Monthly Archives: April, 2020
Daily update: Six new cases, mainly on road system
Six new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus were reported in Alaska in the last 24 hours since Sunday noon, bringing the statewide count to...
Fairbanks Parks & Rec manager gets salty on social
Touring the Carlson Center emergency field hospital set up, Michael Bork, Parks and Recreation Director for the Fairbanks North Star Borough in Fairbanks, snapped...
Ravn to file Chapter 11
RavnAir's CEO said in a memo to all staff today that the company will seek to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules.
Due to the...
Biden gets endorsement from Alaska Democratic establishment figures
FRAN ULMER GETS HER NAME IN FRONT OF BIDEN CAMPAIGN
Alaska's Democratic establishment, led by former Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, has thrown its support to...
Stranded in Dutch: RavnAir grounds all remaining flights
RavnAir Group, which had last week grounded 90 percent of its fleet, has cancelled all remaining service, saying the economic fallout from the COVID-19...
Another 14 cases, 1 more COVID-19 death, and rural Arctic Alaska gets a scare
FIRST CASE FROM RURAL NORTHERN YUKON-KOYUKUK REGION
Alaska gained 14 more diagnosed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus since yesterday, and one more person has died.
Saturday's...
Public unions love these incumbents
THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
Looking at the amount of money spent on Anchorage Assembly races by unions’ political action committees leads to only one conclusion:...
Guard against over-reliance on government
By WIN GRUENING
“Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.” Milton Friedman
It seems like ages, not just a few months, since COVID-19, coronavirus,...
Alaska Republicans elect new national committeeman, three electors, and officers
Judy Eledge, Randy Ruedrich, and John Binkley are the three electors for the Alaska Republican Party this presidential cycle. They were chosen as a...
Ravn will continue service to Unalaska with 3 Dash-8s
GRANT, YUTE, RYAN WILL START PICKING UP MAIL SERVICE RAVN CANCELED
Clearing up confusion created when RavnAir Group suspended flights to most of rural Western...