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Byron Mallott                                In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott addresses a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Mallott, who served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor as part of a “unity ticket” with former Gov. Bill Walker, died Friday, May 8, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Byron Mallott                                In this Sept. 21, 2015, file photo, Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott addresses a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Mallott, who served as Alaska’s lieutenant governor as part of a “unity ticket” with former Gov. Bill Walker, died Friday, May 8, 2020. He was 77. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Mark Thiessen / Associated Press file                                Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy listens during a news conference in Anchorage on Sept. 26.

Court says recall effort against governor can proceed

The recall effort has reported gathering more than 34,000 signatures so far.

Mark Thiessen / Associated Press file                                Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy listens during a news conference in Anchorage on Sept. 26.
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Minister’s Message: In a time of crisis, look beyond the obstacles ahead
Minister’s Message: In a time of crisis, look beyond the obstacles ahead
Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Alaska Voices: PPP is far from perfect, and Dunleavy’s plan is far from what we need

The governor is denying small businesses a critical survival tool that will go far.

Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Dunlins, western sandpipers and a dowitcher feed on Saturday, May 2, 2020, on the Homer Spit near Green Timbers in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival goes virtual

Though the annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was canceled along with so many other events in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the festival organizers… Continue reading

Dunlins, western sandpipers and a dowitcher feed on Saturday, May 2, 2020, on the Homer Spit near Green Timbers in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet

Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet

Have you ever spent a weekend camping, maybe a long weekend, when the rain never seemed to quit? Where on the last day, all you… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Learning to love the ‘sweat and shiver’ diet
Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest
Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest
Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)

Opinion: Reconvene the Legislature

It’s time we went back to work to complete these tasks.

Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)
Therese Lewandowski

Voices of the Peninsula: Big and small, UA campuses need our support in the recall of governor

“I wonder what the Kachemak Bay Campus will become.”

Therese Lewandowski
Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM

Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM

I woke up to the sound of a stranger crying and decided to go directly back to bed. It was a pang of depressing abnormality… Continue reading

Tangled Up in Blue: AM/FM
Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

2019 will be synonymous with wildland fire for most of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and as the details of date and time fade… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Forest morels: Year after fire brings rewards

Point of View: Be strong and pass it on

Being strong is a balancing act.

Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding

Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding

At least 18 tribes sued, alleging Congress intended the funding to go only to tribal governments.

Tribes urge Treasury to disburse coronavirus relief funding
Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

The public library in Homer is partnering with a radio station to bring a story hour to preschoolers

Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer
Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

But it doesn’t have to decide our actions.

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA
Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director

Alaska Voices: Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles

Remember how terrible last summer’s wildfires were — the smoky skies, the traffic jams, the evacuations, the damaged homes and property? Now, imagine having to… Continue reading

Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director
Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Without my foreign exchange year I am convinced that I would not have become the person I am today.

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people
Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis
Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

Residents of the Kenai Peninsula are all too familiar with wildfire after the summer of 2019. Not only did the Swan Lake Fire burn for… Continue reading

Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire