Archive of: Editorials

EDITORIAL: US Air Force wants to hear about Eielson F-16 study

FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER

AJOC EDITORIAL: State should foot the bill for salmon disaster

Effective Jan. 22, the federal government made official what has been the policy since statehood in 1959: Alaska is in charge of its salmon fisheries.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

FISH FACTOR: Extra time sought to comment on AquaBounty salmon

Fishing groups, consumers and health organizations are launching a final push to prevent genetically modified fish from getting the nod for American dinner plates.

LAINE WELCH, FOR THE JOURNAL

FISHFACTOR: Prince William Sound holds top spot for salmon landings

Prince William Sound topped all other Alaska regions for salmon catches last year — but not by much.

LAINE WELCH, FOR THE JOURNAL

EDITORIAL: Shell incident serious, but doesn’t deserve overreaction

On Jan. 5, while the Shell drill rig Kulluk was bobbing along the shores of Sitkalidak Island, a fuel leak inside a fish processing vessel triggered the bilge pump and sent 150 gallons of diesel fuel into Kodiak Harbor.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

EDITORIAL: Nome fuel run highlights spirit, challenges of Alaska

As evidenced by the endless lineup of “reality” television shows filmed in our state, Alaska makes for good television.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

EDITORIAL: Setting it straight on EPA review, DC numbers games

In my Dec. 2 editorial on the peer review of the Environmental Protection Agency assessment of risks from mining to the Bristol Bay watershed, I advised the agency to “take its medicine” from experts who found fault with aspects of the hypothetical mine scenario used in the document.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

EDITORIAL: Groups should pay contractors for lost wages

In a rare act for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a sensible decision was handed down Nov. 28 when a three-judge panel reversed an Oct. 1 stay that halted construction on the rail extension at Port MacKenzie.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

EDITORIAL: Reviews in: EPA study is shoddy, sloppy, biased

Roy Stein is no fan of the Pebble mine.

ANDREW JENSEN, MANAGING EDITOR

Interior voters dismantle Senate majority

Fairbanks voters saw to it that the Senate Bipartisan Working Group would not survive the 2012 election.

Andrew Jensen, Managing Editor