Yearly Archives: 2019
Presidential Preference Poll: Will AK GOP conduct one, or wave it off this cycle?
MRAK'S ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE SERIES CONTINUES
Republican state party leaders in Arizona, Kansas, Nevada, and South Carolina have already decided to skip their...
Lawsuit over ‘Better Elections’ petition filed
Attorney General Kevin Clarkson has advised the Division of Elections to hold off distributing petition booklets for the Better Elections group, which is trying...
No, John Quick is not a director of ‘Alaska Yes’ PAC
The lie got around the Kenai Peninsula before the truth had time to put on its shoes.
An allegation was made to the Alaska Public...
Merriam-Webster adds ‘they’ to describe ‘binary gender’ preference
The venerable Merriam-Webster Dictionary has added a new definition to the pronoun "They." It now not only describes groups of people, but also a...
Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster invocation opens Kenai Assembly meeting
Barrett Fletcher, wearing a metal colander on his head, opened the Kenai Peninsula Assembly meeting on Tuesday with a tongue-and-cheek prayer, full of meatball...
Alaska Center encouraging kids to ‘strike’ this Friday
The Alaska Center for the Environment is doing the organizational work in Alaska to help students leave classes on Friday to take part in...
Craig Campbell to AK Railroad Board
JACK ANTHONY TO AEROSPACE BOARD
Gov. Michael Dunleavy today announced his appointees to the Alaska Railroad Corporation Board and the Alaska Aerospace Corporation Board.
Craig Campbell...
New Public Defender: Samantha Cherot
Born and raised in Alaska, Samantha Cherot has been named Alaska Public Defender, filling the position vacated in April by Quinlan Steiner.
Cherot was selected...
Roland Maw trial looms in October
Eligible Alaskans expect to see their Permanent Fund dividends deposited in their bank accounts the first week of October.
The definition of "eligible Alaskans" are...
Why I’m voting ‘no’ on Juneau’s Proposition 3: The JACC Racket
BY PAULETTE SIMPSON
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR
Juneau is a jewel of a town.
With just 31,000 residents, it’s also our country’s fifth smallest capital city in terms of...