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Minister’s Message: Practicing Jesus’ compassion

I need to know that Jesus aches when there are Christians who spout hatred and perpetuate violence

McKibben Jackinsky (Courtesy photo)

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Alaska Voices: Rally to support Valdez suit

Valdez is appealing Hilcorp’s state-approved $5.6 billion purchase of BP’s Alaska properties without disclosure of company financial records

Two commercial troll fishing boats pass each other on June 2, 2020, at Mountain Point in Ketchikan, Alaska. A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, halted a lower court ruling that would have shut down southeast Alaska’s chinook salmon fishery for the summer to protect endangered orca whales that eat the fish. (Dustin Safranek/Ketchikan Daily News via AP, File)

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King salmon season back on in Alaska after federal appeals court lets fishery open July 1

The ruling by a three-judge 9th Circuit Court panel means the summer king salmon season will start as…

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, discusses the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump during a U.S. Coast Guard ceremony in Juneau on Friday, June 9, 2023. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sen. Sullivan’s non-defense of Trump

He can’t honestly defend Trump

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Minister’s Message: Stop, pray and listen

Read some scripture, scream out your prayer to God, then wait and listen for the Spirit of God…

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Permanent fund’s in-state investment program needs more transparency

The trustees are certainly right about the poor financial performance of the in-state investments made so far

Robert Summer sits at Kaladi Brothers in Soldotna, Alaska, in November 2004. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion file)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Remembering Mr. Summer

We’ve lost one of the great ones

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Opinion: Sullivan’s complaints about debt ceiling deal reveal hypocrisy about government spending

It’ll take a lot more than ending government waste and inefficiencies to solve the debt problem.

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Minister’s Message: Christ brings divine change

Change was a huge factor in the ministry of Jesus Christ

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Minister’s Message: Don’t give up on life

No doubt, life has its difficulties

The Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Legislature deserves credit

A special session shouldn’t have been necessary, but at least it was only one day instead of 30…

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Alaska Voices: Please be safe, courteous, and legal as you fish in Alaska this summer

As you head out to hit the water this year, here are a few tips to help you…

An observer makes an entry in the Fish Map App on Prince of Wales Island. (Photo by Lee House/courtesy Salmon State)

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Alaska Voices: Document Alaska rivers with new fish map app

The app provides a way for everyday Alaskans to document rivers home to wild salmon, whitefish, eulachon and…

Pictured is an adult Chinook salmon swimming in Ship Creek, Anchorage. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Proactive measures key to king salmon recovery

I have been sport fishing king salmon along the eastern shores of Cook Inlet and in the Kenai…

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Sustainability report is a greenwashing effort

Report leaves out “the not-so-pretty.”

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Honoring the fallen on Memorial Day

As we honor the men and women who fell in service to our nation, we must keep their…

Shana Loshbaugh (Courtesy photo)

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History conference seeking input from peninsula people

The Alaska Historical Society will hold its annual conference on the central peninsula this fall

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Minister’s Message: Being the real you

When we are in Christ, we have an authentic identity

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Minister’s Message: Be a light in the midst of darkness

Our world is very dark for our children now

Coach Dan Gensel (left) prepares to get his ear pierced to celebrate Soldotna High School’s first team-sport state championship on Friday, Febr. 12, 1993 in Soldotna, Alaska. Gensel, who led the Soldotna High School girls basketball team to victory, had promised his team earlier in the season that he would get his ear pierced if they won the state title. (Rusty Swan/Peninsula Clarion)

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Remembering my friend, Dan Gensel

It’s a friendship that’s both fixed in time and eternal