Yearly Archives: 2019
Breaking: Revenue commissioner resigns
Department of Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman has resigned.
“Bruce has dedicated a significant portion of his life to public service and I thank him for...
Data point: Crooked Creek homicides equal 2% of residents in 90 days
Alaska State Troopers arrested a 30-year-old Crooked Creek man on Saturday, charging him with first degree murder in the death of a 26-year-old family...
Camarena turns himself in
Juan Camarena, wanted in connection with a Nov. 2 triple homicide in Wasilla, called the Alaska State Troopers and arranged to meet at...
Do state deadlines matter? Cannabis chocolatier wants to know if regulator cares
TAKES COMPLAINT TO OMBUDSMAN
Dave Lanning co-owns a small cannabis manufacturing business in Fairbanks. Among the product lines at Arctic Bakery are dark chocolates infused...
Not so fast: No speedy court date for recall group
The Recall Dunleavy group was out of luck today in front of Superior Court Justice Eric Aarseth, who set the court date 10 am...
Marijuana agency hits restart with new chief: Glen ‘fix it man’ Klinkhart
One day after the Alaska Marijuana Control Board fired the head of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, Gov. Michael Dunleavy has tapped a...
Hey, Congress: Stop messing with our internet
By ANITA HALTERMAN
Over the past couple of decades, Alaska has seen significant technological improvements, specifically in relation to the Internet and connected broadband.
Thanks...
New judge for recall hearing to set schedule for judgment
The effort to recall Gov. Michael Dunleavy will be taken up in court on Thursday with a new judge.
Last week, Anchorage Superior...
Hatch Act ‘to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities’ is unenforced
By ART CHANCE Political activity by public employees and use of public employees by public officers for political ends has been a vexatious...
Marijuana agency chief voted out by control board
AT ISSUE: IS CANNABIS REGULATOR MAKING ALASKA OPEN FOR BUSINESS?
Erika McConnell, the executive director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office by the Marijuana Control Board...