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Opinion: From the Editor: Arctic policy should be top priority
February 17th 1:58 pm
Alaska's legislators have a pretty big job to do this session, with everything imaginable on the table and lots of pressure to make big decisions that will impact Alaska for years to come
Opinion: From the Publisher: ANWAR decision need to be made one way or another at long last
February 17th 1:56 pm
It looks like the discussions of opening up the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge to oil development are coming back again. This has been discussed since the mid '70s. ANWR is a section of Alaska on the Northeast coast that comprises 19 million acres of land. [...]
Opinion: Let's make tobacco illegal
February 17th 1:42 pm
It was mid-November in 2001, and we had walked into the hospital room that my grandfather was admitted into. He was connected to a couple of different machines that were helping him stay alive.
Opinion: Reporter finds himself back in the saddle again
February 10th 5:16 pm
It almost seems like "Déjà vu all over again." The newspaper is back after a six month absence, under new ownership. Glory hallelujah!
Opinion: Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Rural Alaska Program
February 10th 5:11 pm
The idea first came to me sitting at a friend's table in Homer, Alaska. His house looks out over the wide and spectacular Kachemak Bay, with ragged snow-capped mountains defining the far horizon. His wife, Bette, was talking about her recent trip across the [...]
Opinion: From the Publisher: Kidnapping a wake-up call for all Alaska
February 10th 5:01 pm
This week in Anchorage, a young, 18-year-old girl named Samantha Koenig was kidnapped and abducted from her work in a coffee stand near Alaska Club on Tudor Road.
Opinion: From the editor: Assumptions, info void serve no one
February 10th 4:54 pm
This week I was reminded of a lesson I learned a long time ago, one that I learned the hard way, one about assumptions., especially in the absence of information.
Opinion: From the Publisher: Public involvement will make newspaper better, more relevant
February 3rd 2:00 pm
This feels like déjà vu, at least for us it certainly seems like it. Here we are resurrecting a newspaper that stopped printing last August. The new and combined newspaper of The Bristol Bay Times and The Dutch Harbor Fisherman come back into [...]
Opinion: Lessons in community journalism taught by Bailey the Wonderdog
February 3rd 1:59 pm
Years ago, I wrote a story about a 20-year-old pile of beige fluff named Bailey the Wonderdog. Bailey was a pretty normal dog, other than the fact that he had lived longer than most.
Opinion: Rare birds brighten winter days
February 3rd 1:52 pm
Unalaska is experiencing an exceptional showing of unusual birds this winter, and some of them are causing quite a stir!
Opinion: Let's work together to bend the corrections cost
February 3rd 9:29 am
You may have seen a lot of news lately about the rising cost of Alaska's corrections system. We have to face the facts: Prisons are incredibly expensive — regardless of where or how they are built. It's time for us to start focusing on why we have had [...]
Opinion: A new fisherman on the way
August 15th 10:37 am
Well I'm glad I didn't put on a dark suit, shine my shoes, and walk off the end of a pier.
Opinion: In Lieu of an Obituary for Alaska Newspapers
August 14th 1:09 am
Reading about the liquidation of Alaska Newspapers Inc. makes me feel like I did in the wheelhouse of a fishing boat out on the storming Bering Sea when we heard over the single side band of another boat going down; shocked and grief-stricken.
Opinion: Make your own Native Hollywood in the village
July 12th 12:45 pm
A few months ago, I wrote a letter to Native teens, to Athabascan and Yup'ik teenage boys, who are committing suicide in great numbers.
Opinion: Where animal attraction is natural
July 11th 12:06 pm
The story of the coyote and the bear at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center got my attention.
Opinion: Strategies for smoothing conflict in family businesses
July 6th 5:34 pm
Family-owned business conflicts often filter down to employees. What should a worker do?
Opinion: Kenai River fish story fit for a grandson
July 5th 11:03 am
Malachi Willis, my 9-year-old grandson, has been on the Kenai River just twice, although he lives in Anchorage, and he was still in need of education about what type of fish swim in its sparkling turquoise waters.
Opinion: Investment, at its peak
June 30th 11:17 am
Credit those wacky Austrians, but the next time Alaskans need money they can borrow an idea. Sell mountains. Maybe Alaska could too?
Opinion: To fight discrimination, keep conversations going
June 27th 10:55 am
Stacy Deacon's story of her own battle with discrimination hit home with many Native families looking for housing in Anchorage. "I've received plenty of great feedback," she writes.
Opinion: Rules for bosses on keeping good employees
June 21st 1:33 pm
"I work at a foundation that provides a unique service to our rural communities," a person writes. "However, we are close to closing our doors because our boss won't listen any of our ideas."
