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Opinion: We can’t ‘veto’ away our state’s Medicaid program

Alaskans deserve better.

Minister’s Message: Staying true to who we are

Life

Minister’s Message: Staying true to who we are

I had one of those milestone birthdays in the recent past. One of those birthdays that makes you…

Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire

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Refuge notebook: The many faces of the Swan Lake Fire

The smoke hung low in the valley as we walked down a dozer line to its end where…

Voices of the Peninsula: Use fat PFDs to pay it forward for arts, other cut programs

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Voices of the Peninsula: Use fat PFDs to pay it forward for arts, other cut programs

In Alaska, arts and culture are a $1.3 billion dollar industry.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to reporters about his budget vetoes at the state Capitol in Juneau, June 28. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Dunleavy amends special session call, moves site to Juneau

Obstacles remain, however.

Joshua Decker, center, director of the ACLU of Alaska, speaks at a press conference with Bonnie Jack, left, and John Kauffman on Wednesday, in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

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ACLU of Alaska sues Gov. Dunleavy over court budget veto

Dunleavy’s reduction to court system budget was tied to an Alaska Supreme Court decision on abortion.

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo released by the Alaska Governor’s office, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, center rear, speaks in front of a Riv-Gen Power System turbine on the bank of the Kvichak River in Igiugig, Alaska. A tiny Alaska Native village is adopting an emerging technology to transform the power of a local river into a renewable energy source. (Austin McDaniel/Alaska Governor’s Office via AP)

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Alaska village will install new river power generator

‘We would like clean renewable energy over diesel any day.’

Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

Opinion

Opinion: Restore reasonable funding for the university of Alaska

Precipitously cutting these scholarships is a significant violation of trust.

The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from the East Fork Moose River bridge on Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Photo courtesy Robert Kuiper)

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Escape from the Swanson River Fire, 1969

Here is the rest of the story and thanks for asking.

(File photo)

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A bad deal for Alaska

The question is, do you care about Alaska’s fisheries resources?

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Students, not taxpayers, should be paying for college

There has been a lot of press regarding the $130 million cut to the University of Alaska. I,…

People draped in black hold signs on July 9, 2019, by Sean Derry’s public art sculpture in Homer, Alaska, as part of a statewide art intervention to protest Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $2.8 million state appropriation to the Alaska State Council on the Arts. They also supported a general override of Dunleavy’s vetoes that will affect funding for the University of Alaska, public radio and other programs. Derry’s sculpture was commissioned as a 1% for art project associated with the remodeling of Pioneer Hall at the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska. The protest was not sanctioned by the college. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Alaska State Arts Council shuts down after funding loss

‘This is going to leave a huge vacuum.’

A brush fire burns in South Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

Opinion

Opinion: How we fight wildfires needs to change

The time for action is now.

Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska

Sports

Refuge notebook: Elodea still a threat to salmon in Alaska

The commercial harvest of the five salmon species in Alaska was worth $586 million to fishermen in 2018.…

In this July 10, 2019, photo provided by Rochelle Adams, the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Bert Cottle, center left in the orange shirt, is seen grabbing the arm of Alaska Native activist Haliehana Stepetin, who was trying to take part in a sit-in of legislators meeting in Wasilla. Stepetin filed an assault complaint with the Wasilla Police Department on Thursday, naming Cottle and Zachary Freeman, the spokesman for the Republican House Minority, seen next to Cottle in the white dress shirt. (Rochelle Adams via AP)

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Alaska Native activist alleges assault by Wasilla mayor

“I felt like I was in a vulnerable place … And I still feel like I’m in a…

A stream runs through woods in Funny River, Alaska, in July 2019. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

Life

Minister’s Message: Time at the cabin

It is difficult to describe the experience of “going to the cabin.”

Opinion

Point of View: You can make a difference at the border; July 11 fundraiser will help you know how

There will be a fundraiser from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11, at Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer.

Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire

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Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire

Upon arrival crews put out the fully involved fire in the vehicle.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: A shoutout to resolving an issue

There is not one public boat launch along the 36-mile Funny River Road corridor

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Dunleavy’s budget betrays Alaskans

There is no denying the effect that these cuts will have on communities throughout Alaska.