Yearly Archives: 2019
Johnstone: What Spohnholz did to me, she can do to anyone
Readers: This statement by retired Judge Karl Johnstone was provided to members of the media. Must Read Alaska is printing it in full. Johnstone...
Red letter day for red pens
BY ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
Those of you who have invested your time, money and red pens to remind lawmakers you want smaller government are giving...
Dunleavy to Chamber of Commerce: Let the people decide
Some 275 business leaders attended Gov. Michael Dunleavy's budget presentation at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce on Monday. The room was at capacity for...
National Park Service seeks to close another Alaska river
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF BROOKS RIVER VIOLATES STURGEON RULING?
The National Park Service is proposing to close a section of the Brooks River in Katmai National...
MRAK Almanac: Earth Day edition
April 21-22, 1917: A cave-in and flooding closed the Treadwell and Mexican mines on Douglas Island. The Treadwell (1882-1922) was Alaska’s first successful large-scale development project....
Was a #metoo lie concocted to sabotage retired judge?
THERE'S NO POLITICS LIKE FISH POLITICS
By CRAIG MEDRED
CRAIGMEDRED.NEWS
The day after the Alaska Legislature blocked the confirmation of a Board of Fisheries appointee amid allegations...
Jon Faulkner returns to Homer, after stint with Dunleavy Administration
Homer business entrepreneur Jon Faulkner, owner of the Land's End Hotel on the Homer Spit, has returned to his business after spending four months...
Listicle: Which House member has voted with Republican caucus the most?
The Republicans in the Alaska House are splintered, to be sure. Some of them defected to create a bipartisan coalition led by Democrats, while...
Turf Wars: University struggles to deliver education efficiently
By WIN GRUENING
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
The University of Alaska is striving to deal with the recent fiscal realities facing our state.
Over the years UA has grown...
Despicable #MeToo
THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
If you were not already leery of the “MeToo’ movement’s penchant for condemning without evidence, consider what just transpired in a...