Let’s imagine our future together, Alaska: vote yes on 2
November 2, 2020
In the final week of this election season, Alaska has once again become ground zero for virtually untraceable campaign spending and nasty attack ads…
Community Voices
Why I am voting no on Ballot Measure 1
Jacob Hersh November 2, 2020
You can’t talk Alaska without talking oil. It’s one of those ever-present inextricable truths. Wisconsin has cheese. California has Hollywood. And we have swaths...
Sprinkler requirement would hose home buyers
Eric Visser October 27, 2020
This is long and complicated, but important. Tonight, the Anchorage Assembly will make some very big decisions that will impact land and housing development…
Vote No on 2 – Two Alaskans who don’t agree on much agree on this
Nora Morse and Brett Huber October 26, 2020
Brett Huber and I do not see eye to eye on almost anything. He is a Republican. I am a Democrat. He ran Mike…
Vote Yes on 2 – Alaska fishing needs accountability and honesty from elected leaders
Ryan Johnson October 26, 2020
Fishing is ingrained in the everyday lives of Alaskans, from the ancestors of our native peoples to the present. It’s a way of life...
College during COVID
Jacob Hersh October 12, 2020
“Seldom have I ever questioned the end,
Still I grow frost when I’m reminded.”
-Parquet Courts, “Before the Water Gets Too High”
On the best of days…
The slow death of Seawolf hockey
Mike Dingman September 4, 2020
It was always the most exciting moment. Walking into the Sullivan Arena, lovingly referred to as the “Sully,” feeling the crisp cold…
Alaskans vote for people, not parties: Vote yes on Ballot Measure 2
Daniel Volland August 15, 2020
Openness to new ideas, a spirit of independence, and a culture of community collaboration were part of the draw to Alaska when I left...
Anchorage must have a long-term strategy to address COVID
Bill Evans August 5, 2020
Any response or comments regarding Anchorage’s response to COVID is immediately filtered through the lens of intense partisanship, which is unfortunate as that does...
Gary Knopp was a friend of mine
John-Henry Heckendorn August 4, 2020
I was first introduced to Gary when he was considering running for the Legislature in 2016 and I was a partner in…
I hate America: A case for the black man in America
Terre Gales June 6, 2020
The relationship between the black man and America is a complicated one. The first “American” casualty in the Revolutionary War was a black man…
Mission Impossible: Escaping Russia during COVID-19
Irina Dudina May 29, 2020
It was March 7, 2020 when my almost two year old daughter and I departed from Spain to go visit my parents in the…
Chugach Electric election 2020, why bother?
Sam Cason May 11, 2020
If history repeats itself, in the next month fewer than one in ten members of Chugach Electric will vote to decide who will fill…
An Alaskan trapped in Peru makes it home
Tim Weise April 2, 2020
Saturday night my mind was racing. It had been 14 days since I had entered the Flying Dog Hostel in the Miraflores…
An Alaskan trapped in Peru
Tim Weise March 21, 2020
It all happened seemingly overnight. What began as one of the most fantastic trips I have taken overseas quickly dissolved into a story out…
Why Republicans can’t govern
Anonymous Staffer February 26, 2020
Fifteen short months ago, Alaska Republicans were celebrating decisive victories up and down the ballot: Mike Dunleavy soundly defeated former U.S. Senator Mark Begich...
Why we need a binding caucus
Senator Gary Stevens February 20, 2020
Finding common ground in the legislative process is crucial. There are 60 members of the Alaska Legislature. It is always difficult to find agreement....
The cold reality
Terre Gales February 17, 2020
The recent racially-motivated lynching threat on Facebook by a man named Russell Holmes, targeted at State Senator David Wilson, should disgust any decent person….
Why I decided to leave the Republican Party
Peter J. Caltagirone February 11, 2020
I’ve always been a Republican. I grew up in a very conservative Catholic family. From childhood until I left for college, we lived in...
Anchorage Assembly needs to carefully consider impacts of tax proposals
Meg Zaletel January 28, 2020
As the Anchorage Assembly considers new revenue options, we need to take our time and be clear about our objectives and how we plan…