Monthly Archives: December, 2017
Alaska-based National Park Service insurgents take to Twitter to resist Trump
Someone (or some persons) in the National Park Service Alaska Region formed an insurgent group in January of 2017, and opened up a Twitter...
Bureaucracy 101: The structure is same as Territorial days
OUR MOST CYNICAL CONTRIBUTOR MAKES A CASE FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
If some grizzled old character from the Territorial government of 1958...
Alaska Democrats on ANWR victory: Crickets
The passage of the historic tax reform -- with the keys to ANWR's oil and gas sector -- was met with silence from Alaska...
Libya explosion sends North Slope prices up
Libya’s National Oil Corporation confirmed an explosion at a pipeline near Maradah that is operated by al-Waha Oil Company. The line outage is expected...
Top jobs in Alaska for 2018: Health care
MEDICAID EXPANSION DRIVES ONE SECTOR
While most job categories are flat or down in Alaska, health care jobs have been a growth industry. The timing...
Minimum wage: Workers get inflation adjustment, tax break in 2018
As Alaskans turn the page to 2018, those on the first rung of the wage ladder will see their paycheck increase by a modest...
Must Read Alaska taking Christmas off
I'm taking a couple of days off for Christmas. With love and glad tidings for all, I wish you all a very happy Christmas.
And...
Official numbers: Obamacare enrollment in Alaska continues slide
The number of Alaskans enrolling in Obamacare slid sharply this year.
By the deadline on Dec. 15, 18,356 Alaskans signed up for health insurance through...
Senator Sullivan makes surprise visit to Afghanistan
JULIE FATE-SULLIVAN AND SPOUSES GATHER ON JBER
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan returned to Washington, D.C. in time for last week's historic votes, after spending the...
Governor buries the hatchet on Point Thomson
ANNOUNCES EXXON MAY PROCEED
Gov. Bill Walker made the announcement himself this time: The State of Alaska has approved ExxonMobil’s plan to engineer the expansion...