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Opinion: The truth of what America has become

No, we aren’t better. This is what we’ve become.

A vial of the Pfizer vaccine used at The Reservoir nursing facility, is shown, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, in West Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo / Stephen Dunn,Pool)

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Opinion: We can be grateful that state vaccine plan prioritizes seniors

Alaska’s plan departs from federal guidance in several respects.

Peter Zuyus

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Point of View: Alaska seniors and disabled suffer under Department of Administration change

Closure of Homer, other DMV offices will hurt seniors and disabled.

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Opinion: Let’s keep the pot from boiling over

We need to put our differences aside, and work together.

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Voices of the Peninsula: Start New Year with ‘Dry January’ sobriety challenge

In American culture, we view the start of the New Year as a time to make life changes,…

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Opinion: I appreciate Murkowski’s climate and energy leadership

The real sleeper is the relief and hope this bill offers for a rapidly warming Earth.

Caribou graze on the greening tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska in June 2001. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Voices: Alaska Friends stand against ANWR development

‘Let Love be the first motion.” — John Woolman, early Quaker

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Governor’s DHSS plan offers chance for API improvement

We can have a higher standard for psychiatric patient care.

A Remington Deluxe Model 5 manual typewriter. (Homer News file photo)

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Editorial: In the darkness moments, there is light ahead

In Christianity, the season of Advent heralds the coming of Christ at Christmas, but it also is a…

Catherine Cassidy (courtesy)

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Voices of the Peninsula: Alaska open for business?

By selectively refusing to follow procedure in Cook Inlet, Dunleavy is forcing the total closure of federal waters…

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: Now’s the time for an ANWR lease sale

We cannot wait another 25 years.

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Opinion: Climate change forces difficult choices

When you read about or hear about climate change, what typically goes through your head?

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Point of View: :Pay it Forward — It’s time to ‘lean in’ through volunteer efforts

‘Lean in’ experience from Zoom talk can be expanded as community support during pandemic.

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

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Dunleavy: A path forward

I want to be clear that a bond package is not something I suggest lightly.

Cathy Sandeen, UAA chancellor, photographed outside the Administration and Humanities Building at the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Anchorage)

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Opinion: More respect for Your Hometown University, please

Although UAA has had its challenges, we remain remarkably strong and resilient.

(Courtesy Photo / Randall Davis, Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

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Opinion: Sea otters are the defenders of kelp forests, ecosystems

We recognize the important ecological roles they play.

A truck backs up onto a Haines-bound boat on Dec. 3, 2020, as part of an effort to send supplies and people to the landslide-afflicted community. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Opinion: It’s important to prepare for the unpredictable

It is often easy to be distracted from the lessons we learn when disaster strikes.

Soldotna High School English teacher Nicole Hewitt teaches her students remotely from her empty classroom at Soldotna High School on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Perspective of an educator in a ‘high-risk group’

“Schools were built for students. Anyone who thinks they were built for the staff, or the teachers or…

Julie Anderson, commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development, speaks to the Alaska Chamber of Commerce at Centennial Hall on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. With Anderson on stage Curtis Thayer, president and CEO of the Alaska Chamber. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska Voices: More important than ever to have insurance coverage

Individual insurance market open enrollment closes Dec. 15

The Alaska State Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: The numbers don’t lie, but people do

Newly elected legislators should be open to learning from data once in office.