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Minister’s Message: Christ brings divine change

Change was a huge factor in the ministry of Jesus Christ

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The Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Voices: Legislature deserves credit

A special session shouldn’t have been necessary, but at least it was only one day instead of 30 days.

The Alaska Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Minister’s Message: Don’t give up on life

No doubt, life has its difficulties

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Alaska State Troopers logo.

Alaska Voices: Please be safe, courteous, and legal as you fish in Alaska this summer

As you head out to hit the water this year, here are a few tips to help you have a safe and citation free season

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An observer makes an entry in the Fish Map App on Prince of Wales Island. (Photo by Lee House/courtesy Salmon State)

Alaska Voices: Document Alaska rivers with new fish map app

The app provides a way for everyday Alaskans to document rivers home to wild salmon, whitefish, eulachon and other ocean-going fish — and earn money doing it

An observer makes an entry in the Fish Map App on Prince of Wales Island. (Photo by Lee House/courtesy Salmon State)
Pictured is an adult Chinook salmon swimming in Ship Creek, Anchorage. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Voices of the Peninsula: Proactive measures key to king salmon recovery

I have been sport fishing king salmon along the eastern shores of Cook Inlet and in the Kenai River since 1977

Pictured is an adult Chinook salmon swimming in Ship Creek, Anchorage. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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Opinion: Sustainability report is a greenwashing effort

Report leaves out “the not-so-pretty.”

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Honoring the fallen on Memorial Day

As we honor the men and women who fell in service to our nation, we must keep their memories alive through their stories

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
Shana Loshbaugh (Courtesy photo)

History conference seeking input from peninsula people

The Alaska Historical Society will hold its annual conference on the central peninsula this fall

Shana Loshbaugh (Courtesy photo)
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Minister’s Message: Being the real you

When we are in Christ, we have an authentic identity

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Minister’s Message: Be a light in the midst of darkness

Our world is very dark for our children now

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Coach Dan Gensel (left) prepares to get his ear pierced to celebrate Soldotna High School’s first team-sport state championship on Friday, Febr. 12, 1993 in Soldotna, Alaska. Gensel, who led the Soldotna High School girls basketball team to victory, had promised his team earlier in the season that he would get his ear pierced if they won the state title. (Rusty Swan/Peninsula Clarion)

Remembering my friend, Dan Gensel

It’s a friendship that’s both fixed in time and eternal

Coach Dan Gensel (left) prepares to get his ear pierced to celebrate Soldotna High School’s first team-sport state championship on Friday, Febr. 12, 1993 in Soldotna, Alaska. Gensel, who led the Soldotna High School girls basketball team to victory, had promised his team earlier in the season that he would get his ear pierced if they won the state title. (Rusty Swan/Peninsula Clarion)
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Opinion: The false gods in America’s gun culture

HB 61 is a solution in search of a problem.

(Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
In this aerial photo chunks of ice follow flooding from an ice jam in Crooked Creek, Alaska, May 15, 2023. Ice jams along two Alaska rivers unleashed major flooding over the weekend. (Jennifer Wallace, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management via AP)

Breaking ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska

Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the… Continue reading

In this aerial photo chunks of ice follow flooding from an ice jam in Crooked Creek, Alaska, May 15, 2023. Ice jams along two Alaska rivers unleashed major flooding over the weekend. (Jennifer Wallace, Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management via AP)
KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland
KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland
Jim Cockrell, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Honoring the 69 peace officers who have died serving Alaskans

Alaska Peace Officer Memorial Day honors the brave men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty

Jim Cockrell, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)
Rep. Maxine Dibert (Image via Alaska State Legislature)

Opinion: The economic case for a significant investment in education

As our oil production and related revenue have declined, our investments in education have remained flat

Rep. Maxine Dibert (Image via Alaska State Legislature)
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Former Gov. Frank Murkowski in May 2019.

Opinion: Statewide sales tax just doesn’t make ‘horse sense’

Money for the dividend was meant to be sized after State government services obligations had been met

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Former Gov. Frank Murkowski in May 2019.
The Alaska State Capitol. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Point of View: Big steps to strengthen child care system

Funding in the budget, statutory reforms and support from the administration are all necessary to strengthen the child care system in Alaska

The Alaska State Capitol. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
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Smoke from the Swan Lake Fire impairs visibility on the Sterling Highway on Aug. 20, 2019.

Don’t let the abundance of snow fool you; Alaskans should prepare for wildfire season

Last summer’s 590 wildfires burned more than 3.1 million acres in Alaska, about 41% of the total acreage burned in the U.S.

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Smoke from the Swan Lake Fire impairs visibility on the Sterling Highway on Aug. 20, 2019.