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Yearly Archives: 2018

Should her rapist-murderer go free? Tell the parole board

On Dec. 10, 1972, Jody Stambaugh was strangled and raped in her University of Alaska Fairbanks dorm room, where she had been sleeping. The attacked...

Alaska Medicaid expansion enrollees now nearly 50,000

Gov. Bill Walker's experiment in universal health care coverage is expanding, and costing the State more each year. With the fiscal year 2018 ending...

Defense lawyer’s constitutional argument cost her a judgeship

WHEN A CASE BECOMES POLITICALLY TOO HOT TO HANDLE Criminal defense attorneys are sworn to represent their clients as vigorously and ethically as possible. But doing...

Parades showed volunteer army strength for campaigns

GUBERNATORIAL TEAMS FANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE Across the state, the powerhouses of political campaigns showed how strong they are in the "boots on the...

Quote of the day: Democrats celebrate Independence Day by calling for state taxes

A letter, in full, from Hal Gazaway of the Bartlett Democratic Club in Anchorage, to the membership of the club is below, announcing that...

Ross Soboleff passes; friend of Must Read Alaska

Sealaska Director Ross Soboleff died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was the son of the Tlingit scholar, elder, and Presbyterian minister Dr. Walter...

BP sells interest in Kuparuk, satellite oil fields to ConocoPhillips

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT BP and ConocoPhillips today announced agreements for BP to sell its non-operating interest in the Kuparuk and satellite oilfields in Alaska to ConocoPhillips. In...

Celebrate your Alaskan Fourth of July

A MOMENT TO CONSIDER HISTORY As Alaskans, we treasure our uniqueness along with the common history that defines all Americans.  We see ourselves as self-reliant,...

Interior Dept. withdraws opinion on Alaska Native ‘land into trust’

ALASKA 'INDIAN RESERVATION' STATUS ON ICE FOR NOW The U.S. Department of the Interior’s solicitor said Friday that it has withdrawn an 11th-hour Obama-era opinion...

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