Yearly Archives: 2020
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...
Sen. Chuck Schumer trashes BIA Chief Tara Sweeney, but picks the wrong target
Sen. Chuck Schumer took to Twitter today to disparage Alaskan Tara Sweeney, who is the Assistant Secretary for the Interior, and is the head...
Ferries throttle back service, after running with few passengers in Southeast
The Tazlina came into the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal from Skagway with just 2 passengers on one scheduled run during the first week of...
COVID-19 update: 7 new cases, first one in Kodiak
Seven Alaskans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the last state report midday Tuesday.
A total of 300 cases have been identified in Alaska, with...