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Point of View: Homer Drawdown moves forward with climate-change solutions

Two years ago, a small group of concerned citizens decided to use this book as a guiding document

A “Vote Here” sign is seen at the City of Kenai building on Monday, Sept. 21 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Voices of the Peninsula: Fight for democracy

When the Insurrection occurred on Jan. 6, 2021, it was a direct attack on our democratic rule of…

Former Alaska legislator and gubernatorial candidate Les Gara is seen in this undated photo. (courtesy photo)

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Alaska’s great oil giveway

We can do better than giving away billions in oil company subsidies

Alexander B. Dolitsky

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Opinion: Russian Old Believers in modern Alaska

America is the sunrise for the Russian Old Believers in Alaska.

A vote-by-mail ballot box is photographed at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration building in Soldotna, Alaska, in October 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Voices of the Peninsula: 2021 saw changes to election laws across the country

Election security, efficiency and accuracy continue to be integral to maintaining nonpartisan run elections

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Don’t cut up Kachemak Bay State Park for a failing hatchery!

HB 52 would permanently give up valuable public resources to a failing operation.

In this Sept. 26, 2019 file photo, Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka addresses reporters in Anchorage, Alaska. Tshibaka announced plans on Monday, March 29, 2021, to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a fellow Republican, in the 2022 election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Alaska Voices: 2021 proved that Murkowski has abandoned Alaska

Murkowski’s record this year is consistent with her past.

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during an interview at the Juneau Empire on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Voices: A tough year, but bipartisanship points the way

When Congress did set aside its differences and work together, we made some significant achievements.

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After Christmas, exchange ideas

Unhealthy sterotypes pose a new existential risk.

Jason Brune is the commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation. (Image via dec.alaska.gov)

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Opinion: Feds owe it to Alaskans to clean up their mess

Nobody expected that the federal government would give damaged goods as part of ANCSA.

Jim Cockrell was appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy as Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (Courtesy photo / Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Opinion: Budget proposal makes meaningful investments in public safety

This administration is determined to make Alaska a place where people can feel safe, and victims can expect…

Larry Persily

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Point of View: Letting politics influence permanent fund decisions creates possibilities for misery

An impartial board of trustees is the only vaccine against politicizing the fund.

Copies of the Alaska State Constitution were available outside the Lt. Governor’s office on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: A constitutional convention is fraught with danger

Please follow the constitutional convention issue as it works its way through the political process.

Homer Foundation

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Point of View: Reflections during December snow

Then the stories of fellow Americans who give to help out as the money mounts into the millions…

Carl Marrs (courtesy)

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Alaska Voices: Thank you, Legislators, for your fiscal responsibility

The bipartisan House Majority came together with a pledge to not overspend our permanent fund earnings.

Bill Walker, left, candidate for governor, and Heidi Drygas, right, candidate for lieutenant governor. (Photo provided, Bill Walker and Heidi Drygas)

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Alaska Voices: Alaska infrastructure and jobs more important than politics

Dunleavy was silent on federal infrastructure, jobs bill.

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Opinion: Broadband should be accessible everywhere in Alaska

Broadband will dissolve the divide between rural and urban.

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Alaska Voices: What COP26 means for Alaska

Climate change stands out as a majorly important and urgent issue.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy holds a news conference on Aug. 16, 2021. (Peter Segall/Juneau Empire file)

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Dunleavy: Admin upholds Alaskans’ freedom, liberty and privacy rights

Attacks on our individual liberties, constitutional rights and our economic future are being waged by the federal government.

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The M/V Tustumena comes into Homer after spending the day in Seldovia in 2010. (Homer News File)

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Opinion: Legislation good for Alaska embarrasses Trump and Dunleavy

Ferry schedule again has gaps.