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Letter to the Editor: Say ‘no’ to Dunleavy’s budget cuts

To live within your means, you have to have an income.

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Alaska Voices: Science requires knowledge, but that requires education

Tim Bradner, one of Alaska’s most respected business and resource journalists, had an excellent column Feb. 15 in…

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Alaska Voices: The hard truth about Medicaid expansion

It’s time for a reality check. Since Alaska expanded Medicaid to able-bodied adults in 2015, our state has…

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Letter to the Editor: The governor kept his word

When people ask me what being a conservative means, my first response is always that “people are more…

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Letter to the Editor: Standing for principles

We are so pleased to be represented by a man of such integrity, Rep. Gary Knopp. He stood…

Schools briefs for the week of February 18, 2019

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Schools briefs for the week of February 18, 2019

What’s happening this week

Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

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Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

The measures were challenged by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands

In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, House District 1 candidate Republican Bart LeBon points to a vote tally board with his campaign manager Brittany Hartmann during a election recount at the Department of Elections’ Juneau office. Republican Bart LeBon picked up two votes while Democrat Kathryn Dodge picked up one making him the winner of the election with a total of 2,663 votes. LeBon joined the bipartisan House Majority Coalition on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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House fills key leadership roles

House majority, minority taking shape.

In this June 16, 2005 photo, Jack Coghill sits by the Tanana River in Nenana, Alaska. One of the last remaining members of the Alaska constitutional convention, former Lt. Gov. Jack Coghill died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, at age 93 in North Pole. (Dan Joling | Associated Press File)

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Signer of Alaska Constitution, Jack Coghill, dies at age 93

He was a political icon in the state.

A “listening session” was held and recorded in Cooper Landing this week as part of an organized effort to record community residents’ observations of change on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Voices of the Kenai

By JOHN MORTON

Minister’s Message: The greatest love of all

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Minister’s Message: The greatest love of all

I like Valentine’s Day. All the bright hearts, sweets, poems of love and affection, flowers, cards, etc., are…

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Letter to the Editor: Time for all of us to step up to the plate

Re, articles in Thursday’s ADN from Larry Persily and Mia Costello: They are right on, but if I…

Dunleavy budget proposal proposes to eliminate hundreds of jobs

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Dunleavy budget proposal proposes to eliminate hundreds of jobs

Job cuts are not final

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Now Playing: ‘Plastic toys meet ‘Mad Max’ in the latest ‘Lego’ sequel

I should just say up front that I thought “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” was great,…

‘The Lost Girls of Paris’ — a thrilling tale of love, war and spies

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‘The Lost Girls of Paris’ — a thrilling tale of love, war and spies

The frame was beautiful.

Cathy Sandeen, UAA’s new Chancellor, photographed outside the Administration and Humanities Building.

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UAA will be ready if allowed to apply for reaccreditation

From the moment I learned that the programs for initial licensure within the University of Alaska Anchorage’s School…

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Yes’ on the Soldotna field house

We would like to say that we are proud supporters of the proposed Soldotna field house.

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Letter to the Editor: Thank a teacher

It’s not really, “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” Or, I should say that it goes…

Anne M. Jess, of The Doodle Biz of Seattle, creates a graphic representation of a U.S. Department of Energy presentation addressing earthquake damage to some mud disposal sites and sampling results from radiologic monitoring on Amchitka Island during a forum Tuesday, in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Study: No leaking radiation from Alaska island nuclear site

Three nuclear tests were conducted between 1965 and 1971 on Amchitka

Pioneer Potluck: About cold weather and keeping warm

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Pioneer Potluck: About cold weather and keeping warm

This week’s recipes: Moist applesauce-lemon muffins, pecan puffs and German-style mac-n-cheese