Yearly Archives: 2019
Anchorage homicides by the number: 14 so far this year
Anchorage is gaining on the record-setting homicide year of 2017. After a slight reprieve in violent deaths in 2018, the numbers are on the...
Legislature now in 24-hour rule mode
After the House vote on the Senate budget today, and when the Senate appoints its members to the conference committee on Monday, the "24-hour...
Locomotive 557 will ride again
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
One of my very earliest memories is sitting on my grandfather’s shoulders watching the departure of a Wadley Southern steam locomotive...
LeDoux, original Muskox Coalition member, dissents with Democrat majority
SYMBOLIC VOTE OVER PERMANENT FUND DIVIDEND AMOUNT CAUSES RIFT
In a move that surprised some and delighted others, Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, a nominal Republican from...
Breaking: U.S. Army Corps extends comment period for Pebble
BIG WIN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL NGO INDUSTRY
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District has bowed to pressure from Alaska's senior Sen. Lisa Murkowski...
Marquardt out as ferry system executive director
Shirley Marquardt, appointed by Gov. Bill Walker as executive director of the Alaska Marine Highway System, has been sent home. Tuesday was her last...
Made-in-Alaska ferry has open house in Auke Bay
In celebration of the Alaska Marine Highway's first Alaska Class ferry revenue voyage, the ferry system will hold an open house in Juneau on...
MRAK Almanac: Great Alaska Aviation Gathering
May 3, 1917: Gov. John F. A. Strong approved a bill creating the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, now the University of...
Tower of power: Juneau ponders new city hall
Juneau's city government has grown, and it needs more space. The City and Borough of Juneau proposes to spend $27 million to build a...
Sen. Tom Begich wife suing governor over education spending
THE GOOD WIFE: WHAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU
The wife of an Alaska State senator who sits on the Senate Education Committee has filed...