Monthly Archives: March, 2019
Rep. Sarah Vance stands tall before Homer ‘firing squad’
THE LIBERAL ENCLAVE IN DISTRICT 31 WAS OUT IN FORCE
In Homer, Alaska, 308 people attended the town hall with Rep. Sarah Vance at the...
Measles — an emerging political football
THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE HAS NOT SPREAD IN ALASKA -- YET
Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 21, the Centers for Disease Control has reported 159 cases...
Theater review: ‘Savannah Sipping Society’
THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE NIGHT OF LAUGHTER IN WASILLA
By ART CHANCE
ARTS REVIEWER
I don’t have much experience with true community theater, which I would define as a...
Southeast Alaska is experiencing drought
DRY, COLD FEBRUARY IN SOUTHEAST
All of Southeast Alaska is in an extended drought, which has led Ketchikan to remain on diesel power for electrical...
Did Lisa Murkowski nearly kill ANWR oil?
TRUMP HINTS SENATOR TREATED HIM 'BADLY' ON OBAMACARE VOTE
President Donald Trump this morning at a major conservative convention in Maryland, hinted that someone had...
Sunday is deadline to register to vote for Anchorage election
Anchorage residents have until Sunday, March 3 to register to vote or update their existing registration.
Voters may do this at any of the following...
In Fairbanks, gender is disappearing from the books
The men and women of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday night adopted an ordinance that removes gender-specific pronouns and replaces them...
The surge was at the voting booth
ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
The Anchorage Daily News headline made us chuckle: “In public testimony, a surge of support for cuts — to the Permanent Fund...
Why did Murkowski skip ‘born alive’ bill vote?
This week, Sen. Lisa Murkowski skipped an important vote on the Senate floor on a bill that made the front page of every newspaper...
Dermot alleging SB 21 has failed stretches truth to breaking point
Dermot Cole, whose anti-oil position has been his journalistic super power for decades, took another stab at oil when he wrote "SB 21 was...