Yearly Archives: 2017
Note to readers: Must Read Alaska moving to new server
BRIEF OUTAGE PLANNED TONIGHT
Dear Reader,
For a brief period on Saturday morning, Must Read Alaska will be offline, migrating to a higher-capacity cloud server with...
Quintillion CEO out, new one in, as project nears completion
The Anchorage-based company laying 1,800 kilometers of fiber optic cable under the sea and across the top of Alaska, as well as a terrestrial...
Lynn Gattis files for lieutenant governor
Former Rep. Lynn Gattis filed a letter of intent to run for lieutenant governor on Aug. 3.
Gattis grew up homesteading in the Gulkana area and...
Heads and Tails: Murkowski, Zinke make up; Meyer mulls run for LG
MAKE-UP BREW: Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke took a photo of himself and Sen. Lisa Murkowski sharing a beer and being convivial. Evidently...
In Alaska, it’s unions vs. workers in the private economy
It's been a tough few years for unions in Alaska. The dues have been siphoned off by bad actors. Membership is dropping. Unions backed a governor who caters...
Heads and Tails: Palin suit awaits judge, Gary Stevens files for lieutenant gov
PALIN BEAT: New York federal judge Jed Rakoff said this week he'll decide this month whether former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against...
Puerto Rico governor complains to Walker about working conditions
The job description for a seafood processor for Silver Bay Seafoods is straightforward: You'll work some 12-18 hours a day during the height of the season.
"The...
Is now the time for a new Juneau arts, cultural center?
By WIN GRUENING
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
As community debate continues how best to allocate Juneau’s sales tax dollars, there were necessarily some disappointed people when the...
Hoffbeck out: Revenue commissioner heads for the exit
Alaska State Department of Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck is completing his last few weeks in the Walker Administration. His last day will be Aug....
An uncomfortable question: Where is David Rubenstein?
When it comes to the balance sheet of the Alaska Dispatch News, there is the obvious: Alice Rogoff, owner of the Dispatch, is married to one...