Opinion

Those who control knowledge, control power. Those who seek power like to keep their constituents in the dark.  When folks are uninformed they lose interest in local government and don’t seem to care...
Nomeites love our dogs, cats, birds and horses. We have a need to take care of the health of our beloved creatures. When they get sick they have a need for medical attention, however we have no way...
Green slime running down Steadman Ave.
The first signs of spring are when the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano. It’s springtime when the buzzards return to Hinkley, Ohio and in Nome it’s when the Green Slime runs down Steadman...
Why does our legislature act like a bunch of ignorant fools who think it is good to pass legislation to allow guns on campus? A loaded question. We can go off half-cocked allowing guns in the...
Just when we think government has reached the peak of absurdity a new twist pops up. How do we calm fears over bathroom access? The Alaska legislature has not gone as far as the North Carolina...
Recently Nomeites and fellow Alaskans were held captive by the belching ash plumes of a volcano called Pavlov. For three days we were isolated from things important to the quality of our lives: fresh...
Iditarod is over. The last musher and tail has crossed under the burled arch, the widow’s lamp has been extinguished and all is well in western Alaska. It is now when Nomeites and all who live and...
We had a snowmachine driver plow at full throttle into two Iditarod race teams as they came up the trail into Nulatto. Several dogs were maimed, one killed and both drivers were in fear of their...
Our legislators would rather cut off their nose to spite their face. They are willing to spend several hundred thousand bucks on San Francisco lawyer legal fees to defend their right to reject needed...
Who wants a rutabaga? Who even knows what one looks like? Well, they look something like a turnip and they are good with moose stew. We should not have to go begging for rutabagas because they are...

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