Monthly Archives: September, 2016

SOME UNUSUAL SUSPECTS Three former allies of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, at least two of  whom were vocal backers of his campaign in 2014,  have joined in a lawsuit...

A REVIEW OF PROBLEMS LEADS TO ELECTION LAWSUIT Representative Ben Nageak, and attorneys Tim McKeever and Stacey Stone have filed a challenge to the Primary election results that...

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BUSY NOT OVERSEEING ELECTIONS Byron Mallott's first test as lieutenant governor laid bare the inadequacies of his attention to training, oversight, and diligence when it comes...

INFLATION BITES At some point in the next three weeks, The Alaska Permanent Fund dividend will be distributed to all eligible Alaskans. The amount was...

BANISHMENT IS THE NEW BLACK In 1994, two 17-year-old Tlingit boys robbed a young pizza delivery man in Everett, Washington, and beat him with a...

LINDBECK TOUTS HIS JOURNALISTIC CREDENTIALS Democratic sacrificial lamb Steve Lindbeck rolled out his first video ad this week and he looked peeved -- or at least...

ONE THIRD OF GOVERNOR'S CABINET HAS QUIT Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has hired Mark Wiggin as his new DNR deputy commissioner, starting Sept. 19. "Wiggin, of...

STREETS, TRAILS BECOMING KILLING ZONES; VIOLENCE SPREADS Mayor Ethan Berkowitz was sitting back, eyelids heavy, looking languid. The mayor, who normally spends much of the Assembly...

PRIVATE PARTY PLANNED WITH ANN COULTER - TICKET INFO With all that has happened on the "Hillary Health front" this week, what does Ann Coulter...

PART II: UNION 'TRUSTS' POUR MONEY INTO POLITICS By ART CHANCE The part of union money and influence that is little known and receives little attention...