Monthly Archives: September, 2019
A problem in search of an answer
ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
The outrage over new Texas laws loosening gun control in the wake of a shooting spree that left 7 dead and 22...
Formerly with AK Dems, Jay Parmley back in South Carolina
Jay Parmley, who was executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party for 2-1/2 years, has been rehired by South Carolina Democrats. Parmley left Alaska...
MRAK Almanac: Federalist Society speaker on separation of powers
9/3: Federalist Society: Why Separation of Powers Matters, with Attorney General Kevin Clarkson and Professor Emeritus John Baker, Louisiana State University. Captain Cook Hotel...
UAF prior reductions mean only finding $7.5 million more
After the final budget was signed by Gov. Michael Dunleavy on Aug. 19, the University of Alaska System began the process of distributing University...
Alaska Life Hack: What’s a hundred dollars worth in Alaska?
There was a time when Alaska had the highest cost of living in the nation. No more.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released a report comparing...
Swan Lake Fire challenged by wind, Deshka, McKinley fires 95 percent contained
KENAI LAKE WATER SCOOPING PLANES DRAWING CROWDS
Rain helped firefighters on the Kenai Peninsula by slowing down the Swan Lake Fire, but winds that came...
Alaska Life Hack: 15 day countdown to Anchorage plastic bag ban
Ready. Set. ...
On Sept. 15, the Anchorage will be the latest community in Alaska to ban single-use bags that merchants have used for decades...
Tom Cashen, of a better generation in Labor
Art Chance - 5
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
I can manage a bit of sentimentality about the labor movement around Labor Day, and it is more poignant as I...
Study: World’s forests are expanding
If Americans are to believe The New York Times and others in the mainstream media, this year's forest fires around the world are the harbingers...
Earthquake near Klukwan felt in Juneau, Whitehorse
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Klukwan on Saturday night was felt by some residents in Juneau, while other living on Douglas Island and the...