Yearly Archives: 2016
Why so many proxy ballots in District 40?
BALLOTS COUNTED - SURPRISE, IT'S A WIN FOR WESTLAKE, PERHAPS
Although Rep. Ben Nageak of Barrow has reportedly conceded the District 40 election to Dean...
Curiouser and curiouser: Delayed primary results
PUBLIC MIGHT WONDER WHAT DIVISION OF ELECTIONS IS HIDING
It's late at night, Friday, August 26, and still no official count of questioned ballots and...
Begich needs to come clean — but can he?
BEGICH ACCUSES, BUT WON'T TAKE A STAND HIMSELF
By ANN BROWN
I read with interest former Sen. Mark Begich's Aug. 12 Alaska Dispatch News column about our congressional...
Great Alaska garage sale has THIS amazing benefit
THEY DON'T MESS AROUND IN FAIRBANKS
Now that you're reading, this garage sale event is a fundraiser for John Sturgeon, who took his case against the National Park...
Why did BP support the governor’s AK-LNG project?
GOVERNOR WALKER HAS BP IN A VISE OVER PRUDHOE
During two days of legislative hearings that concluded Thursday on the Alaska gasline project, also known as...
New direction for Alaska gasline ends in questions
TWO DAYS OF HEARINGS BRING MORE DOUBTS
The governor has spent the past two days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Federal Reserve conference talking...
Governor walks back administrative order
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 279? OH, NEVERMIND
In February, Governor Bill Walker decided to transfer most of the duties of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, which is a fiscally self-sustaining...
More double ballots handed out? It looks that way in Chefornak
CHEFORNAK VOTES LIKE A BOSS
On Primary Election Day, Aug. 16, the people in Shungnak were given two ballots to vote on -- a Republican...
Who is Len Blavatnik and why is the governor helping him?
THE QUINTILLIONAIRE
At 58, Leonard Blavatnik seems to have it all. The billionaire's net worth is about one third of the Alaska Permanent Fund. He owns...
Senate State Affairs hearing set on primary election
SHUNGNAK VOTING RAISES QUESTIONS
Senate State Affairs Chairman Bill Stolze has scheduled a hearing on Aug. 29 to delve into the irregularities of the Aug....