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Minister’s Message: The wisdom of shepherds

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Minister’s Message: The wisdom of shepherds

Understanding sheep will help us understand ourselves.

Snow-covered mountains are photographed near Portage Glacier in Portage, Alaska, in March 2019. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: To see climate change, we only have to look out our windows

I believe conservative columnist Cal Thomas recently missed the mark when he declared young people are indoctrinated to…

Opinion: Defend Pebble Mine review on its merits instead of blaming critics

Opinion

Opinion: Defend Pebble Mine review on its merits instead of blaming critics

It’s important to defend scientific assertions under scrutiny of peers.

Pioneer Potluck: About Easter dinners

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Pioneer Potluck: About Easter dinners

Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s

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Peninsula Clarion app no longer available

We will announce in the paper, on our website and on Facebook when we have a new app…

Opinion

Alaska Voices: A university of place

UAA is in Alaska’s largest population center and is open to anyone seeking greater opportunity

Alaska Voices: Defend the PFD and fund — or lose them both

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Defend the PFD and fund — or lose them both

Alaska is at a crossroads. Voters need to know our government is redefining the purpose of the permanent…

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Borough and school district employees should be in this together

They spoke to the value of education, but then portrayed educational funding as “us vs. them”

News

Board suspends agency director over rifle sticker complaint

Commission members voted 5-2 Friday to suspend Marti Buscaglia, effective Monday.

School jurisdictions have concerns about new training required for school bus drivers. (File photo)

News

Schools briefs for the week of April 8-14

What’s happening this week

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Governor put on a convincing roadshow

It’s refreshing to find a politician who follows through on his campaign promises. It’s even more rare to…

Alaska Voices: Why continue to teach in Alaska?

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Why continue to teach in Alaska?

The very real and pressing crisis in Alaska education is teacher attraction and retention

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Saving Wild Salmon

Saving Wild Salmon

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, center, speaks about education with Clarion reporters Brian Mazurek and Victoria Petersen (not pictured) on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. The governor answered questions on a wide range of topics, including public safety, education, industry and his proposed budget. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Lawmaker wants more info on Dunleavy nominee

The Legislature has yet to meet in joint session to vote on Dunleavy’s picks

In this Jan. 15, 2019 photo, House Republicians huddle for a decision on the opening day of the 31st Session of the Alaska Legislature. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Effort to move legislative sessions to Anchorage overcomes hurdle

Proposal would not move the capital.

In this June 23, 2016 photo, the Alaska Marine Highway’s ferry Matanuska passes Eagle Glacier. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Make Southeast Alaska America’s 51st state

SEXIT: The great state of chinook.

The cover of Kate Mitchell’s “The Bag Lady at the End of the Road,” published in 2018 by Wizard Works. (Image provided)

Life

‘Bag Lady’ tells story of Homer entrepreneur Kate Mitchell

‘Whenever I would think of something or mention it to my children I would jot it down’

Opinion

Opinion: If you know youth who vape, help them understand the risks

Remember Joe Camel, the 1980s and 90s advertising mascot for Camel cigarettes? Or the Journal of the American…

The red-breasted nuthatch is one of our common resident bird species. (Photo provided by Kyla Canterbury)

Sports

Refuge notebook: Resident bird songs welcome spring

I am always pleasantly surprised by the influx of daylight hours and sunshine that comes to the Kenai…

In this Wednesday April, 3, 2019 photo Mallards feed in a puddle of melted snow on the Delaney Park Strip ,in Anchorage. Much of Anchorage’s snow disappeared as Alaska experienced unseasonably warm weather in March. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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High March temperatures curb winter weather

‘We see the last several years were way warm. There’s a clear climate-induced warming. There’s no doubt about…