Yearly Archives: 2017
Donna Walker, gasline consultant to the Chinese?
According to Press Release 17-103, Alaska's First Lady Donna Walker, and her daughter and daughter-in-law have successfully returned from a junket to China, paid for...
Sarah Palin puts NY Times in legal crosshairs
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has made the mainstream media boatloads of money as they covered her relentlessly over the years, usually in unflattering terms.
Now, she...
Senate takes a deep breath on health care bill
The U.S. Senate has postponed a vote on its health insurance reform bill until after the July 4th holiday. There were just too few...
Delegation: Zinke issues first permit for King Cove Road
After years of begging the Obama Administration to allow a road to be built from King Cove to the Cold Bay airport, the people...
Another lawsuit for the Alaska Dispatch News
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
Just when you think things can’t get much worse for Alaska’s largest newspaper in these tough times for the news business, things...
Trump derangement syndrome case hits Ombudsman’s office
Remember when Montana Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte body slammed an aggressive reporter last month?
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to community service, anger management classes and...
B corporations become part of “The Resistance”
Patagonia, a clothing manufacturer whose ubiquitous logo is on the apparel of choice for many Alaska hipsters, spent more than $1 million in 2016 to get certain voters to...
Bear encounter? There’s an app for reporting that
It's been a bad year for relations between humans and black bears in Alaska.
A teen runner and a mine employee were mauled to death...
Briefs: Hughes drops caucus, no school layoffs, drag queen story hour
GOVERNOR ADDS ITEMS TO SPECIAL SESSION: No sooner had the operating budget passed on Thursday than Gov. Bill Walker added a third item to...
Sausage: House, Senate agree on budget
The conference committee tasked with grinding out a state operating budget compromise agreed to fund the 2017 Permanent Fund dividend at $1,100, $78 more than in...