Monthly Archives: July, 2016
Craig Richards, governor’s newest contractor
ATTORNEY GENERAL SLIDES BACK INTO THE DRIVER'S SEAT
Craig Richards was Alaska's attorney general one minute, and gone the next.
Citing personal reasons, on June 23 Richards simply...
Alaska oil production up, thanks to SB 21
THAT'S GREAT; NOW LET'S DO IT AGAIN
In the way-back machine, we check back to 1978:
U.S. Senate voted to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control.
Congress voted to allow...
Vice President Sullivan?
SULLIVAN IS BUSY WORKING FOR ALASKA
While People Magazine is speculating on U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan as a possible vice presidential candidate, Alaska's senator has been...
Recall Walker? Careful what you wish for
JOE MILLER AIMS, COULD GET A HOLE IN ONE
At least three different efforts have been launched in the Facebook universe to recall Gov. Bill Walker.
Only one has...
Best political float: Lynn Gattis for Senate
HAY BALES, MINIONS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF LAUGHS
If there was a better politically themed float in a Fourth of July parade this year in Alaska,...
In the drink; no injuries in Rogoff plane crash
UPDATED: ROGOFF SAYS SHE IS PHYSICALLY OK
The Homer News reports that Alice Rogoff, publisher of the Alaska Dispatch who crashed her plane into saltwater...
Fireweed follies: No Governor’s Picnic?
NO PICNICS THIS SUMMER, GOVERNOR SAYS
June 30 was a busy day for Gov. Bill Walker.
Not only did Walker cancel the entire operations plan for Prudhoe Bay, throwing...
Expired license ends fireworks in Haines
OH SAY CAN YOU SEE FIREWORKS (IN SOUTHEAST)?
Regulation has hit Haines and Skagway: For the lack of a license, there will be no grand fireworks this...
Summer Book Club: Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
ROUGH RIDERS: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, HIS COWBOY REGIMENT, AND THE IMMORTAL CHARGE UP SAN JUAN HILL, by Mark Lee Gardner
Continuing a summer of adventure reading, here's...
Experts weigh in on Gov. Walker’s fistfight with oil companies
ALASKA'S GOVERNOR LOOKS LITIGIOUS
Must Read Alaska has asked experts in the energy sector to provide insights on Gov. Bill Walker's pre-litigation moves against BP, the operator of Prudhoe...