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A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. (Photo courtesy Van Abbott)

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OPINION: How a riot became a Republican revenue stream

$10 billion Trump lawsuit against the IRS over leaked tax information has morphed into an “anti-weaponization” fund

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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OPINION: Iran conflict a threat to Alaska’s oil supply

Alaska remains vulnerable because we lack sufficient in-state refining capacity to meet many of our own needs

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Alaska must do better to support mental health care

Evan Swensen is a longtime Alaska resident and book publisher. He resides in Anchorage. Photo courtesy Evan Swensen

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Opinion: Alaska’s win-win constitutional solution

Why 2% mortgages could end our budget wars

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Is the threat to Alaska real?

Is the threat to Alaska real? I believe it is.

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Larry Persily.

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Opinion: West Coast and Alaska will pay a price for Trump’s war

This is more about who will pay the cost of the president’s war on Iran and how it’s…

Julie Sande. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

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Opinion: Alaska’s maritime economy works because we invest in people, not just projects

Reid Williams, a second-generation fisherman from Cordova, grew up in a fishing family and began working as a…

Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. Photo courtesy Van Abbott

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Opinion: The Jan. 6 grift

How a riot became a Republican revenue stream

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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A case for driving an electric car

REP. SARAH VANCE

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Opinion: Alaska still has a path to stronger election integrity

There is good news for Alaskans who want elections that are both secure and trustworthy. Gov. Dunleavy has…

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: What! They don’t pay taxes?

Hilcorp, in acquiring BP’s Alaska assets, follows a record of cooperation with our state government that by working…

Juneau Empire file photo
Larry Persily.

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Opinion: At least the doll didn’t ask for campaign contributions

For those who remember, Mattel’s Chatty Cathy talking doll was revolutionary when it came out in 1959.

Evan Swensen is a longtime Alaska resident and book publisher. He resides in Anchorage. Photo courtesy Evan Swensen

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Opinion: The last person in the room

Local news matters because local decisions matter, and someone needs to be watching when those decisions get made.

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Larry Persily.

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Opinion: Gas line should pipe up and pay its own way

I don’t believe the proposed multi-multibillion-dollar Alaska North Slope gas project will be built. It’s too expensive. The…

Van Abbott is a long-time resident of Alaska and California and a full-time opinion writer. Photo courtesy Van Abbott

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Opinion: The illusion of superiority

America’s military edge endures but only if it adapts to the economics and speed of AI warfare.

District of Sooke Municipal Hall on Otter Point Road. (Black Press Media file photo)

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LETTER: New development will overload Sooke infrastructure

Send your letter to editor@sookenewsmirror.com

Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File
Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019.

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OPINION: Are we headed for the rocks?

The question is are we ready for the summer?

The author and her dog, Fen, with a sooty grouse in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Bjorn Dihle)

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New studies show benefit of managing for wild foods

In Southeast Alaska, wild foods provide a value of up to $1,691 per rural resident, on average

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Letters to the editor

Schools should be teaching CPR