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Yearly Archives: 2018

Democrats exodus the House

MORE THAN A THIRD HITTING THE EXITS Being in the majority is not all it's cracked up to be. We've been counting. More than one third...

Mayhem like me: Torey Tuttle wrecks three police cars in five minutes?

AND HE WRECKS A STOLEN SUBURBAN, TOO Anchorage police were called to the 600 block of East 16th Ave in Anchorage on May 21 because...

Gara signals he’s out; Rojas has filed for Downtown Anchorage

One big-city Democrat in the Alaska Legislature may be replaced by another as Rep. Les Gara, who represents the second-most liberal district in the state...

When dueling Facebook videos give true polling data

TWO RETRO-LOOKING ADS, BUT VERY DIFFERENT RESULTS Political campaigns gauge voter interest in different ways, and strategists from the competing teams try to explain and...

Is media coverage creating more school shootings?

CONTAGION EFFECT: IS IT A THING? The front page of the New York Times on Saturday featured expansive coverage of the boy who shot students...

Catch-and-release: Shane Muse is out again

Shane Muse is out of jail as of Monday, on supervised release while he awaits trial. Muse has been one of numerous repeat offenders who...

Heads and Tails: Who’s filed for office?

THE FILING DEADLINE IS JUNE 1 - HERE ARE THE LATEST TO JUMP IN ROSS BIELING has filed his letter of intent as a Republican for...

SB26: ‘Diapering the Devil’ is in the details

BY TODD SMOLDON GUEST CONTRIBUTOR The 2018 legislative session ended with many of us breathing a sigh of relief through clenched teeth, thankful the House Majority...

About that knife … and protective order

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HAS COMPLICATED HISTORY All we know is what is on the record. We don't know what actually happened between Hunter Dunn and Joshua...

SWAT, standoff, and a den of thieves

CRIMINAL ROUND-UP Seven were taken into custody and five ultimately arrested after the Anchorage Police Department SWAT team was brought in to deal with a...

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