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Yearly Archives: 2017

Monday newsletter sampler: Walker slow-walks key legislation

Do you receive our Monday morning Must Read Alaska newsletter? 10,000 Alaskans do. You can sign up (it's free) at the right side of this...

A mighty tree has fallen: Murray Gildersleeve, 1929-2017

Murray Eugene Gildersleeve, one of the founders of Gildersleeve Logging Company on Prince of Wales, died April 28, at his home on the island...

Apologize?! Eastman sparks abortion controversy

FREE SPEECH BREAKS OUT ALL OVER IN THE CAPITOL It's a free-speech moment in Juneau. A far-right Republican has been freely speaking his mind, and...

Cean Stevens tells all from campaign trail, and it’s blistering

LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE SAYS SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF CAMPAIGN MANAGER On the eve of the Alaska Libertarian Party convention this weekend, former Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate...

Pebble, EPA delay court date – again

Pebble vs. EPA may not end up in court. The mining company and the federal agency that has thwarted it are working on a settlement, which...

We answer Nat’s pre-slap question: Was it reasonable? Was it fair?

  By now, the Capitol rumor mill has moved on. Mostly. But Wednesday morning, about the time Alaska Dispatch News reporter Nat Herz was filing his news...

Lawmaker-reporter relations: A slap in the face?

ROUGH TIMES IN THE CAPITOL In Washington, D.C., the White House Press Corps is famously at odds with President Donald Trump and his staff. But...

Seaton moves to triple taxes on craft beer

FIRST THEY CAME AFTER OIL BARRELS, NOW IT'S BEER BARRELS Look out, craft brewers. The Alaska House of Representatives is about to skim some foam off...

Petitioners now ‘lawyered up’ in Homer council member recall case

Last week, three Homer city council members, with the ACLU representing them, filed a lawsuit to stop the recall election that had been certified...

Past commissioners say Trooper morale low, but they can’t arrest Governor’s attention

  A group of 14 retired Public Safety commissioners, deputy commissioners, and other retired officers are concerned that morale among Alaska State Troopers is alarmingly low. They're so concerned that they've...

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