Yearly Archives: 2019
Don’t punish Floyd and the A-Team; work with them
By VAL VAN BROCKLIN
Floyd Hall is becoming a folk hero. He's a core member of a loosely affiliated group that calls themselves the "A-Team"...
Sitka fires city administrator in contentious meeting
Sitka City Administrator Keith Brady, on the job for less than two years, was released by the Assembly on Tuesday night during an emotional...
Full dividend fails House vote, 21-15
On Day 147 of the 2019 legislative session, the Capital Budget was finally on the House floor, and lawmakers debated Amendment No. 1: a...
MRAK Almanac: Ship Creek combat fishing
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The story behind the photo
It isn't every day you see your governor, in collared shirt and necktie and sporty sunglasses, pushing a broken-down car to the side of...
Who is Darin Schilmiller and why is he part of this murder investigation?
The sixth person associated with the cold-blooded execution of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman is an out-of-state 21-year-old man now under lock and key in Indiana:...
Tammie Wilson goes rogue on capital budget
The capital budget finally showed up in House Finance Committee today, but it came in the form of a committee substitute that baffled committee...
Haines Assembly targets potential mine; ponders outlawing water storage
The Haines Borough Assembly is wrestling with an issue that is bound to be controversial: Mining in the Chilkat Valley.
Some Assembly members have an...
Alaska Raw, Part 5: When Super Cubs levitate in the wind
In some ways, and for reasons unknown, this is the stress some of us live for. There is a lot at risk and you...
Huffman amendment would take out Pebble Mine by starving permitting funds
A bill rider introduced by a California Congressman is aimed squarely at the Pebble Project -- and stopping it from moving forward.
Rep. Jared Huffman,...