Monthly Archives: December, 2020
North America’s farthest north professional opera company succumbs to COVID
After 15 years, the northern-most opera company in the United States is closing due to the financial strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Breaking: Major evacuation in Ketchikan, dam may fail
A voluntary evacuation is underway in Ketchikan, with a mandatory evacuation expected around 3 am Sunday, in areas below Ketchikan Lakes Dam.
Officials say with...
Group organizes defense fund for Felix Rivera … and then it goes horribly wrong
A group of Anchorage residents has organized a defense fund fundraiser to protect Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera from the recall effort that is...
When is it OK for Assembly to close meetings to public? An Alaska judge will decide
A judge on Friday heard arguments for and against a preliminary injunction to stop the Anchorage Assembly from pursing actions taken during a several-week...
Historic: Recount gives Democrats 19 seats in House for first time since 1992
A 13-vote Democrat lead shrank to 11 votes after a formal recount Friday of the House District 27 race.
Liz Snyder, a university professor who...
No mask mandate in Soldotna
The Soldotna City Council on Wednesday axed a proposal to require people to wear nose and mouth coverings when in buildings open to the...
MRAK app for iPhones is live!
Readers, take note: You can download the Must Read Alaska app from the Apple App Store on your iPhone.
Launched this fall on Android,...
State Senate committee to hold COVID vaccine hearing
The Senate Health & Social Services Committee will hear a presentation by the Department of Health and Social Services on the state’s COVID-19 vaccination...
Judicial Watch: Alaska has 11% too many registered voters
Judicial Watch says in its 2020 study of voter registration data that Alaska is among eight states with statewide voter registration rates exceeding 100% of those...
Don Young votes in favor of marijuana legalization
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would decriminalize marijuana, at least from federal law.
Alaska's Congressman Don Young voted in favor...