Monthly Archives: April, 2020
Many Alaskans appear ready to open up economy again
KENAI BOROUGH MAYOR PIERCE SENDS PLEA TO GOV. DUNLEAVY
A 23-hour Facebook poll on the Must Read Alaska page ended late Friday with over 1,500...
WSJ: Paul O’Neill, who went from Alaska to become Treasury secretary, dies at 84
Paul O’Neill, who was dismissed after a tumultuous two years as President George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, died on Saturday at the age of...
Federal court denies environmentalists their attempt to block Pebble
A Federal District Court judge dismissed a case brought by environmental groups opposed to the Pebble Project. The groups had challenged a decision by...
Rainy Day Fund exists and it’s raining, already
By ART CHANCE
It’s Raining
Those of us who’ve been in Alaska longer than the day before yesterday remember when the Permanent Fund was cast as...
COVID-19 update: 9 new cases, no new deaths
Nine new cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in three Alaska communities – Anchorage (7), Kenai (1), and Juneau (1). This brings the total...
Close-up video from Anchorage vagrant encampment confrontation
The vagrants, addicts, and lawless people living on the bluff at 3rd Avenue and Ingra Street in Anchorage staged a counter protest to the...
Tough decisions ahead for state budgets
By SENATOR LORA REINBOLD
State government remains too big, and too expensive; we are faced with tough choices.
Government needs to make the tough decisions...
Now is the time to pay the full PFD to Alaskans
By JESSE SUMNER
Earlier this month, Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced this year’s budget reductions, following through with what fiscal conservatives have said must happen if Alaska is...
ConocoPhillips cuts North America spend, including Alaska, as oil drops again
ConocoPhillips is curtailing spending and production, cutting 225,000 barrels a day from its North America wells, as the price of oil drops and as...
Take the Poll: Is it time to open up the economy in Alaska again?
Alaska's economy is suffering and that means families are suffering. But COVID-19 is still lurking as a health hazard all over the world.
Take our...