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A voter fills out their ballot in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Alaska voters are limited even with 48-candidate field

Expect vote splitting. And a lot of it

A voter fills out their ballot in the Thunder Mountain High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Birders check out shorebirds on the outgoing tide on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Put on your boots and grab your binoculars — It’s Shorebird Festival

This year is the 30th anniversary of the festival

Birders check out shorebirds on the outgoing tide on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Alaska Voices: Join me at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference

Our identity and our economy are deeply connected to our role as an energy exporter

The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)

Opinion: Supporting and protecting Alaskans during breakup and fire season

Our mantra is Team Alaska — we are here to help Alaskans and our communities.

The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)
A copy of the State of Alaska Official Ballot for the June 11, 2022, Special Primary Election is photographed on May 2, 2022. (Peninsula Clarion staff)

How do I choose a candidate for this Special Primary Election?

You could start by making a list of your top choices with the issues they support that you care about

A copy of the State of Alaska Official Ballot for the June 11, 2022, Special Primary Election is photographed on May 2, 2022. (Peninsula Clarion staff)
This photo shows a stack of pocket constitutions at the Alaska State Capitol. A broad coalition has formed in opposition to a potential State Constitution Convention. Alaskans are asked every 10 years on ballots whether a convention should be held. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Constitutional Convention would open a can of worms

Fortunately, there is an alternative.

This photo shows a stack of pocket constitutions at the Alaska State Capitol. A broad coalition has formed in opposition to a potential State Constitution Convention. Alaskans are asked every 10 years on ballots whether a convention should be held. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)
This October 2020 photo shows the pattern of the Alaska state flag illuminated on the M/V Kennicott. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Now is the time to make sure we can ‘keep Alaska moving’

We’re also taking steps to add more flexibility to our fleet.

This October 2020 photo shows the pattern of the Alaska state flag illuminated on the M/V Kennicott. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
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Charlie Pierce stands in his home on Thursday, March 11, 2022, in Sterling, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Point of View: Poorly managed fishery bycatch is an Alaska tragedy

Alaskan fishermen suffer the effects of policy failures

Charlie Pierce stands in his home on Thursday, March 11, 2022, in Sterling, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell. (Courtesy photo)

UAA faculty provide a place of belonging for students

Congratulations to UAA’s Class of 2022 and future graduates

UAA Chancellor Sean Parnell. (Courtesy photo)
This Feb. 9, 2016, photo shows ice forming on pipelines built near the Colville-Delta 5 field, or as it’s more commonly known, CD5, drilling site on Alaska’s North Slope. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)

US decides to limit leasing in Alaska petroleum reserve

The plan would prevent oil and gas development in areas considered important for sensitive bird populations, caribou herds

This Feb. 9, 2016, photo shows ice forming on pipelines built near the Colville-Delta 5 field, or as it’s more commonly known, CD5, drilling site on Alaska’s North Slope. (AP Photo / Mark Thiessen)
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Point of View: Bay Club purchase could be city community center

Instead of building new center on HERC site, why not purchase the Bay Club?

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Point of View: Home is where the heart is

In 1985, I traveled to California for a job interview and thought, since I’m close, I’ll visit my friend in Alaska

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U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, right, laughs with Nelson Angapak Sr., Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Angapak appeared at a news conference with Haaland, who was on a visit to Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Agency proposes more land options for Alaska Native veterans

Haaland visited with veterans this week during her ongoing trip to Alaska, her first to the state as secretary

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, right, laughs with Nelson Angapak Sr., Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Angapak appeared at a news conference with Haaland, who was on a visit to Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland gestures while addressing reporters during a news conference Thursday, in Anchorage. Haaland is in the midst of a visit to the state that included a trip to King Cove, a community at the center of a long-running dispute over a proposed land exchange aimed at building a road through a national wildlife refuge. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Interior Secretary Haaland in midst of visit to Alaska

Haaland was in King Cove on Wednesday with Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland gestures while addressing reporters during a news conference Thursday, in Anchorage. Haaland is in the midst of a visit to the state that included a trip to King Cove, a community at the center of a long-running dispute over a proposed land exchange aimed at building a road through a national wildlife refuge. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Nathan Hall (left) and Jesse Egner (right) play a duet Hall composed that was inspired by dried stalks of cow parsnips at Bunnell Streer Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Sean McDermott)

Screenwriting, cyanotypes and a sonic portrait

A trio of artists visit Bunnell Street Arts Center in April as Artists in residence

Nathan Hall (left) and Jesse Egner (right) play a duet Hall composed that was inspired by dried stalks of cow parsnips at Bunnell Streer Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Sean McDermott)
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks briefly to reporters as she leaves a courthouse in New York, Feb. 14, 2022. Palin is one of 48 candidates for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, which was held for decades by Republican Rep. Don Young, who died last month. Palin says she’s serious about the run though some critics have questioned her motivations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Palin on serving in Congress: ‘It would be all about Alaska’

Palin is among 48 candidates running for Alaska’s lone House seat

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks briefly to reporters as she leaves a courthouse in New York, Feb. 14, 2022. Palin is one of 48 candidates for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, which was held for decades by Republican Rep. Don Young, who died last month. Palin says she’s serious about the run though some critics have questioned her motivations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney (Photo via the State of Alaska Department of Revenue)

Now is the time to establish firm fiscal policies

Limit spending into the future and ensure that our reserves are replenished and protected

Alaska Department of Revenue Commissioner Lucinda Mahoney (Photo via the State of Alaska Department of Revenue)
Josh Revak is a member of the Alaska State Senate. (Courtesy photo)

We are making Alaska’s Purple Heart Trail the longest in the US

The MOPH began efforts in Alaska in 2008 with the designation of the highways between Alaska-Canada

Josh Revak is a member of the Alaska State Senate. (Courtesy photo)
Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Jim Cockrell is seen here in an undated photo. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Opinion: Addressing the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous persons

The Alaska Department of Public Safety is developing new approaches to these investigations

Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety Jim Cockrell is seen here in an undated photo. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)