Monthly Archives: August, 2019
Rogoff loses bid to recover own attorney costs from bankrupt Dispatch
Almost exactly two years to the day since the Alaska Dispatch News first declared bankruptcy, the estate is largely settled.
One last detail was a claim...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Alaska connection
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
And so, with financier and child molester Jeffrey Epstein dead in an apparent suicide, an investigation into his sordid sex life is...
Don Young fundraiser crushes it; biggest in history
Over 200 people crowded into the Turnagain home of former Gov. Bill Sheffield to welcome Congressman Don Young back to Anchorage.
Alaska's only congressman had...
Alaska Legal Services funding restored for domestic, sexual assault cases
Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson and the Alaska Legal Services Corporation today announced an agreement to use to-be-restored FY20 funding – totaling $759,000 –...
Why the $1,600 PFD is inevitable this year
Reading the tea leaves, it looks like $1,600 is what will be deposited into Alaskans' bank accounts in October. It's the will of the...
MRAK Almanac: National Endowment for the Arts chairwoman in Juneau
The MRAK Almanac is your place for political, cultural, and civic events, events where you’ll meet political leaders or, if you are interested in...
Zac Brown, country star, loses easement dispute at planning commission
The Mary Trail faction has won a round in the fight a controversial easement that cuts through land owned by a celebrity just outside...
Alaska Life Hack: Buy a remote cabin site from State of Alaska
The Department of Natural Resources holds its 2019 Remote Recreational Cabin Sites program beginning next week. Between 10 am on Aug. 19 and 5...
Holding out for $3,000 PFD is no way forward
ADVICE FOR THE GOVERNOR FROM A PFD DEFENDER
By JOE GELDHOF
Alaskans have achieved noteworthy accomplishments over the years. Among these are the adoption of a...
Breaking: Cuts to University System: $70 million over three years
Gov. Michael Dunleavy today signed a compact with the University of Alaska, which says the governor will only veto $25 million from the system...