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Yearly Archives: 2020

CDC: Overdose deaths exploding during COVID shutdowns

The highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period happened this year in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control...

Passings: Terrence Cole, author, professor, critic

University of Alaska Professor Emeritus Dr. Terrence Cole passed away Dec. 12, 2020 at the age of 67. He was the brother of writer...

Passings: Alice Stevenson Green, 103, was first woman ordained by Presbyterian Church in Alaska

SHE PASTORED FROM KETCHIKAN TO SAVOONGA Alice Stevenson Green, the first woman ordained as a Presbyterian minister in Alaska, passed on Dec. 7, 2020 at...

Anchorage’s city-owned start-up fund now dedicated to minority businesses

The 49th State Angel Fund had a problem: Too many of its investments were going to white people. It has addressed that problem by creating...

Bedroom video? Palin says Julian Assange, who Wiki-leaked her emails, deserves pardon

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has called for the presidential pardon of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. All is forgiven, apparently, for his leaking her emails...

Return of the light

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is getting into the spirit of the season with a winter solstice activity for all Alaskans,...

Shalom and Merry Christmas

By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL The silence of the night was calming. A full moon illuminated the snow covered mountains with a bluish-gray luster.  Brilliant stars in the...

Anchorage municipal workers get leave bonus

Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson has a soft spot for municipal workers who have worked through the pandemic. She has authorized four hours of extra...

Rivera makes pitch for money to fight ‘frivolous’ recall in court

In a Zoom conference call with potential supporters, Anchorage Assembly Chair Felix Rivera spoke about how he has a group that is suing to...

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