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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...

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