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Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

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Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

Substance abuse still merits attention.

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Voices of the Peninsula: Ambler road project threatens Alaska wild

I propose that this road not be built, certainly not on the State’s dime.

Opinion: A stable economic future follows the Ambler Road

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Opinion: A stable economic future follows the Ambler Road

We have known of the Ambler district’s vast copper and base metal deposits since the 1950s.

Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Bristol Bay fishermen oppose Pebble employee’s nomination to Board of Fish

Alaska’s fisheries belong to the people.

Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska Voices: PPP is far from perfect, and Dunleavy’s plan is far from what we need

The governor is denying small businesses a critical survival tool that will go far.

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

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Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

“Why is the governor supporting the Pebble Project?”

Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)

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Opinion: Reconvene the Legislature

It’s time we went back to work to complete these tasks.

Therese Lewandowski

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Voices of the Peninsula: Big and small, UA campuses need our support in the recall of governor

“I wonder what the Kachemak Bay Campus will become.”

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Point of View: Be strong and pass it on

Being strong is a balancing act.

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

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Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

But it doesn’t have to decide our actions.

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

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Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director

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Alaska Voices: Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles

Remember how terrible last summer’s wildfires were — the smoky skies, the traffic jams, the evacuations, the damaged…

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

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Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

When I venture out needlessly, I throw viral stones at you.

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

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Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Parenting is always a full-time job, and under typical circumstances can be challenging.

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

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Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Without my foreign exchange year I am convinced that I would not have become the person I am…

One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska Voices: Dunleavy is no friend to health care

The profound effects of underfunding Alaska’s health care system are just now coming to light.

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Alaska Voices: Rags or riches?

The often-stated premise, “easy come, easy go” applies to Alaska’s budgetary history in spades.

Church of the Rock Homer Pastor Aaron Weisser, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy Aaron Weisser)

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Point of View: Opportunities for kindness and caring have never been as ripe

It has been truly amazing to see so many people from our community rally to support each other.

Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

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Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

I believe all businesses should make clear that discrimination is wrong.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference in Anchorage on Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Opinion: The experts Dunleavy ignored

Dunleavy has handled the pandemic admirably, but the financial crisis is a different story.