Yearly Archives: 2020
Berkowitz’s posse circles the wagons as mainstream media mum on sex scandal
Two members of Mayor Ethan Berkowitz' inner circle have come to his defense as speculation swirls in Anchorage about Berkowitz and a reporter.
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Tavoliero: We need the Permanent Fund dividend
By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO
I don't buy into the declaration of “It’s time to end the Permanent Fund dividend.”
We are spending in 2021 over $12 billion...
This sordid affair has few details, many questions
By DAN FAGAN
Here’s what we know: Maria Athens, who describes herself on her Facebook page as news anchor and executive producer for Fox, ABC,...
A new low in campaign ads: Pulling the ‘Hitler’ card
Candidate Paul Dale pulled the "Hitler" and "white supremacist" cards out of the deck in trying to flip House District 29 -- Kenai --...
Wasilla mayor’s race goes to Oct. 27 runoff
Neither candidates Glenda Ledford nor Doug Holler received over 40 percent of the vote during the Oct. 6 Wasilla municipal election, and now there...
The bold, the brave, the Trump truck rolls along
Retired airline pilot Mike Koskovich is on a one-man mission to get Donald Trump and Dan Sullivan reelected. He does what he can, when...
Reporter arrested, booked after accusations fly over Mayor Berkowitz
Maria Athens, a reporter for the Fox New Channel 4 in Anchorage, has been arrested and booked at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center.
(Update, Sunday night:...
Reporter to remain jailed on assault, disorderly conduct
Maria Athens was arraigned Saturday and remains in custody at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center this weekend. The charges against the television anchor are Criminal...
New Anchorage tax would add body-cams for cops to increase transparency
By SCOTT LEVESQUE
The Municipality of Anchorage's Public Safety Committee and Mayor Ethan Berkowitz are proposing a new $1.84 million special tax ordinance (AO 2020-116)...
Maria Athens has a story on Berkowitz, but mayor says it’s slanderous
In a breathless teaser for tonight's newscast, Fox News reporter Maria Athens says that Mayor Ethan Berkowitz exposed his genitalia on an underage girl's...