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Refuge Notebook: Battered sallow moth caterpillars come and go

Refuge Notebook: Battered sallow moth caterpillars come and go

In early June, I received multiple accounts of abundant black caterpillars stripping trees and shrubs of foliage around the Marsh Lake Trail off of Skilak… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Battered sallow moth caterpillars come and go

Alaska Voices: Lawmakers must fight for Dreamers

DACA recipients have proven themselves to be hardworking members of our communities

A sign by the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center shows where to vote on Aug. 21, 2018, for the Diamond Ridge, Homer, Alaska, precinct. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Voices of the Peninsula: It’s time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 and Alaska was the 10th state to ratify.

A sign by the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center shows where to vote on Aug. 21, 2018, for the Diamond Ridge, Homer, Alaska, precinct. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues

Taxes aren’t the only factor in oil production.

Opinion: The quackery economics of libertarian ideologues
Lockers and hallways remain empty with schools closed across Alaska to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that has prompted a global pandemic, on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

District finalizes school restart plan

The plan gives parents the option to keep children home this fall or send them to classrooms.

Lockers and hallways remain empty with schools closed across Alaska to slow the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus that has prompted a global pandemic, on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaska Voices: Tackling Alaska’s high health care costs

Alaska desperately needs health care cost reform.

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)

Voices of the Peninsula: Dividends don’t grow on trees

“Without taxing for the extraction of our oil, there will be no dividends.”

The Capitol building in Juneau, Alaska. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire File)
Along the shores of Resurrection Bay is a good place to read a good book. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)

Tangled Up in Blue: Dog-eared

I never used bookmarks when I was growing up. I devoured books, both with my avid reading and my pervasive habit of marking all the… Continue reading

Along the shores of Resurrection Bay is a good place to read a good book. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)
Refuge Notebook: This land is your land, this land is my land

Refuge Notebook: This land is your land, this land is my land

Bucket list! Once-in-a-lifetime! Saved up for years! Not enough time to see it all! Dream destination! I hear these exclamations at the refuge’s visitor center… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: This land is your land, this land is my land
Point of View: What it was like being in unofficial parade with BLM banner

Point of View: What it was like being in unofficial parade with BLM banner

I am writing today to let the people of Homer know about what it was like to try and participate in the unofficial Fourth of… Continue reading

Point of View: What it was like being in unofficial parade with BLM banner
Courtesy Photo | Sydney Akagi Photography for Lily Hope                                Elizabeth Hope holds up the Chilkat Protector Mask at a ceremony.

Weaver donates ‘Chilkat Protector Mask’

It will enter Sealaska Heritage Institute’s permanent collection.

Courtesy Photo | Sydney Akagi Photography for Lily Hope                                Elizabeth Hope holds up the Chilkat Protector Mask at a ceremony.
Members of Mavis Muller’s “BEE the change” art project pose for a drone photograph on July 5, 2020, at Muller’s home in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by John Newton)

Artist organizes ‘bee the change’ project

“I like to refer to this kind of group activity as the art of activism, or ‘artivism’ for short.”

Members of Mavis Muller’s “BEE the change” art project pose for a drone photograph on July 5, 2020, at Muller’s home in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by John Newton)
Kachemak Cuisine: Celebrate the Fourth Alaska style — with salmon

Kachemak Cuisine: Celebrate the Fourth Alaska style — with salmon

We don’t usually do things in the traditional manner up here on July 4.

Kachemak Cuisine: Celebrate the Fourth Alaska style — with salmon
Lance Roberts (courtesy photo)

Alaska Voices: Who benefits from Alaska’s binding caucuses?

The main purpose for the binding caucus is to concentrate power in the hands of the leadership.

Lance Roberts (courtesy photo)
Alaska Voices: Alaska Native Tribes must act fast to close digital divide

Alaska Voices: Alaska Native Tribes must act fast to close digital divide

When it comes to high-speed internet access, rural Alaska communities are lagging behind.

Alaska Voices: Alaska Native Tribes must act fast to close digital divide
Roger Marks (courtesy photo)

Alaska Voices: Fair Share Act repeats past self-destructive policies

This fall Alaskans will vote on whether to overhaul the current oil production tax system.

Roger Marks (courtesy photo)
Upper Skilak boat launch is pictured on Oct. 6, 2019. (Clarion staff)

Voices of the Peninsula: Pandemic measures take Alaska down worrisome path

Wake up, Alaskans. This ain’t the Lower 48!

Upper Skilak boat launch is pictured on Oct. 6, 2019. (Clarion staff)
A campfire can be seen at the Quartz Creek Campground in Cooper Landing, Alaska, in May 2020. (Clarion staff)

‘Real’ camping

For those not familiar with it, “glamping” is glamorous camping.

A campfire can be seen at the Quartz Creek Campground in Cooper Landing, Alaska, in May 2020. (Clarion staff)
Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets

Recent evidence suggests evidence debilitating fear of Trump’s twittering thumbs.

Opinion: Fear of president’s immature tweets
The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna, Alaska is seen here on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Assembly to consider declaring 2nd Amendment ‘sanctuary’

The proposed ordinance opposes legislation restricting rights protected by the Second Amendment.

The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna, Alaska is seen here on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)