Yearly Archives: 2017
Reactions to Interior’s big announcement from protest to praise
While a small band of well-trained protesters chanted outside the Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and business leaders from around...
Race for governor: Prospects grow
WHO IS IN THE QUEUE? Nat Herz of the Alaska Dispatch News brought forward a few candidates, citing Bill Walker, Mike Dunleavy, Mike Chenault, and Scott...
Pink slips? No state budget? Seaton has the reins
It's been 16 days since the conference committee for the State operating budget met.
The first and only time the committee met was on May 15,...
Zinke signs order to restart oil from Alaska’s Arctic
SIGNS ORDER TO REWORK PLANS FOR ANWR, NPRA
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told Alaskans today that the long war on North American energy is over. He...
Geran Tarr: Classic workplace bully?
Workplace bullying is not a new affliction, but seldom is it associated with politics.
In Juneau, however, reports of a toxic work environment in the orbit of...
Interior Secretary Zinke tours Alaska
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is spending several days in Alaska on his way back from a trip to Norway, and has toured Prudhoe Bay...
A battlefield doctor’s broken heart, poppies, and remembrance
By SCOTT HAWKINS
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row…”
So began a Canadian battlefield doctor by the name of John...
Real ID: Real problem or overblown concern?
By WIN GRUENING, SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
In the waning hours of the 30th Legislature, House Bill 16 passed, allowing Alaska’s participation in the Federal REAL ID...
No slappy face allowed: Conservative discontent with media deepens
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW YOU LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
The unhappiness with those who report the news is making the news -- again.
With the win of Greg Gianforte...
Semi-secret election meeting crashed by Republican activist
The Lieutenant Governor's Office held an "ad-hoc" meeting to give a group of invited guests an overview of Alaska's election system on Monday and Tuesday of this...