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Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Of Memorial Days past

By ART CHANCEI grew up in rural Georgia in the Fifties and Sixties. I grew up with ghosts in the closet. Old family Southerners could...

Berkowitz slow-rolls opening

ONE BUSINESS OWNER, HOWEVER, LEADS AN INSURRECTION Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said Anchorage will take his slow approach to releasing Anchorage from its economic handcuffs. Monday...

Samaritan’s Purse sets up field hospital in King Salmon

Samaritan’s Purse, a faith-based organization based in North Carolina, has committed one of its emergency field hospitals to King Salmon, Alaska, as the commercial...

‘Get back on your feet’ grants: $5K-100K grant criteria posted

The Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development and the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority have partnered with Credit Union 1 to...

Trump declares houses of worship ‘essential’

President Donald Trump has declared churches and other places of worship are considered "essential services." Across the country, houses of worship were closed...

Part II: Leadership during crisis, now an economic one

GOVERNOR FACES THE NEXT STORM By March 16, there were 52 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Alaska, and the first Alaskan had just died of...

Haines burns through yet another borough manager

SCHNABEL HAD BOROUGH STAFF SAND HER PRIVATE ROAD Haines has a history of stormy relationships with between its Assembly and its borough managers. This week,...

Group seeking class action lawsuit against government

A small-but-determined group of Alaska residents are looking for businesses and individuals to join them in what they hope will be a class-action lawsuit...

Will Anchorage mayor allow businesses to operate?

While business restrictions made at the state level will be nearly completely lifted on Friday, Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz isn't so sure he's ready...

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