Opinion
Alaska Voices: Our children must read by 9
Students who cannot read well almost never catch up and their future is in peril
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Alaska Voices: Alaska’s resource future can be a win-win
Recently, several public opinion messages and campaigns have voiced concerns about the mining industry here in Alaska. It…
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Alaska Voices: Resource development is good for our health
It seems as though we are constantly beating back the regressive ideas that development of our abundant resources…
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Voices of the Peninsula: Provide a budget information survey online
It should be possible to provide the entire budget line items on an easily accessible website
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Opinion: Gov. Dunleavy’s budget and the damage it would cause
Cutting waste is one thing. Hacking at opportunity and the economy is another.
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Adults are not doing right by our youth
Alaska has been my home and I have been privileged to have had Alaskans for my neighbors for…
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Letter to the Editor: Alaskans need budget solutions, not anger and infighting
I wonder why, when a professional is named to head any state department, they didn’t get clear, complete…
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Letter to the Editor: State income tax could help fund social services
Now, I understand our senate is proposing a cut to the dividend as a way to help balance…
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Alaska Voices: Statewide affordable pre-K is critical
Alaska’s early care and learning sector account for $343 million in annual spending
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Carbon offsets offer market-based solution to impact of fuel consumption
In early March, Alaskans Know Climate Change purchased carbon offsets for the Kachemak Bay Conservation Center. This is…
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Alaska Voices: Celebrating the Alaskan spirit
The Last Great Race reflects the Alaska spirit within everyone who calls this state home
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Voices of the Peninsula: Job losses are personal. I should know.
I’m preparing to tell you something very personal and intensely painful.
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: A failing health-care system
Our failing health-care
system hurts us all
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Voices of the Peninsula: The un-democracy of Pebble Mine
With the draft EIS for the Pebble Mine set to be released this Friday, Feb. 22, we on…
Opinion
Opinion: Getting the facts on the upstream carbon impact of ANWR development
North Slope has legacy of environmental responsibility that shines among the oilfields in the world
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Prescription for Play: Children’s play is critical for healthy development
Some doctors are starting to write a very different kind of prescription for their young patients — a…
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Letter to the Editor: Say ‘no’ to Dunleavy’s budget cuts
To live within your means, you
have to have an income.
Opinion
Alaska Voices: Science requires knowledge, but that requires education
Tim Bradner, one of Alaska’s most respected business and resource journalists, had an excellent column Feb. 15 in…
Opinion
Alaska Voices: The hard truth about Medicaid expansion
It’s time for a reality check. Since Alaska expanded Medicaid to able-bodied adults in 2015, our state has…