Yearly Archives: 2019
Dallas Massie killed in car crash
Retired Alaska State Trooper Dallas Massie, the former chairman for District 12 Republicans, was killed Thursday night in after his truck was struck by...
Giessel pulls pin out of grenade on Laddie Shaw
Senate President Cathy Giessel took to Facebook on Thursday to make a veiled character assassination against Rep. Laddie Shaw, who did not get confirmed...
Baby bump at area hospitals
In mid-September, Alaska Regional Hospital went on "divert status," sending expectant mothers to Providence Hospital.
At the same time, Providence was nearly maxed out...
State will enforce Janus decision: Employees will opt in, not just opt out
Alaska is the first in the nation to enforce the Janus ruling of the Supreme Court. But expect a lawsuit from the public employee...
No deal: Village council reverses on Donlin
In 2006, the Association of Village Council Presidents supported the proposed Donlin Gold mine in the Interior.
But what AVCP can give, AVCP can take...
The ‘civil emergency’ has ended, so what now?
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz declared a civil emergency in Anchorage because the State of Alaska was withdrawing its funding for various programs in the city,...
The transcript Democrats are basing impeachment on
The transcript of the call between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 25, 2019. This is what the Democrats in the...
Murkowski votes to block military funds for border wall
OBJECTS TO USE OF FUNDS MARKED FOR ALASKA
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of 11 senators who voted today to end the president's national...
A first: Permanent Fund is going to invest in Alaska
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation announced a new Alaska Investment Program.
The Fund's Board of Trustees passed a resolution last week directing the staff...
Thunberg manifesto: How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood
Sixteen-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg scolded a gathering of the United Nations on Monday, saying the world is on the verge of mass extinction. Here's an excerpt:
https://youtu.be/o3FAE4e7Pok
In fact,...