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Copies of the Alaska State Constitution were available outside the lieutenant governor’s office on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. If voters choose to have a constitutional convention, the state’s foundational document could be re-written. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire)
Copies of the Alaska State Constitution were available outside the lieutenant governor’s office on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. If voters choose to have a constitutional convention, the state’s foundational document could be re-written. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire)
Hedi Drygas, who is running for lieutenant governor, and Bill Walker, who is running for governor, are photographed outside the Juneau Empire’s offices in October 2022. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire)

Alaska Voices: I’m running for office because I want my daughter to be able to stay and build her life in Alaska

I’m the proud mother of a 4-year-old girl, and I’m worried about her future.

Hedi Drygas, who is running for lieutenant governor, and Bill Walker, who is running for governor, are photographed outside the Juneau Empire’s offices in October 2022. (Ben Hohenstatt/Juneau Empire)
Alaska State Senate candidate Tuckerman Babcock emcees a "Get Out the Vote" rally hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Voices of the Peninsula: Supporting Tuckerman Babcock

These are some of the people of the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska who proudly support Tuckerman Babcock for State Senate

Alaska State Senate candidate Tuckerman Babcock emcees a "Get Out the Vote" rally hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Kassandra Taggart (Photo provided)

Alaska Voices: The Landlord’s Almanac is creating a better community for landlords and renters

It became a place where landlords could go and say: “Hey I need advice; how can I get help?”

Kassandra Taggart (Photo provided)
The Alaska State Capitol is seen on Sept. 24, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion: The peninsula deserves better than Babcock

If conservative peninsula voters want to see Republicans have the best chance of controlling the Senate in Juneau then voting for Babcock is just plain dumb

The Alaska State Capitol is seen on Sept. 24, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, talks with then-Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka Tuesday morning following a House Administration Committee Finance Subcommittee meeting in 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: The real Tshibaka sows division and discord

Kelly Tshibaka wants Alaskans to believe that Sen. Lisa Murkowski has “been complicit with the left’s agenda”

Rep. Andi Story, D-Juneau, talks with then-Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka Tuesday morning following a House Administration Committee Finance Subcommittee meeting in 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
The northern lights appear over Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate. But more than six years after the last vote, Shishmaref remains in the same place because the relocation is too costly. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Climate migration: Alaska village resists despite threats

Climate change is partially to blame for the rising seas, flooding, erosion and loss of protective ice and land

The northern lights appear over Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate. But more than six years after the last vote, Shishmaref remains in the same place because the relocation is too costly. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

Report on Pebble Mine urges more scrutiny for projects

Backers “tried to trick regulators by pretending to pursue a smaller project with the intention of expanding,” the report said

In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)
United States Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, a Republican, looks on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, prior to a U.S. Senate debate in Anchorage, Alaska. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka, center, and Democrat Pat Chesbro, right, in the general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Murkowski faces Tshibaka and Chesbro in Alaska Senate debate

Topics included the Arctic, the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response and protecting youth from gun violence

United States Sen. Lisa Murkowski, left, a Republican, looks on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, prior to a U.S. Senate debate in Anchorage, Alaska. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka, center, and Democrat Pat Chesbro, right, in the general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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Minister’s Message: What do you need for a more peace-filled, healthy life?

From where I sit, we have moved off center and it isn’t serving us well

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Candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat share a laugh before a debate Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. From left are Republican Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat; Republican Nick Begich, and Chris Bye, a Libertarian. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Peltola faces Palin, Begich, Bye in debate

Peltola beat Palin and Republican Nick Begich in a ranked choice August special election

Candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat share a laugh before a debate Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. From left are Republican Sarah Palin, U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat; Republican Nick Begich, and Chris Bye, a Libertarian. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Rep. Don Young smiles during a sit-down in the Juneau Empire’s offices last June. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Former staff and friends of Rep. Young back Peltola

“Mary Peltola respects Congressman Young’s legacy of service…”

Rep. Don Young smiles during a sit-down in the Juneau Empire’s offices last June. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Rep. Ben Carpenter, R-Nikiski, speaks to constituents during a town hall at the Funny River Community Center in Funny River, Alaska on Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

A ‘yes’ vote for a constitutional convention is a ‘yes’ vote for justice

The issue of justice reform unites Alaskans from rural villages and urban centers alike

Rep. Ben Carpenter, R-Nikiski, speaks to constituents during a town hall at the Funny River Community Center in Funny River, Alaska on Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)
A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

Be an educated voter

What’s on the ballot?

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)
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Opinion: In defense of free speech for all

Selective defense of free speech shreds vital connection to Equal Protection Clause.

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican seeking reelection, answers a question during a candidate forum, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro in the Nov. 8, 2022, election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia

The two landed earlier this month near Gambell, on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican seeking reelection, answers a question during a candidate forum, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro in the Nov. 8, 2022, election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Isolde Panarelli of Homer, reads “Snow in Googerville,” which received second place in fiction, grade 4-6), during the 2021 Writer’s Contest Winner’s presenations at the Homer Council on the Arts. (Photo provided)

Writing, sharing, connecting

Peninsula Writers Contest returns for its 25th year

Isolde Panarelli of Homer, reads “Snow in Googerville,” which received second place in fiction, grade 4-6), during the 2021 Writer’s Contest Winner’s presenations at the Homer Council on the Arts. (Photo provided)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File)

Opinion: Alaska is at a crossroads

The upcoming midterm elections is way more important than some feel.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin addresses supporters at the opening of her new campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen,File)
The Kenai River flows into Kenai Lake, in Cooper Landing, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2019. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)

Minister’s Message: A mind full of compassion

It’s fairly easy to have compassion for family and friends, but what about the cashier at the grocery store?

The Kenai River flows into Kenai Lake, in Cooper Landing, Alaska, Aug. 9, 2019. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)
This public domain images shows former House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. Boggs was traveling in an airplane with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich in 1972 that went missing and has never been found.
This public domain images shows former House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. Boggs was traveling in an airplane with Alaska Rep. Nick Begich in 1972 that went missing and has never been found.

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