Yearly Archives: 2020
Seward statue: Preserve our history, don’t tear it down
By WIN GRUENING
Calls to take down the statue of William Henry Seward from the Court Plaza across from the Capitol in downtown Juneau accelerated...
Truth unmasked: GoFundMe site pops up to show other side of mask debate
Anchorage resident Bernadette Wilson has started a fundraising campaign to produce high-quality videos featuring local doctors who have concerns about an upcoming face mask...
Berkowitz gives Captain Cook statue to Village of Eklutna to decide fate
Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz has turned the fate of the Captain Cook statue over to the Village of Eklutna, he said on the Tom...
Candidate Dunbar says Constitution — ‘all of it’ — is shot through with racism
Candidate for Anchorage Mayor Forrest Dunbar has been pondering the U.S. Constitution lately and how this moment of civil unrest in the country, coupled...
Dueling experts: Debate over mask mandate continues in public square, with doctors
NEIGHBOR: MAYOR BERKOWITZ WEARS MASK ONLY WHEN ON STAGE
Even as Alaska House Democrats posted a press release on Wednesday saying that hundreds of doctors...
Oregon county says ‘masks for everyone but blacks’
Lincoln County, Oregon has mandated face masks for everyone, except for persons of color who are fearful they will be racially profiled or harassed.
The...
Assembly meeting turns into farce as transgender stages street-theater protest
Bernadette Wilson, an Anchorage political activist, was sitting at home, monitoring the Anchorage Assembly meeting online, when she noticed two individuals lying on the...
Full force of government: Anchorage ordinance would prohibit ‘conversion’ therapy
By DAN FAGAN
Three Anchorage Assembly members introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would make it illegal for counselors to help teenagers seeking to overcome unwanted...
Mayor Berkowitz readies mask mandate ordinance
Over the objection of numerous people who testified at the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz says he has prepared an ordinance...
Stolen valor: Flag disappears from Flattop, but is restored by kids, Rep. Laddie Shaw
Only days after a complaint had been made about the American flag that flies on Flattop Mountain, and after the flag had been refreshed...