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In this Jan. 29, 2019 file photo, Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson testifies before state senators during a confirmation hearing in Juneau, Alaska. Clarkson says his life was likely saved by one simple act. He suspected he was having a heart attack on a flight to Seattle on April 26, 2019, but didn’t want to bother anyone. But a half hour before the plane landed, he pushed the call button for a flight attendant, the likely life-saving event. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Opinion

Alaska Attorney General Clarkson: My wake-up call on heart health

“This cannot be happening to me, I’m the guy who runs or walks 3-5 miles every day.”

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen gives his State of the University speech. (Screenshot)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: University of Alaska is fully committed to the student experience

Thousands of UA graduates will cross a stage, receive their diploma, and move out into the world.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Funny River needs a boat launch

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Opinion

Opinion: A change in Alaska’s crime laws is needed now

Current criminal laws tie our hands, state prosecutors say.

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News

Schools briefs for the week of May 6, 2019

What’s happening this week

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

News

GOP lawmaker leaves Alaska House majority over budget vote

With a full dividend, the Senate budget has a $1.2 billion hole that would still need to be…

Underpasses to help wildlife move across the Sterling Highway is one way to resist changing conditions. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

Sports

Refuge notebook: A new way of thinking about climate adaptation

Last week I was in Madison, Wisconsin, at the National Adaptation Forum. This is an invigorating conference, powered…

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

News

Alaska lawmaker takes issue with Black History Month bill

Eastman: Passing a law saying how much politicians care about African Americans is dishonest

Alaska Voices: Let’s channel that same positive spirit as we address Alaska’s fiscal situation

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Let’s channel that same positive spirit as we address Alaska’s fiscal situation

Last November, we were reminded of something that offers us great hope about the future of our state.

News

13 weekend wildfires signal kickoff to Alaska fire season

“This is really some of the driest parts of the year.”

Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help

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Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help

Troopers notified the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office it would not access to certain databases.

Opinion

Opinion: Support a strong University of Alaska

There’s been much discussion and debate about the appropriate amount of state support for the University of Alaska.…

Brad Angasan (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion

Opinion: We are an Alaska Native Corporation that backs Pebble Mine. Here’s why.

Our leadership doesn’t have the luxury of making emotional decisions.

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Opinion

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Our democracy cannot properly function on distrust.

Pioneer Potluck: About my birthday and thinking I was adopted

Life

Pioneer Potluck: About my birthday and thinking I was adopted

Recipes for spinach salad, apple streusel cobbler, halibut fingers

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

News

Alaska Senate committee advances rewrite of dividend formula

JUNEAU — The size of the check residents receive from Alaska’s oil wealth fund would be smaller next…

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Alaska marijuana regulators to consider changes to onsite pot use

The board would need to get public comment on proposed changes to the rules.

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Opinion

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Congress can find a bipartisan way to formerly condemn Trump.

Opinion: 20 years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

Opinion

Opinion: 20 years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

A red flag law could address Alaska’s epidemic of gun violence.

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

News

Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat

The House’s version of the budget did not include a dividend amount.