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Yearly Archives: 2017

Budget impasse: Alaska airports shut down July 1?

As unlikely as it is that Gov. Bill Walker allows state government to shut down in two weeks, if Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature cannot...

Homer gears up for recall election Tuesday

HOMER, Alaska - A small group of Homer residents held signs and waved flags at passersby today, as this seaside community gears up for a recall...

Where have all the leaders gone? Long time passing

OUR SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR LOOKS FOR SPINE IN POLITICIANS By ART CHANCE Hat tip to Peter, Paul, and Mary. Let’s go back to the 1970s. Before the Prudhoe Bay lease...

House Majority has lost. They just don’t know it yet.

ANDREW JENSEN ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Here’s hoping House Speaker Bryce Edgmon hasn’t gotten too attached to his gavel. The once high-riding Democrat-led Majority in the...

Alaska: Richest state to ever go broke

PERMANENT FUND REACHING HISTORIC MILESTONE The Alaska Permanent Fund is about to make history again. The international investment market is strong, the Fund's portfolio is robust....

Dividend applicant numbers hold steady

Some 670,407 individuals applied for the 2017 Permanent Fund dividend, according to the Alaska Permanent Fund Division. The number of applicants this year is down slightly...

Governor says he ‘can’t amend’ agenda for session — huh?

'IT'S NOT WITHIN MY POWER' Gov. Bill Walker held a brief press conference today to discuss the progress of the special session and the impending...

Is Juneau’s Justin Parish Alaska’s Kathy Griffin?

There's something not right about Rep. Justin Parish of Juneau. He's prone to theatrics, but has he finally gone too far? On a Monday KINY radio...

What if oil spill didn’t hurt a Prince William Sound fisheries?

OTHER REASONS SURFACE FOR HERRING DECLINE  By CRAIG MEDRED CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS Almost 30 years after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef and smeared Prince William...

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