Opinion
It has been a while since Nome saw regular veterinarian care for the city’s and the region’s dogs, cats and other four-legged companions. Since last April, however, we have noted the regular return...
The federal government is the largest landowner in Alaska. The feds own about 60 percent of Alaskan land, an area of 222 million acres. This includes National Parks, wildlife refuges, national...
Two weeks ago several high-level federal scientists and policy makers were dismissed from their jobs working on climate adaptation and resilience in Alaska and were assigned to posts not at all...
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate majority leader, has first postponed the vote on the repeal and replace of President Obama’s signature law, the Affordable Care Act, and then on...
How often do we feel like we don’t even know the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our current state of the nation, the state of the state and the state of our local affairs? I sure feel like...
It took again a second special session for the Legislature to produce a FY18 operational budget, but they are still trying to work out a longterm plan to put the state on a sustainable trajectory....
Last Friday, the replica of an ancient Hawaiian voyaging canoe returned to its homeport of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu from a three-year voyage around the world. Thousands of people...
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To the student of present world and state political affairs, it seems that reason has gone out the window. At all levels, federal, state and even local, differing parties are so...
It seems that all we hear these days is cuts, cuts, cuts. We hear from every level of government, from the feds and the state, that we should prepare for further belt-tightening and that we should...
Graduating from school is a scary moment as you find yourself facing a million possibilities for your future. What path to take? What door to open?
The world celebrates your success of going through...
