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Voter suppression doesn’t matter if voters don’t care

Have you heard? Turnout for the November general election is expected to be so high that election officials…

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User groups must band together to help kings

User groups must band together to help kings

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Letter to the editor: Children must be protected by adults

Children must be protected by adults

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Letter to the editor: Thanks for support at Soldotna seniors’ bazaar

Soldotna Area Senior Citizens, Inc. would like to thank everybody involved in our Summer Bazaar and Quilt Show…

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Voices of the Peninsula: Alaskans should stand for salmon, their resource

As Alaskans, we have a home to be proud of. We have more land per capita than most…

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What others say: Avoid shortcuts to drilling ANWR

The administration of President Donald Trump is moving quickly on lease sales in the coastal plain of the…

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What others say: The price of Alaska

It’s a refrain echoed by nearly all recent arrivals to Alaska: “Why is everything so expensive here?”

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What others say: DEA to finally tighten oversight of opioid manufacturing

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced that it will more closely monitor the number of opioid pills manufactured…

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Letters to the editor: Human error leads to bears’ deaths

Referencing the article in the Anchorage Daily News, “Three bears killed in area of mauling.”

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What others say: New investigation into Emmett Till’s murder looks to provide closure

The brutal murder of Emmett Till, a black Chicago youth, in Mississippi nearly 63 years ago went unpunished,…

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Voices of Alaska: Why I reduced the 2016 PFD amount

Why did I reduce the PFD in 2016?

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What others say: Supreme Court’s union decision will force innovation

Before announcing his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the tie-breaking vote in one…

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Legislature takes steps to address opioid crisis

Alaska is facing a public health emergency due to opioid-based pain killers. Alaskans are dying and families are…

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Legislature takes steps to address opioid crisis

Alaska is facing a public health emergency due to opioid-based pain killers. Alaskans are dying and families are…

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What others say: Supreme Court’s union decision will force innovation

Before announcing his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the tie-breaking vote in one…

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Voices of Alaska: Dunleavy is the best choice for Alaska’s next governor

There are two leading candidates for the Republican nomination: Mead Treadwel and Mike Dunleavy. Between now and August,…

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On second border visit, first lady shows strengths

The first lady may have found her White House calling. On June 28 she returned to the border…

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Op-ed: Trump supporters compared to cultists

Bob Corker, the outgoing Republican senator from Tennessee, recently compared supporters of President Trump to members of a…

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Op-ed: The word masquerade

It’s a common experience. Our minds get stuck on something or other. But this one is kind of…

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Voices of Alaska: Dunleavy is the best choice for Alaska’s next governor

There are two leading candidates for the Republican nomination: Mead Treadwel and Mike Dunleavy. Between now and August,…