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Alaska Voices: Alaska’s tourism industry needs help

Alaska has suffered a triple whammy of no cruise ships, a closed Canadian border and a limited supply…

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Opinion: Large cruise ships are a clear and present danger to Southeast Alaska

We don’t have to ban cruise tourism, but do need to eliminate the greatest risks to our communities.

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

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Voices of the Peninsula: Why not make voting fun?

I think the public should demand more measures to make voting easier.

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Opinion: The plague of intellectual laziness

What’s become increasingly lazy, is our political discourse.

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Show us the money, redux: Alaskans respond to the chance to balance the budget

Our purpose was to engage Alaskans in a process to better understand the challenges and difficult choices ahead.

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Point of View: There’s no more need for the SAT

The test says very little about what really matters to colleges, the effort and ability of the students…

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Point of View: Help and conversation

At the hospice office we see the value in conversation, and we make an effort with everyone.

This photo shows University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau.  (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: We can’t run our businesses without the University of Alaska

We rely on UA grads to power our workforce.

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Opinion: Dunleavy’s subservience to Trump continues

What’s profoundly frightening for America is that Dunleavy and most of his fellow Republicans have imposed silence on…

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Biden’s ‘30 x 30’ conservation plan falls short

Given the encouraging first 100 days of the Biden administration, the plan is disappointing.

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SBA’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund: Apply now!

The American Rescue Plan Act established the RRF to provide funding to help restaurants and other eligible businesses…

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Opinion: Why is CON Still in Alaska?

CON laws are little more than expensive and time-consuming barriers to care.

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Opinion: Lost revenue is severely impacting local decisions

It’s a different kind of crisis.

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Point of View: Caregivers Support Group shows others willing to help

Caregiving is a 24-hour job and can be overwhelming at times.

George Bennett pictured shortly after arriving in Vietnam in 1967. Mr. Bennett served in the 2/12th Infantry 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division and was assigned to Dau Tieng Base Camp. (Photo courtesy George Bennett, Sr.)

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Opinion: It’s time to correct a Vietnam-era injustice

Let’s give our Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans the land they’re owed and honor their legacy of service before…

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Reports show value of UA workforce development programs

The economic value of training and education is abundantly clear

Former Alaska representative Les Gara, left, and Amanda Metivier, associate director of the Child Welfare Academy. (courtesy)

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Fostering more important than ever

We have fewer foster homes today than we did before COVID.

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

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Voices of the Peninsula: What’s in a number?

The more we promote the importance of voting, the more we improve our civic health.

The MV Matanuska awaits repairs at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on Thursday as lawmakers at the state Capitol debated whether the Alaska Marine Highway System was actually a highway. A bill that would shape long-term planning for the system passed out of committee. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: The feigning champions of the ferry system

Token improvements aren’t anything to brag about.

Air Force veteran and MST coordinator Suzanna McClendon (Photo courtesy Alaska VA Healthcare System)

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Alaska Voices: Vets dealing with military sexual trauma, you are not alone

Sexual assault and sexual harassment can be many things.