Yearly Archives: 2019
Roughly half of Alaska’s federal workers are in shutdown status
REASON: HIGH NUMBER OF BLM, FOREST SERVICE WORKERS
Of the 11,466 federal employees in Alaska, about 5,624 are in unappropriated status, according to Governing...
Gun control measure to be introduced by Pelosi, Democrats
COMING TUESDAY: A NEW ATTEMPT TO CURB GUN SALES, TRANSFERS
On Tuesday, a proposal to mandate universal background checks for nearly all gun transfers will...
Legend Urban Rahoi turns 100, parties like he’s 99
When Urban Rahoi has a party, Fairbanks friends show up. So does Sen. Dan Sullivan and even former Miami Dolphins football player Larry Csonka,...
Survey: Senate Democrats want to hear from you
SURVEY ASKS YOUR OPINION
Sen. Bill Wielechowski of Anchorage and his fellow Senate Democrats have a survey they want you to complete, because they want...
Sweeping changes to Uniform Code of Military Justice just went into effect
EVERYTHING FROM SEX TO COMPUTER CRIMES ADDRESSED
The Uniform Code of Military Justice was updated and went into effect this week, meant to modernize definitions...
Destroyer to be named USS Ted Stevens
The newest destroyer being built for the U.S. Navy will be named after the late Sen. Ted Stevens, a man whom Alaskans also refer...
Breaking: Bart LeBon win stands, Supreme Court decides
The Alaska Supreme Court took little time in deciding to deny an appeal from Fairbanks House District 1 candidate Kathryn Dodge, rejecting her arguments...
Electoral College preserves viability of small states
THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
From the land of dumb ideas come a really dumb idea.
Frothing House Democrats stung by 2016’s presidential defeat and yearning to...
Thor Stacey named new NFIB director for Alaska
The National Federation of Independent Business announced that it named lobbyist and Alaska hunting guide Thor Stacey as the new director of the Alaska...
Governor visits Kotzebue, topic is public safety
A month after he was sworn in as governor in Kotzebue, Gov. Mike Dunleavy is back in the Arctic community. His traveling companions include...