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Yearly Archives: 2019

Spawned out story: The #metoo net unravels

By CRAIG MEDRED CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is now eyeing his next appointment to the Alaska Board of Fisheries with the dust stirred up around...

House closes ‘Schneider’ jack-attack loopholes

The House has passed HB 14, a bill that makes certain sex-related crimes more serious. It partially closes the loophole in Alaska law made...

Icebreaker contract awarded; to be delivered in 2024

The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard have announced that Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded the contract to build the nation’s first...

Sense of the House: Majority cedes moral high ground

HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE WRONG RIGHT, BUT DIDN'T All heck broke out on the House floor today, after Rep. Ben Carpenter moved a "Sense...

Senate Finance approves $3,000 PFD

COMMITTEE ALSO MOVES TO BEEF UP PERMANENT FUND CORPUS The Alaska Senate Finance Committee approved amendments boosting this year’s Permanent Fund dividend to about $3,000...

MRAK Almanac: Miss Amazing, Talkeetna Fly-In

April 26, 1899: In Dawson City,  Yukon Territory, a devastating fire broke out when a saloon caught fire in the middle of a strike by...

Dunleavy apologizes to Fish Board nominee for ‘appalling’ behavior of lawmaker

Gov. Michael Dunleavy on Tuesday sent a letter to retired Superior Court Judge Karl Johnstone, expressing his regret that the Legislature didn't confirm his...

The Marines are coming: Commandant nominee, with Sen. Dan Sullivan

Must Read Alaska has learned that David H. Berger, the incoming Commandant of the Marine Corps, will be visiting Alaska this week with U.S....

Review: ‘Learning the Ropes’ by Mike Gordon

'Mountain Mike" Gordon has penned the ultimate bad-boy-finds-redemption story in his rollicking Alaska memoir, Learning the Ropes. He was an Eagle Scout. His family was in...

Poll: Murkowski, Sullivan both up with voters

SULLIVAN NOT SEEN AS VULNERABLE IN 2020 Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has been in the U.S. Senate since 2002 is still popular among Alaska voters,...

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