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Yearly Archives: 2017

Ethics committee targets Wilson, ignores Guttenberg, Wool

The Legislative Ethics Committee decided last week that Rep. Tammie Wilson of North Pole violated the Ethics Act because in January of 2014 she...

Heads and Tails: Quake rattles expo in Juneau; Zinke orders expansion of hunting range

JUNEAU'S CONVENTION JINKS? In April, a convention of fire investigators was convening in Juneau when two miscreant teens set a beloved playground ablaze. The timing was uncanny. On Saturday,...

Nome Native Corp. adds fourth name to lawsuit

Sitnasuak Native Corporation filed a lawsuit last month to remove three of its 11 directors for breaking corporate election law. Now it has added a...

Breaking: Reimposing sentences for crimes to be part of special session

Gov. Walker today placed a rollback of provisions of SB 91 onto the call of his October special session. For first-time offenders, who now don't get...

Heads and Tails: Saddler calls for a VPSO audit; Must Read getting a remodel

SADDLER CALLS FOR AUDIT OF VPSO PROGRAM Rep. Dan Saddler has asked the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee for an audit of the Village Public...

Let them eat rabbit? Venezuelans heading for starvation

In 2009, Venezuela offered heating oil to Alaska villages that were struggling to pay for their winter fuel. It was Venezuela's way of shaming President George...

Democrat-linked data firm exposed Alaskans’ voter info

Records that contain extensive details about all Alaska registered voters were exposed to the public on the Internet, due to a database error at a Democrat-related Big...

Ermalee Hickel, 1925-2017

Ermalee Hickel, former first lady of Alaska, died early in the afternoon of Sept. 14, 2017 at her home in Anchorage. She had just...

‘She’s gonna crash!’ video of floatplane bouncing on Campbell Lake

ROUGHCUT: Video of a Cessna 206 attempting to land on Campbell Lake on Saturday was captured by a nationally known film crew that happened to...

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