by Loren Barrett | Dec 18, 2025 | Civics, Cook Inlet
As 2025 draws to a close, we take stock—with gratitude for what we’ve accomplished together, and resolve for the work still before us. Cook Inlet | Tikahtnu is a special place. Its waters, salmon, wildlife, and communities have sustained life here for millennia. That...
by Ben Boettger | Dec 12, 2025 | Alaska State Legislature, Civics, Government
At the start of the 2017 legislative session, a budget deficit of hundreds of millions loomed over the coming months in Juneau. Around that time, an Alaska politician assured me that in spite of the ongoing failure to deal with our systemic revenue shortfall, he...
by Ben Boettger | Sep 17, 2025 | Civics
Editor’s note: This story was updated Oct. 10 with additional information about the used baler the Kenai Peninsula Borough is planning to purchase, and on Oct. 14 with updated information about aluminium recycling at Central Peninsula Landfill After the 33-year...
by Ben Boettger | Feb 26, 2024 | Civics, Climate Change, Energy & Alaska, Government, Homer Electric Association, Local Economies
In a deliberative democracy, ideas that may start off rough have a chance to be polished and cleaned on the way to becoming policy. In legislative hearings, bills are scrutinized from many angles by many stakeholders. Although the process can be frustrating to watch,...
by Ben Boettger | Oct 17, 2023 | Civics, Energy & Alaska, Government
In February, Gov. Dunleavy created the Alaska Energy Security Task Force by executive order and charged them with making plans to lower the state’s energy costs. The Task Force intends to deliver a Statewide Energy Master Plan by Dec. 1 and is now taking public...
by Cook Inletkeeper | Aug 18, 2023 | Arts, Civics, Clean Water, Climate Change, Community, Energy & Alaska, Events, Healthy Habitat, Pebble Mine, Salmon
Thank you to all the happy salmon supporters who connected with us at this year’s Salmonfest. The long hard work paid off, we are always happy to make a splash in the chaotic and joyous vortex that Salmonfest is. From a line-up of Salmon Champions speaking from...
