Monthly Archives: September, 2017
Balash confirmation hearing indicates smooth path
Joe Balash, former Department of Natural Resources commissioner for Alaska, and former Chief of Staff to Sen. Dan Sullivan, was presented to the Senate Energy and...
Kevin Meyer files for LG, and look who turns out
LABOR AND COMMERCE LEADERS ATTEND: Sen. Kevin Meyer, who started his political career on a local community council, stood before a group of 50...
Takeaways from the Rogoff court appearance
Alice Rogoff, the owner of the Alaska Dispatch News (and associated companies), made her first in-person appearance in bankruptcy court today, where she answered questions...
Breaking: Ahtna rejects settlement with Walker over Klutina Road
Ahtna has rejected the settlement with the Walker Administration over the public's historic road access to the Klutina Lake.
This means the 2008 lawsuit over the "RS 2477"...
(Mayor) Dan Sullivan to file for statewide office — but which one?
Word is that former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is not going to file to run as mayor of Anchorage after all.
He's planning to file for...
Kevin Meyer to run for lieutenant governor; Bart LeBon to run for House
This afternoon, Sen. Kevin Meyer sent out a press release that told the media exactly where he'll be at 10 a.m. on Thursday: The Division...
‘Beset with problems’ Dispatch goes on Auction block Monday
BUT THURSDAY WILL BE TELLING
A court filing by Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff details "terms and assumptions" associated with the sale of Alaska's largest newspaper to...
Domestic violence group issues apology for social media post
The head of one of the state's leading agencies that addresses domestic violence and sexual assault has issued an apology to her organization's board...
Elvi Gray-Jackson files, but Sen. Berta Gardner doesn’t
Former Anchorage Assembly woman Elvi Gray-Jackson has filed with the Alaska Public Offices Commission for statewide office. She hit her term limit on the...
North Korea’s environmental disaster; Gov. Walker calls for Navy base in Alaska
For 24 years, North Korea vowed to give up its nuclear ambitions in exchange for aid packages, and yet it carried out its sixth...