Guest Commentary
Volunteers help kids study Native language and culture
Throughout Native Village of Eyak's Culture Week, students learn about Indigenous languages, crafts and cultural traditions.
Commentary: To end the pandemic, let’s return to sanity
To end the pandemic, politicians must first stop using outrage-mongering rhetoric and drawing false comparisons between COVID-19 vaccination campaigns and the Holocaust, writes Les Gara.
Seeding the first commercial kelp farms in Prince William Sound
Local families, organizations, businesses, and individuals are pulling together to get kelp farming off the ground in the traditional territories of the Eyak, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, and Tlingit Nations, commonly known as Prince William Sound. Here, mariculture is truly a grassroots effort that will benefit the entire community and the region.
Commentary: Six communities take measures to fight pandemic
As mayors of islanded communities, we have responded through this pandemic in ways that may be different than others but were directly responsive to the needs of our residents and businesses.
Commentary: An alternative to the Dunleavy disaster
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has taken a wrecking ball to the Alaska economy, writes gubernatorial candidate Les Gara.
Better Business Bytes: How can small businesses cope with changing mask and vax rules?
Stances on mask mandates and vaccination requirements vary across the country. So where does that leave business owners?
Commentary: Politics is holding back our health care experts on COVID-19
Alaska's COVID-19 response has been set back by misguided politicians who opposed mask-wearing and compared vaccination campaigns to the Holocaust, write Selena Hopkins-Kendall and Scott Kendall.
Better Business Bytes: Giving in times of disaster
Amidst a pandemic and economic uncertainty, charitable contributions topped a record-breaking $471.4 billion in 2020. Of that staggering total, $324.1 billion was contributed by individual donors.
Commentary: Roadless Rule will hinder mineral exploration in the Tongass
Southeast Alaska is at a unique crossroads in its management of the Tongass National Forest. How will reimposition of the 2001 Roadless Rule impact development of natural resources like geothermal, hydroelectric and mineral resources?
Commentary: Our land sustains us
Since the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, the Ahtna people have learned and applied new ways of managing the food and resources that sustained them for a millennium.
