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Yearly Archives: 2018

New Fish and Game Commissioner: Doug Vincent-Lang

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Doug Vincent-Lang as acting commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game. He takes over for Sam Cotten, who departed...

In rural Alaska, they rallied to ‘make it work’

GOV. DUNLEAVY, LT. GOV. MEYER SWORN IN WITH RURAL 'CAN-DO' FINESSE One thing you can count on in Alaska in the winter: The weather can...

Walker-Davidson will skip swearing in

RSVP'D HIS REGRETS ON FRIDAY  Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Valerie Davidson will not attend the swearing in of the new administration on Monday...

Alaska turns a corner

Mike Dunleavy at noon on Monday becomes the 12th governor of Alaska since Statehood; Sen. Kevin Meyer becomes lieutenant governor. Dunleavy was born May 5, 1961...

Demboski vacates Assembly seat on Dec. 3

Anchorage Assembly member Amy Demboski says that Monday is her last day, as she will resign when Mike Dunleavy is sworn into office at...

Listen to tower tell FedEx plane to ‘go around’ due to earthquake

'WE'RE EVACUATING' Listen to the control tower at Ted Stevens International Airport guide in a FedEx jet on approach on Friday, Nov. 30, just as...

Flower-gate: What happened to the money?

BY THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Looking for a good example of why people do not trust their governments? You need look no further than the...

FEMA second in command sent to Alaska

QUICK RESPONSE UNDERSCORES TRUMP'S 'SPARE NO EXPENSE' STATEMENT The rule of thumb in any disaster is that it's a local incident, until it's too big...

George H. W. Bush, a life well lived

George Herbert Walker Bush, the first vice president in 150 years to ascend to the presidency by election, has died at age 94. He...

State closed for business on Monday in Southcentral

GLENN HIGHWAY IN ROUGH SHAPE On the last day of the Walker Administration, the State of Alaska is officially closed for business in Southcentral Alaska....

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