Juneau Independent

For generations, the Organized Village of Kake and other Southeast Alaska tribes have been stewards of the Tongass National Forest, the largest temperate rainforest in the world.

If the governor really wanted to improve state ferry service for the 33 coastal communities that depend on the ships, he would get out of his office and go on a national recruiting tour to help find new hires to fill the crew vacancies that jeopardize service.

It’s a question I keep returning to as I watch the district fall into the same humanresources patterns that have strained organizations across the country. The research is consistent and well-established: three factors sit at the center of teacherretention challenges nationwide.

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.