Yearly Archives: 2020
No free dump days in Anchorage, due to COVID-19
ANCHORAGE CHAMBER CITY-WIDE CLEANUP MOVED TO MAY 4-31
The Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services will not host free dump days in 2020. Instead, the...
For eco-extremists, today’s Alaska is what they have been advocating for
IT'S EARTH DAY, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR JOB IS?
By RICK WHITBECK
According to the latest statistics, 40,000 unemployment cases were opened in a three-week...
Save lives, but save the economy at same time
By REP. LANCE PRUITT
“It is time! It is time to start the process of opening our economy back up.” This is a common theme...
Alaska economy to start opening up on Friday, (Monday for Anchorage)
As of Friday, some restaurants, retail centers, and personal service businesses will be able to be open up in Alaska, the Dunleavy Administration announced...
COVID-19 update: 8 new cases, no new deaths
Alaska had eight new cases of COVID-19 reported in the latest update by the State, for a total of 329 cases.
More than half...
Patriotic Protest: Rolling rally planned by businesses to open up Alaska again
Several hundred Alaskans are saying they'll be taking part in a "rolling rally" on Wednesday from noon to 2 pm to protest the extended...
Sen. Stedman says Legislature will meet to appropriate CARES funds
KINY / NEWS OF THE NORTH
Citing the need to appropriate the more than $1.25 billion in federal CARES Act money that is coming into...
Native institute sues Neiman Marcus over this coat design
Neiman Marcus Group reported on Monday that it will file for bankruptcy protection as early as this week, making it the first major department...
Mayor’s plan: 42 days locked down unless conditions met
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz of Anchorage has a plan: Anchorage will stay hunkered down until his conditions are met:
Before anything more can open up...
ADF&G has plans in place to manage this year’s fisheries
By DOUG VINCENT-LANG
Alaska’s fisheries are world-renowned. They feed Alaskans through subsistence, sport, and personal use fishing. Our commercial fisheries feed the world and our...