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Alaska Voices: Serious money

“Alaska is not broke.”

This is the 1908 birth certificate of Russell Martin Wagner. (Certificate courtesy of ancestry.com)

Life

When the Kenai had just one full-time dentist, Part 1

Wagner graduated from dental school at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco.

Longtime Twins coach Coz dies at 73

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Longtime Twins coach Coz dies at 73

Alaska baseball giant led local 9 to state in 43 of 45 years

Andrew Crow, board president, Alaska Behavioral Health (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Let’s work to remove the stigma of mental illness

Even in normal times, 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience a mental illness.

Refuge Notebook: Greater duckweed on Kenai Peninsula refuge

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Greater duckweed on Kenai Peninsula refuge

Plant has tremendous growth rate

A photo of the author’s hands during a drier October full of blueberry picking. (Photo provided by Kat Sorensen)

Sports

Tangled Up in Blue: In between

A spectrum of Octobers

In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Alaska independent U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin smiles after emerging from a voting booth in Anchorage, Alaska. U.S. Rep. Don Young, the longest-ever serving Republican in the House, has not agreed to participate in many debates or forums this fall. “He’s dodging, he’s ducking debates because he’s afraid to talk the issues that Alaskans really care about most,” Galvin said Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, of her 87-year-old opponent who has been in office since 1973. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

News

Galvin: Young ‘ducking debates’

There are two in-person debates scheduled this month between Alyse Galvin and U.S. Rep. Don Young

Ronnie Leach. (Photo provided)

Opinion

Point of View: Domestic Violence in the time of COVID

Domestic violence is not put on pause because we are living through a pandemic.

Robin Brena (courtesy)

Opinion

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 means jobs!

They told us SB21 would help our economy and create jobs when it passed.

Butternut squash soup picnic is enjoyed on the rocky beach at Eklutna Lake, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Life

Kalifornsky Kitchen: A soup to match the color of the leaves

Getting outside can be a balm to that isolation and grief many of us are experiencing.

Jeremy Field, regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Small Manufacturing Firms Continue to Drive Alaska Economy

29,000 manufacturing jobs were added in August 2020 alone.

Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska’s chief medical officer, addresses reporters during a Wendesday, March 25, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

Opinion

Opinion: Why all Alaskans should join me in getting a flu shot this year

The best time to get your shot is by the end of October, but it’s never too late.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington in April 2018. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opinion

Opinion: Honoring RBG’s final wish for Americans

The president and the Congress must honor the will of the people.

This undated file photo shows the Trans-Alaska pipeline and pump station north of Fairbanks, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Opinion

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 adds to challenges of operating the trans-Alaska pipeline

Ballot Measure 1 will make it harder to operate TAPS.

Ariel Silverman (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Why recycling electronics helps fight Pebble

E-cycling prevents toxic substances from entering the environment and keeps our communities safe.

Will Morrow (courtesy)

Life

Everything in its place

The Great Garage Reorganization of 2020 is under way.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News                                 One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay.

News

State grant to build school in K-Selo extended

Mayor considering ‘new direction’ for school facility maintenance

Jim Jansen (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 an attack on Alaska, not an oil company battle

Ballot Measure 1 is a vicious and dangerous attack on Alaska’s economy

Opinion: A balanced approach is needed for oil tax rates

Opinion

Opinion: A balanced approach is needed for oil tax rates

For the good of Alaska and the future of the state, please vote no on Proposition 1.

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Life

Minister’s Message: Are we seeing flowers or weeds?

In diffiult times, we need to watch what we watch