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Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

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Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

Evidence still needed to show what Kenai birch conclusively is

The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna is seen here on June 1. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough extends emergency disaster declaration

Response and recovery efforts against the pandemic are expected to continue.

The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna is seen here on June 1. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer Medical Clinic to get new roof

The building’s roof has reached the end of its useful life and is in need of replacement.

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Life

Minister’s Message: Back to School lessons for all

We adults often forget about our own development as “children” of the Heavenly Father.

Crab apples hang from the branches of the author’s tree in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen)

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Kalifornsky Kitchen: Crab apples signal fall

My most vivid memories of eating crab apples are all natural

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Complicated tax policy should not be decided at the ballot box

The legislative process isn’t pretty, but it is the system in place for such matters.

Life

What’s in a name?

Generally, I’m not into naming my things, but I might have to make an exception.

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: The GOP doesn’t speak for most Alaskans

Legislators aren’t elected to be a rubber stamp for whatever the governor wants.

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Life

Minister’s Message: Training in righteousness

Stay prepared for the unfortunate things life can send our direction

In this June 23, 2016 photo, the Alaska Marine Highway’s ferry Matanuska passes Eagle Glacier. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Work group looking for way to keep marine highway afloat

Over the past 18 months, Alaska’s ferry system faced unprecedented challenges

Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

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Opinion: Big business, Wall Street are the true socialists

The system has been rigged for the wealthiest.

Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

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Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

Insect makes life in backcountry tough

In this July 13, 2007, file photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. A proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska would cause “unavoidable adverse impacts,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a letter to the developer released Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. The corps is asking the backers of Pebble Mine to come up with a mitigation plan within 90 days for nearly 3,000 acres of land and nearly 200 miles of streams it says could be affected if the controversial mine moves forward. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Corps: Pebble project would harm fishery

The corps is giving Pebble Limited Partnership 90 days to come up with a mitigation plan

A bowl of mango salsa, next to a bowl of salsa verde, are accompanied by seltzer water, tortilla chips and a shrimp tacos birthday meal on Aug. 21, 2020 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Life

Kalifornsky Kitchen: Stretching out summer with mango salsa

Life is what you make it and so is this salsa.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Juneau Empire file photo)

Opinion

Dunleavy: Keeping Alaska’s economy healthy

To date, the SBA has very successfully provided Alaskan businesses with over $1.7 billion in aid.

Tony Knowles (Courtesy photo)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: ‘Show me the money!’

A long list of federal programs and grants could immediately fund the first phases of this trail.

Associated Press                                Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson has resigned, shortly after details of text messages that the state’s married and socially conservative top law enforcement officer sent to a female state employee were revealed Tuesday.

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Alaska attorney general quits after texts with woman surface

The woman later said she was uncomfortable with the contact and reported it to her supervisor.

Associated Press                                Alaska state Rep. Gary Knopp was piloting his plane even though his medical flight certification was denied eight years ago because of vision problems, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Tuesday.

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NTSB: Lawmaker in plane crash flew despite vision problems

Rep. Gary Knopp was flying a Piper PA-12 when it collided with a de Havilland DHC2.

The Tongass National Forest sign seen en route to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Opinion: Removing the Roadless Rule would hurt Alaska

By Helena Wayne

The entrance to the Peninsula Job Center is seen in Kenai, Alaska, on May 28, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska jobs down 39,900 last month

Only major sector with more jobs than it had in July 2019 was the federal government