Yearly Archives: 2020

Superintendent of Anchorage Public Schools Deena Bishop told the school board this week that the distance learning program implemented by the school district is...

A LOOK AT THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE FOR DISTRICT 25 Like a dozen other "pretend independent" candidates running this year in Alaska House and Senate districts,...

By JIM CRAWFORD  Let me say that again: “Alaska is not broke.”   As a banker in Alaska for about 50 years prior to retirement, I have...

In Homer, moderate incumbent mayor Ken Castner, who is a fiscal hawk and registered Republican, appears to have won reelection over liberal challenger Donna...

Haines government moved more conservative during Tuesday's borough election. A conservative mayor and four moderate-to-conservative Assembly members now dominate the governing body. Observers say the...

By ART CHANCEI went to a fundraiser for a citizens group dedicated to challenging the Municipal Assembly’s decision to close Assembly meetings to in...

A new group called Alaskans for Open Meetings had its second organizational meeting and fundraiser Tuesday at La Mex restaurant in Anchorage. Organized...

Performing Arts Center managers have brushed off Save Anchorage’s request to hang a banner on the side of the PAC’s downtown building. No matter...

Kenai voters gave a resounding "Thanks, no thanks" to the Borough Assembly majority, which had passed a "mail in election" ordinance for the borough. The...

FAIRBANKS PUTS CONSERVATIVES ON ASSEMBLY, SCHOOL BOARD All three conservatives running for Fairbanks Borough Assembly seats won on Tuesday. Aaron Lojewski won by 1,900 votes,...