Juneau Independent

Recent commentary about Telephone Hill has focused on an 1881 Navy reservation and the reported placement of a Gatling gun overlooking Juneau and the Aak’w village for a couple years. That fact belongs to the historical record. It is not disputed.

History is replete with public figures who have sought to consolidate their power or aggrandize their role as leaders by dominating their landscapes with images of their likeness.

Sen. Murkowski has re-introduced the "Landless Natives Bill" in the Senate Energy Committee in the form of S.2554.

Last week, the state’s Division of Elections (DOE) signed a Confidential Memorandum of Understanding with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice that should alarm any Alaskan voter who didn’t swallow the 2020 stolen election scam spun by President Donald Trump. It gives DOJ permission to “test, analyze, and assess” the state’s voter rolls for the purpose of “removing ineligible voters.”

Elizabeth Peratrovitch's pride, strength and inspiring words have in my lifetime become integral to colonial Alaskan mythology, and are increasingly incorporated into the national colonial myth of democratic equality and opportunity. 

This is a tax tutorial for gubernatorial candidates, for legislators who will report to work next year and for the Alaska public.

I would like to begin by stating that Alaska’s halibut resource is currently at an all-time low — approximately a 40-year low — and is approaching an endangered state as a result of irresponsible management decisions. 

Eaglecrest is in the news again, with clouds clearing but storm potential. The good news is the Eaglecrest Board of Directors (EBD) recently re-formed under new leadership and new members have extensive Eaglecrest and leadership experience — the “A Team.” Also, Eaglecrest’s General Manager (GM) Craig Cimmons resigned after 14 tumultuous months on the job.

I am saddened to see so many people still believe that the 2020 election was stolen. The 2020 election was the most secure election ever. If there were any substantial evidence of voter fraud, it would have emerged.

In anticipation of Sen. Dan Sullivan's annual address to the Alaska Legislature next week, I have written the address I would like to hear. Let we Alaskans envision alternatives to what we are currently enduring and work diligently to actualize a timeline we can be proud of.

In late December Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom handed over Alaska’s entire voter registration database to the U.S. Department of Justice to comply with an August demand issued by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon to provide ”… the registrant’s full name, date of birth, residential address, his or her state driver’s license number or the last four digits of the registrant’s social security number.”

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (Official White House photo) By Rich Moniak U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, called a social media post shared by President Donald Trump last week “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House." Sen. Dan Sullivan called it “offensive.” Trump took the post down but wouldn’t apologize because he “didn’t make a mistake.” I don’t need to elaborate on the racist