Yearly Archives: 2019
UAF cost savings include big cut to KUAC public radio, TV
BACK TO BASICS FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING?
University of Alaska Chancellor Dan White last week outlined some of the steps the Fairbanks campus will take to...
Russian pranksters get Dunleavy on the line
A pair of Russian pranksters, posing as an Ukrainian ambassador and president of Ukraine, managed to get Gov. Michael Dunleavy on the phone last...
Juneau budget: NGO gift shops exempt from sales tax
THE RISE OF THE NONPROFIT (NO TAX REVENUE) GIFT SHOPS
By WIN GRUENING
In a recent Assembly Finance Committee meeting, Jeff Rogers, City and...
Understand changes in religion in this animation
Data is Beautiful, a YouTube channel that creates visualizations of trends, created this enlightening animation to show the world's largest religions in terms...
Elizabeth Warren has plan for killing AK-LNG ports
BUSYBODY BILL WOULD IMPACT ALASKA, IF PASSED
Alaska Democrats' leading choice for president would shut down natural gas exports from Alaska.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
Fairbanks, Soldotna top the DPS list of missing persons
MEN OUTNUMBER WOMEN ON COLD-CASE HOMICIDE, MISSING LISTS
A revamped web page went live last week at the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
The list...
Damaged plane off the rocks, Unalaska airport open again
The airport at Unalaska is now open. The Department of Transportation said there's no damage to the runway and the disabled PenAir Saab 2000...
Bear attack: ‘She started snapping her mouth’
By JOE FERRONATO
In the evening hours of Sept. 6, two Alaskan moose hunters ventured out for a quick glassing session. Scott Willis and Shane...
He’s back: Former Gov. Walker says Anchorage, MatSu don’t need natural gas
HE WANTS GASLINE TO GO TO VALDEZ, NO PALMER SPUR
Former Gov. Bill Walker is once again milking cash from the City of Valdez to...
Unalaska flights suspended
Alaska Airlines has suspended flights between Unalaska and Anchorage through Monday, Oct. 21.
The airline tentatively plans to resume through its contract airlines operations as...