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Alex Koplin is a founding member of Kenai Peninsula Votes. (courtesy photo)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Honor America’s roots by voting

We need all our citizens to have their voices heard.

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Point of View: Pandemic lock-down offered Christian Scientists time to reflect

In this year often defined by uncertainty, I have been blessed by the continued support of the Christian…

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Cultural and symbolic significance of the American flag

Lesson learned, lesson appreciated and lesson respected.

Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: More needs to be done to protect the disabled

A state standard of patient care and a state enforcement of rights must be added to proposed bills.

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Opinion: If you want to attract teachers, increase pay

The truth is that until money is supplied to teachers, people like me, who love and care for…

Greg Brush passes Kenai conservation on to the next generation of anglers by releasing a king salmon. (Photo courtesy Greg Brush)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Decision devastating for dwindling king populations

We have fewer Kenai River chinook than we used to and they are smaller on average than they…

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s aversion to the PFD truth

It’s well past time that Alaskans be told the truth.

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Opinion: Student free speech Supreme Court cases offer teachable moments

Basic civics should be a mandatory part of high school education.

Jonathan Flora (Courtesy Photo)

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Opinion: Future for salmon fishing doesn’t look bright if we don’t rapidly decarbonize our world

There are only hard choices ahead.

Black bears roam in the Skilak Lake area of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, on June 13, 2021. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Got bears? Here are programs that can help

In Alaska, hungry bears are waking up from their long winter hibernation and are starting to emerge from…

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: Why wait to register?

Absentee voting in our state and borough was extremely popular this past election.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy held a press conference at the Alaska State Capitol on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: Governor’s budget plan doesn’t add up

Keeping secrets from the public is irresponsible, dishonest and harmful.

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

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Opinion: It’s time to compromise on the Roadless Rule

The Roadless Rule has become a fight over which wild exaggeration of the facts will prevail.

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Opinion: For Alaska’s future generations, turn my PFD into a PFD (personal floatation device)

The PFD question lurks as a possible show stopper.

In this Monday, March 2, 2020, file photo, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum addresses the state’s coronavirus preparedness at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

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Alaskans, go outside and play

Let’s help families this summer by supporting efforts to encourage healthy eating and physical activity.

Xochitl Lopez-Ayala (Photo courtesy of Xochitl Lopez-Ayala)

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Point of View: Employer accountability for racial justice

Business owners, ask yourselves: How are you helping your BIPoC employees?

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Opinion: Voting rights and the majority’s minority

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., is right to oppose H.R. 1, the “For the People Act.”

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Base PFD on resource revenue deposits, not percent of fund earnings

Looking back, we made one big mistake.

Corri A. Feige is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Doug Vincent-Lang is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.((Courtesy Photos)

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Opinion: Alaskans should be good stewards of our home

Alaskans trashing public and private land lend credibility to the claims that we can’t be trusted to protect…

The Capitol Dome looms behind the Peace Monument statue in Washington, Friday, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Opinion: Alaskans don’t want California’s failed policies

While supporters of the PRO Act claim it is a tool to support workers, its provisions deprive workers…