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Yearly Archives: 2019

Anchorage Police now have dedicated cell service

The Anchorage Police Department is using new phone technology from the First Responder Network Authority, a national communications platform that allows first responders to...

‘Rusty Tusty’ service is delayed due to … rust

OCEAN-GOING FERRY WON'T BE IN SERVICE UNTIL MAY 18 The Alaska ferry M/V Tustumena is staying put at the Vigor Ketchikan Shipyards for now, due...

Push for Dunleavy’s amendments

It is time for Alaskans to talk to their representatives and senators about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s trio of proposed constitutional amendments aimed at addressing...

MRAK Almanac: Trumpeter swans and Arctic Man

On April 8, 1944, the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine, Alaska’s largest, closed down at midnight, due to the high cost of labor and low price...

Rep. Zack Fields gunning for Public Safety commissioner

DEMOCRAT POSSE ATTACKS SECOND WOMAN NOMINEE The House State Affairs Committee was a rough neighborhood for Public Safety Commissioner nominee Amanda Price on Friday.  The...

Black Rifles Matter: Buscaglia gets 15 days on the beach

By ART CHANCE SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR "Days on the beach" is labor relations slang for somebody being suspended without pay. Alaska Human Rights Commission Director Marti Buscaglia...

House Finance budget leaves $1,400 for dividends

FINAL NUMBER FROM COMMITTEE IS $700 MILLION LARGER THAN GOVERNOR'S BUDGET The House Finance Committee completed its work on the State budget on Friday. It...

DOT moving ahead on Cascade Point ferry terminal

ADVANCES S.E. TRANSPORTATION PLAN The money has been set aside, and the Department of Transportation has the authority to use it. Now, Must Read Alaska has...

Facts not ferry tales

By WIN GRUENING SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR In recent “battle of the budget” town hall meetings across the state, there have been few surprises. Budget-cutting resisters really know how...

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