The last strand of elodea on the Kenai Peninsula was found during a survey in May 2019. This fragment is brown and brittle, signs of dying from having been treated with herbicide since 2017. (Photo by Matt Bowser/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge).

Alaska Voices: Can Elodea be eradicated?

Infestations have been found on the Kenai Peninsula, around Cordova, and in the Fairbanks area.

  • May 19, 2020
  • By Walt and Carol Nesbett
The last strand of elodea on the Kenai Peninsula was found during a survey in May 2019. This fragment is brown and brittle, signs of dying from having been treated with herbicide since 2017. (Photo by Matt Bowser/Kenai National Wildlife Refuge).
Dave Reaves (courtesy photo)

Alaska Voices: The time to invest in Alaska is now

We call on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to help move job creating infrastructure projects forward.

  • May 19, 2020
  • By Dave Reaves, Business Manager of IBEW Local 1547
  • Coronavirus
Dave Reaves (courtesy photo)
The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Alaska Voices: In honor of the thin blue line

During this pandemic our police officers cannot stay home, socially distance, and work remotely.

  • May 13, 2020
  • By Chuck Kopp
  • Police
The entrance to the Kenai Police Department, as seen in Kenai, Alaska, on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Commercial fishing boats are rafted together in May 2016 in the harbor in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Alaska Voices: Mandates crucial to safety of fishing fleets

As a vessel operator, you are responsible for your crew’s compliance with the mandate.

Commercial fishing boats are rafted together in May 2016 in the harbor in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Opinion: A stable economic future follows the Ambler Road

Opinion: A stable economic future follows the Ambler Road

We have known of the Ambler district’s vast copper and base metal deposits since the 1950s.

  • May 12, 2020
  • By Corri A. Feige
Opinion: A stable economic future follows the Ambler Road

Voices of the Peninsula: Ambler road project threatens Alaska wild

I propose that this road not be built, certainly not on the State’s dime.

  • May 11, 2020
Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19

Substance abuse still merits attention.

  • May 11, 2020
  • By Joseph Kertis
Opinion: What’s happening to substance abuse amid COVID-19
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Bristol Bay fishermen oppose Pebble employee’s nomination to Board of Fish

Alaska’s fisheries belong to the people.

  • May 7, 2020
  • By DeeDee Bennis, Mike Bianchi and Konrad Schaad
Judy Cavanaugh stands with others at a rally against the Pebble Mine in front of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Juneau office on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

Alaska Voices: PPP is far from perfect, and Dunleavy’s plan is far from what we need

The governor is denying small businesses a critical survival tool that will go far.

  • May 7, 2020
  • By Aaron Welterlen
Juneauites gathered signatures to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy in late February. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)
Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest

“Why is the governor supporting the Pebble Project?”

Point of View: Pebble and Dunleavy: How the commercial fishing “essential service” declaration reveals irony at its finest
Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)

Opinion: Reconvene the Legislature

It’s time we went back to work to complete these tasks.

Sen. Tom Begich (courtesy photo)
Therese Lewandowski

Voices of the Peninsula: Big and small, UA campuses need our support in the recall of governor

“I wonder what the Kachemak Bay Campus will become.”

  • May 5, 2020
  • Therese Lewandowski
Therese Lewandowski

Point of View: Be strong and pass it on

Being strong is a balancing act.

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA

But it doesn’t have to decide our actions.

  • Apr 28, 2020
  • By Rich Moniak For the Juneau Empire
Opinion: Narcissism is in our DNA
Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director

Alaska Voices: Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles

Remember how terrible last summer’s wildfires were — the smoky skies, the traffic jams, the evacuations, the damaged homes and property? Now, imagine having to… Continue reading

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • By Chris Maisch
Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director
Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Without my foreign exchange year I am convinced that I would not have become the person I am today.

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people
Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

  • Apr 27, 2020
  • By Clem Tillion
Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis
Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

When I venture out needlessly, I throw viral stones at you.

  • Apr 23, 2020
Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’
Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Parenting is always a full-time job, and under typical circumstances can be challenging.

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Alaska Voices: Rags or riches?

The often-stated premise, “easy come, easy go” applies to Alaska’s budgetary history in spades.

  • Apr 22, 2020