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Opinion: The pulse of fealty

Let’s be honest. Trump’s demands go beyond his one stated condition.

Bjørn Olson (Photo provided)

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Point of View: Homer Drawdown moves forward with climate-change solutions

Two years ago, a small group of concerned citizens decided to use this book as a guiding document

The Alaska State Capitol is seen here in this June 7, 2021, file photo. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

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Higher Alaska lawmaker salary, allowance cut proposed

The proposal would raise the annual salary for Alaska lawmakers from $50,400 to $64,000

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, leave the chamber after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Jay Allen Johnson, 65, who faced charges of sending a series of profanity-laced voice messages to the two senators, entered guilty pleas, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, in federal court in Fairbanks, Alaska, to two counts of threatening to kill a U.S. official. U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline accepted Johnson’s pleas and set sentencing for April 8. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Alaska man who threatened to kill senators pleads guilty

He faces up 10 years in jail on each charge.

Alexander B. Dolitsky

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Opinion: Russian Old Believers in modern Alaska

America is the sunrise for the Russian Old Believers in Alaska.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell after a House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 27, 2021. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP, File)

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Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public

In the coming months, members of the panel will start to reveal their findings

In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka addresses reporters in Anchorage, Alaska. Tshibaka announced plans on Monday, March 29, 2021, to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, in the 2022 election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Alaska Voices: 2021 proved that Murkowski has abandoned Alaska

Murkowski’s record this year is consistent with her past.

Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp Winter view of one of the Refuge’s many treasures, Skilak Lake, Credit FWS/L. Hupp

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80 years of conservation and counting

Just a few weeks ago, on Dec. 16, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge turned 80.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Voices: A tough year, but bipartisanship points the way

When Congress did set aside its differences and work together, we made some significant achievements.

This photo shows the stern of the MV Matanuska on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Matanuska delayed as repair work continues

Jan. 24 sailing to Bellingham canceled.

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After Christmas, exchange ideas

Unhealthy sterotypes pose a new existential risk.

Jason Brune is the commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation. (Image via dec.alaska.gov)

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Opinion: Feds owe it to Alaskans to clean up their mess

Nobody expected that the federal government would give damaged goods as part of ANCSA.

Jim Cockrell was appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy as Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Opinion: Budget proposal makes meaningful investments in public safety

This administration is determined to make Alaska a place where people can feel safe, and victims can expect…

Larry Persily

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Point of View: Letting politics influence permanent fund decisions creates possibilities for misery

An impartial board of trustees is the only vaccine against politicizing the fund.

Copies of the Alaska State Constitution were available outside the Lt. Governor’s office on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: A constitutional convention is fraught with danger

Please follow the constitutional convention issue as it works its way through the political process.

Miss Alaska Emma Broyles, center, reacts after being crowned Miss America at Mohegan Sun, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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New Miss America 1st Alaskan, Korean American title holder

Broyles, 20, said her grandparents immigrated from Korea to Anchorage about 50 years ago, before her mother was…

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Point of View: Reflections during December snow

Then the stories of fellow Americans who give to help out as the money mounts into the millions…

Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer is seen on the floor of the Alaska House on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. Meyer, a Republican who oversees elections in Alaska, in November 2020, announced plans for a hand-count review of votes cast on a successful ballot initiative, which would change how elections in Alaska are conducted, casting the review as a way to calm questions that had been raised about the validity of election results. The Associated Press received emails on Nov. 30, 2021, hat were received by Meyer’s office with complaints or concerns about the election, more than a year after they were requested. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

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Email complaints scarce before ballot review

The hand count cost around $55,750.

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Opinion: The truth Dunleavy should tell about COVID vaccines

Dunleavy made a political calculation to appease his party’s angry base by joining the lawsuits against the mandates.

Deborah Morel’s beachhouse near Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Deborah Morel)

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Voices of the Peninsula: The Dream Team saves the day

The story, I believe, speaks to the goodness of humankind.