Sen. Murkowski: An opportunity for nuclear energy in Alaska

Opinion

Sen. Murkowski: An opportunity for nuclear energy in Alaska

Alaska stands to benefit as much as any other state.

Pilot-biologist Dom Watts flying out of Fairbanks in a Super Cub. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Sports

The road to becoming a U.S. Fish & Wildlife pilot-biologist

I remember the first time my Uncle Larry flew down in his Cessna and picked me up at…

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News

As climate warms, state braces for invading parasites

“Things are changing really rapidly in Alaska.”

Minister’s Message: Rejoice in the resurrection

Life

Minister’s Message: Rejoice in the resurrection

Two men walked slowly along the dusty road to Emmaus. Heavy hearts matched heavy feet as they plodded…

Opinion: Defend education funding

Opinion

Opinion: Defend education funding

K-12 and early childhood education cannot continue without sufficient, sustainable state funds.