Monthly Archives: September, 2019
The Mallott papers: Donna Walker weighed in on LG
The Associated Press dug deeper than any other news agency to find a gem of an email.
It was from Donna Walker, former First...
Touchy subjects tackled
At Brave Conversations, facilitator Leigh Sloan is cultivating a community of people who meet monthly to learn from those who think differently on a...
Watch Rep. Don Young being awesome on ANWR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_dZMLt3hr0&feature=youtu.be
The U.S. House on Thursday voted 225-193 to reinstate the ban on oil and gas drilling on the Coastal Plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife...
Tense meetings, threats, strike date nigh: Another day in Kenai teacher union drama
Public school teachers on the Kenai Peninsula have been working without a contract for more than 400 days.
But it is going to be...
BLM to offer entire coastal plain of ANWR for energy leases
An 800,000-acre section of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will be open to oil and gas leases, with the publishing...
Famed stunt pilot with Alaska roots OK after plane flips on runway
Patty Wagstaff, an aviation aerobatic champion who learned how to fly in Alaska, is OK after her plane flipped on the runway in St....
Will patriotism die in Anchorage schools?
By DAVE DONLEY
On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the Anchorage School Board will vote on whether the Star Spangled Banner and Alaska Flag Song should be...
The mountain has labored and brought forth a mouse
By ART CHANCE
The mountain that labored and brought forth a mouse is an old Greek proverb that goes back to Aesop.
It refers to great...
Irony: ‘Better Elections’ files complaint, uses Outside $$
Alaskans for Better Elections, which was denied its ballot initiative because it was found to be illegal, filed an immediate lawsuit in Superior Court...
Ambler Road concerns include booze, village women, and environment
The Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Project had its first public hearing on the draft environmental impact statement on Tuesday and although the room wasn't packed,...