Monthly Archives: August, 2017
Breaking news: Alaska Dispatch files Chapter 11, new owners emerge
Alaska Dispatch News has filed for Chapter 11, the last step before a company goes into bankruptcy. The filing allows the company to reorganize,...
Dispatch gets eviction notice from landlord GCI
Today the landlord for the Alaska Dispatch News press operations on Northway Drive finally had enough of Alice Rogoff.
After trying to get the publisher...
Opinion: State rushes settlement on Klutina road access
By DOUG VINCENT-LANG
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
Congress mandated that traditional access across federal lands be guaranteed for future generations.
This was done by congressionally established rights of way,...
Politico shows Walker at head of anti-Trump movement
Well, this is awkward. Politico Magazine superimposed a large photo of Alaska Gov. Bill Walker at the top of a story about "Anti-Trump Independents."
And...
Fake news: ‘Investors’ in the Dispatch
In a report about the sale of the Morris Communication newspapers to Gatehouse Media, the Alaska Dispatch News labeled Gatehouse a New York "conglomerate."
Because in some...
The Socialists’ paradise is nigh
OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR HAS A DARK VIEW OF ALASKA'S FUTURE
ART CHANCE
We’re almost there. Public employee unions are one election away from complete control of...
Heads and Tails: Berky, Begich host fundraiser for who?
SHE'LL LEAD THE CHARGE OPPOSING ALASKA: Sen. Maria Cantwell, a leading opponent of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, has friends in high places.
Anchorage...
Dan Fauske’s life celebrated by hundreds
A "going away party" for Dan Fauske, who died April 5, 2017 at age 66, ended with shots of Irish whiskey being passed around a...
Morris sells newspapers — Alaska included — to Gatehouse Media
JUNEAU, KENAI, HOMER PAPERS CHANGE HANDS
It's the end of an era for Morris Communications.
The mid-sized family-run newspaper company, which started its Alaska publishing venture...
Heads and Tails: Campaigns, fundraisers, gaffes, and galas
PETE KELLY RUNNING: The luncheon for the Sen. Pete Kelly campaign in Fairbanks was packed at the John Deere dealership on Monday. In his remarks,...