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Alaska marijuana regulators to consider changes to onsite pot use

The board would need to get public comment on proposed changes to the rules.

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The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

Alaska Senate committee advances rewrite of dividend formula

JUNEAU — The size of the check residents receive from Alaska’s oil wealth fund would be smaller next year under a Senate proposal than if… Continue reading

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)
Pioneer Potluck: About my birthday and thinking I was adopted

Pioneer Potluck: About my birthday and thinking I was adopted

Recipes for spinach salad, apple streusel cobbler, halibut fingers

Pioneer Potluck: About my birthday and thinking I was adopted
Opinion: 20 years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

Opinion: 20 years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence

A red flag law could address Alaska’s epidemic of gun violence.

Opinion: 20 years after Columbine, Alaskans must act to prevent gun violence
Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Using marijuana at a store is different than having a beer at the Red Dog.

Opinion: Just say no to onsite marijuana consumption

Letter to the Editor: Stay out of Alaskans’ finances

When Alaskans need advice on what to do with their money, they will seek out a financial counsellor.

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens

Congress can find a bipartisan way to formerly condemn Trump.

Opinion: Impeachment advice from Sen. Ted Stevens
Brad Angasan (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion: We are an Alaska Native Corporation that backs Pebble Mine. Here’s why.

Our leadership doesn’t have the luxury of making emotional decisions.

Brad Angasan (Courtesy Photo)
Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust

Our democracy cannot properly function on distrust.

Opinion: Fake news has fractured public trust
Best laid plans

Best laid plans

The parts of the brain associated with long-term planning are the last to mature.

Best laid plans
The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)

Senate panel puts full dividend in budget draft with caveat

The House’s version of the budget did not include a dividend amount.

The Alaska State Capitol in April 2018. (Juneau Empire File)
Minister’s Message: Expiration date — made for eternity

Minister’s Message: Expiration date — made for eternity

Remember when you never needed to look at the expiration date on milk to know that it was bad? Opening it up and taking one… Continue reading

Minister’s Message: Expiration date — made for eternity
A photo submitted to iNaturalist showing a female Lycia rachelae on April 7, 2016. This is one of only a few species of moths where the female is flightless. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS).

Refuge notebook: Connecting the dots on your next hike

As experts continue to learn more about our environment and flood the world with facts, figures, predictions and management directions, it can be a little… Continue reading

A photo submitted to iNaturalist showing a female Lycia rachelae on April 7, 2016. This is one of only a few species of moths where the female is flightless. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS).
Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Dunleavy not planning marijuana board repeal this session

The decision was based session time left and Dunleavy’s focus on other legislative priorities.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Pioneer Potluck: The continued story about Ben’s boat and clam digging

Pioneer Potluck: The continued story about Ben’s boat and clam digging

This week’s recipes: green chili chicken noodle soup, chicken Kiev, cinnamon rolls

Pioneer Potluck: The continued story about Ben’s boat and clam digging
Larry Persily gives a presentation at the Kenai/Soldotna Joint Chamber Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

The wishful thinking of ballot measures

Let’s look back at a similar path that led nowhere.

Larry Persily gives a presentation at the Kenai/Soldotna Joint Chamber Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Major issues unresolved in legislative session’s final weeks

Major issues unresolved in legislative session’s final weeks

Gov. Dunleavy is facing resistance to pieces of his agenda.

Major issues unresolved in legislative session’s final weeks
Opinion: University of Alaska struggles to deliver education efficiently

Opinion: University of Alaska struggles to deliver education efficiently

Management decisions must promote collaboration, not rivalry.

Opinion: University of Alaska struggles to deliver education efficiently
Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift

Earth must be treated as a home for all, not a resource for rich, powerful nations.

Opinion: Doing nuclear energy right requires global paradigm shift
Opinion: Creative solutions to Gov. Dunleavy’s bold vision for Alaska

Opinion: Creative solutions to Gov. Dunleavy’s bold vision for Alaska

Get on the bandwagon before it’s too late.

Opinion: Creative solutions to Gov. Dunleavy’s bold vision for Alaska