Thursday, October 17, 2024

Politics

The 907

Columns

Randy Daly: Ballot Measure 1 is a bad idea. Here’s why

By RANDY DALY Ballot Measure Number 1, an act increasing the minimum wage in Alaska, does not get much discussion, which may lead to it passing,...

Josiah Patkotak: Iñupiaq won’t allow North Slope to be co-opted for purposes not serving our people or our future

By MAYOR JOSIAH AULLAQSRUAQ PATKOTAK, NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH On May 28, the leader of the Native Village of Kaktovik received a letter from Merben Cebrian, the...

AK Almanac

The Social

Foodies and foragers of the north: Fungus among us

By BRENDA JOSEPHSON This time of the year Alaskans become focused on gathering food, fishing, and hunting in preparation for winter. Now that autumn has...

Tenth anniversary of Fat Bear Week starts Oct. 2

Fat Bear Week, held every year of the past decade by the National Park Service and its nonprofit partners at Katmai National Park and...

Political shakedown: SEC gunning for Elon Musk, seeking sanctions against majority owner of X

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it will pursue sanctions against Elon Musk after he did not appear in front of the...

This Just In

Kamala targets black men with promises, saying she will legalize weed and forgive business loans

Kamala Harris is trying to shore up the black male vote, which has proved elusive to her. Her new plan to bring in the...

Kamala Harris said Italian-Jewish explorer Christopher Columbus ushered in disease, death

Vice President Kamala Harris in 2021 slammed Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and other Europeans for acts against the people living in the Americas when...