A fishing boat can be seen in the summer of 2017. (Photo courtesy of Axel Kopun)

Alaska Voices: A tale of two salmon

By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN THE SALMON STATE Bristol Bay’s sockeye run began breaking records in 2018. The same year, Chignik, which is on the other… Continue reading

A fishing boat can be seen in the summer of 2017. (Photo courtesy of Axel Kopun)
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Opinion: As job vacancies linger, businesses need unemployment insurance reform

Both employers and workers deserve reforms to the unemployment system.

  • Mar 15, 2022
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Opinion: Choosing Ukrainian aid over energy relief

I’ve got two problems with the energy check proposal.

  • Mar 14, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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Opinion: Oil, gas and the winds of war

The war in Ukraine is a grim reminder of how dependent we’ve become on fossil fuels.

  • Mar 12, 2022
  • By Doug Woodby
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Doug Vincent-Lang is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Courtesy Photo)

What is the state doing to address bycatch?

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has established the Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force

Doug Vincent-Lang is commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Courtesy Photo)
Nancy Keen (right), Vivian Mork, Marvin Willard and Rosita Worl (left) protest outside the Dimond Courthouse as a court hearing between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Department of Fish and Game on herring limits in Sitka Sound takes place inside on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Return stewardship of the herring to the people of Sheet’ka Kwaan

Once the herring are gone, they’re gone.

  • Mar 10, 2022
  • By K’asheetchlaa Louise Brady
Nancy Keen (right), Vivian Mork, Marvin Willard and Rosita Worl (left) protest outside the Dimond Courthouse as a court hearing between the Sitka Tribe of Alaska and the Department of Fish and Game on herring limits in Sitka Sound takes place inside on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
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Point of View: It’s time for true conservatives to renounce Trump

Of far more consequence than freedom of speech to our future is the responsibility for civil discourse and intellectual honesty

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The Grand Princess cruise ship sails in Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska, in this May 30, 2018, file photo. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

Alaska Voices: Cruise ships need Ocean Rangers on deck

We all care about protecting our beautiful state and its resources

  • Mar 8, 2022
The Grand Princess cruise ship sails in Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska, in this May 30, 2018, file photo. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)
A vote-by-mail ballot box is photographed at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration building in Soldotna, Alaska, in October 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

Voices of the Peninsula: Sockeyes and voting

As sure as there are jumpers on the Kenai, candidate signs will be popping up. So, get ready!

A vote-by-mail ballot box is photographed at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration building in Soldotna, Alaska, in October 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska State Legislature in February. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

Opinion: I’m a longtime Democrat ready to support a Republican senator

She is willing to act in the interest of the country rather than marching lockstep with her party.

  • Mar 8, 2022
  • By Rodger Painter
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks to the Alaska State Legislature in February. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is seen in this 2021 Empire file photo. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)

Alaska Voices: Project American leadership and resources to defend global democracy

We need to end our reliance on foreign fossil fuels TODAY.

U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, is seen in this 2021 Empire file photo. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)
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Opinion: Officials hide behind heartless rules while Ukraine burns

War is not politics.

  • Mar 7, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.

Revisiting Ambler decision contradicts White House clean energy targets

The Ambler Mineral District was known even in 1980 as one of the richest mineral districts in the world

Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Corri A. Feige.
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Opinion: Ukraine and the American divide that Putin inflamed

Those using aggression to divide are playing into Putin’s hand

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Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)

Opinion: It’s time for the Legislature to pass laws to protect psychiatric patients

The whole state should be concerned by reports of inadequate psychiatric patient care

  • Mar 1, 2022
  • By Faith J. Myers
Faith Myers stands at the doors of API. (Courtesy Photo)
The industrial area of Nikiski is seen from above. The area is the potential site of an LNG pipeline. (Photo/File/AJOC)

Alaska Voices: Unlocking national strategic, economic and climate achievements with Alaska LNG

Alaska is well positioned to remain a reliable provider of strategic clean energy for the next hundred years

The industrial area of Nikiski is seen from above. The area is the potential site of an LNG pipeline. (Photo/File/AJOC)
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Opinion: The dead end of ‘my way or the highway’

There’s a need to build bridges.

  • Feb 28, 2022
  • By Rich Moniak
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From left: Carley Rose Kelley; First Lady of Alaska Rose Dunleavy; Department of Corrections officer Sergeant Ken Noland and Alaska’s first Miss America pageant winner Emma Boyles, applaud Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

Alaska Voices: Annual award pays tribute to Alaska’s volunteers

Please join me in recognizing deserving Alaskans by submitting a nomination for the the First Lady’s Volunteer Awards

From left: Carley Rose Kelley; First Lady of Alaska Rose Dunleavy; Department of Corrections officer Sergeant Ken Noland and Alaska’s first Miss America pageant winner Emma Boyles, applaud Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveils the People First Initiative, a sweeping effort to target domestic violence and sexual assault, missing and murdered Indigenous persons, human sex trafficking, foster care and homelessness, in a Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 news conference in Anchorage. The plan is a part of Dunleavy’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

Alaska Voices: Governor puts people first with budget proposal

The People First Initiative is transformational in thinking and approach

Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveils the People First Initiative, a sweeping effort to target domestic violence and sexual assault, missing and murdered Indigenous persons, human sex trafficking, foster care and homelessness, in a Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 news conference in Anchorage. The plan is a part of Dunleavy’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
A poll worker helps a voter with his ballot at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Voices of the Peninsula: Poll workers ensure election integrity

As a recent retiree, I was invited by a friend to work as an election worker in the November 2020 election

A poll worker helps a voter with his ballot at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)