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Veterans - defenders of our Constitution

My father, Col. James B. Fisher, a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars and a career U.S. Army soldier, passed away in August 2008.

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Health care for all Alaskans is an issue in campaign

Son's close call brings issue of rural health care to the fore for Kotzebue parents.
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Berkowitz and Walker share vision for Alaska

Ethan Berkowitz strikes a blow for Alaska by naming Bill Walker to head gas line team if he's elected.
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Don't let anyone tell you how to vote

Voting is an individual privilege, vote your conscience not that of an organized group.Voters need to take a step back and really think about why they are voting for a candidate, is it the influence of a small group of people making a decision for the masses or truly the "gut feeling" of the individual...
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Alaska needs protection from tea party agenda

Senator Lisa Murkowski's defeat by the Tea Party candidate Joe Miller came as quite a shock to just about everyone. The problem is Joe Miller's tea party agenda will set Alaska back 50 years, undoing almost everything we have built up since statehood.
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Climate bills should provide funds for Alaska to deal with impacts of warming

With climate change, we have three choices: prevention, adaptation, and suffering. The more prevention, the less adaptation we'll need and the less suffering we'll experience.
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Shell is overselling claims about arctic spill cleanup

Shell's rosy picture of interim findings from industry-funded studies on cleaning up oil spills (ADN, 11/17/09) requires rose-colored glasses to see.
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Times are tough, but your generosity can make a big difference this fall

Winter is coming and we all have friends, coworkers, neighbors, and even family who will need our help. I know that Alaskans always rise to the occasion. We lift one another up no matter what is going on with the economy or the weather.
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Are killer whales the culprit that's causing sea lion trouble in western Alaska?

Alaska's fisheries are once again under the gun as the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) looks at the effects of fishing on the endangered Steller sea lion (SSL).
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New Americans in Anchorage want to learn English but literacy aid is drying up

These women's stories are typical of the students I have had the privilege of knowing as a volunteer English instructor at the Alaska Literacy Program over the last several years.
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Alaska's Chugach National Forest is a "Children's Forest" - here's why

There is growing concern that in an urbanized world our youth are increasingly disconnected from their natural inheritance,

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