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Monthly Archives: August, 2017

Rogoff to bankruptcy judge: ‘Don’t know, can’t remember, don’t recall, can’t say’

When Alice Rogoff took the stand in an Anchorage court today, she phoned it in. Possibly from Nantucket. And presumably, Rogoff was with an attorney passing...

Ruh-roh: Court to decide who will get paid first; Northrim first in line

TRUSTEE FOR DISPATCH CREDITORS OBJECTS TO DEAL The Trustee appointed to represent the many creditors of the Alaska Dispatch News has posted an objection to the settlement...

Dispatch seeks court help to allow news carriers to get paid

OPINION: ROGOFF HAS BEEN RECKLESS, AT BEST  Earlier this week, the owner of the Alaska Dispatch News asked the court to allow her to borrow money to...

Alaska’s losing battle against farmed salmon

BY CRAIG MEDRED CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS Bristol Bay – Alaska’s highest profile salmon fishery – had a banner year, and yet everywhere in the global market Alaska...

This will be a weird election season, ‘and we can prove it’

POOP, TEA PARTY, TROLLS If Alaska Public Offices Commission filings are any indication, the Anchorage Municipal election in April is going to be, well, weird. An independent...

Sick: Dispatch health insurance hearing set for Thursday

  ROGOFF WANTS COURT TO OK INSURANCE PAYMENTS PRIOR TO FINAL DEAL Alaska Dispatch News employees may be looking for individual health insurance policies in the Obamacare marketplace soon. Either that...

Rogoff borrowed, but it wasn’t enough to save newspaper

EMPLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE BILLS ARE PAST DUE The owner of the Alaska Dispatch News borrowed $13 million from Northrim Bank at the outset of her adventure...

List of debt owed by Dispatch goes into millions

MOM AND POPS AND MULTINATIONALS LINE UP FOR PAYMENT... As the Alaska Dispatch News plunges deeper into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, owner Alice Rogoff was...

Haines recall election is Tuesday

In Haines, the politics is unusually contentious this summer. And that's saying a lot for a city that has been through at least 14 city managers...

End of an error? Alaska Dispatch bankruptcy, sale details emerge

FATEFUL WEEK FOR DISPATCH The news of the Alaska Dispatch News filing for bankruptcy while being sold to a group of longtime Alaskans was well-received...

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