Yearly Archives: 2019
Joint committee finishes operating budget
TRANSFERS $10 BILLION TO PERMANENT FUND CORPUS
The House and Senate conference committee finalized its negotiations over the State's Operating Budget today, spending $4.3 billion...
Homicide: Two dead on E 66th Avenue
Anchorage police on Saturday evening are investigating two deaths in the 1100 block of E. 66th Avenue and are calling it a homicide investigation.
At...
University ‘restructuring task force’ dominated by Democrats
THIS GROUP IS HEAVY ON THE 'BIG GOVERNMENT' FRONT
A task force appointed by the University of Alaska Board of Regents is a team of...
Second suspect now arrested in execution of teen
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman, pictured above, who was shot execution style near Thunderbird...
Alaska Raw, Part 3: Bent wing and dead walrus on the beach
SITUATION NORMAL: BEHEADING THE CARCASS
When we last heard from Bob Lacher, a fellow pilot who accompanied him on the trip had just suffered a...
Alaska Life Hack: Where to pick up STDs in Alaska
It's the weekend and you're out and about and under the age of 35. There's something you need to know:
Alaska's 2018 infectious disease report...
Alaska employment up slightly
April employment was up an estimated 0.9 percent, or a 2,800 job increase from April 2018, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and...
Dozens of firearms stolen in brazen smash-and-grab heist
$10,000 REWARD ANNOUNCED FOR JUNE 6 BURGLARY
Granny's Guns, a mom-and-pop firearms dealer in Anchorage, has been the victim of a brazen robbery, where two...
Exhibit review: Death in the Ice
ANCHORAGE MUSEUM'S "FRANKLIN EXPEDITION"
By ART CHANCE
SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR
I attended the Anchorage Museum’s media preview of its new exhibition of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition, which had...
MRAK Almanac: Mystery of the Franklin Expedition; Noel Wien’s birthday
By KOBE RIZK
The MRAK Almanac is your place for political, cultural, and civic events, events where you’ll meet political leaders or, if you are...