Monthly Archives: March, 2021

Dave Bronson is ready to lead Anchorage out of the deep hole it’s in

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - March 31, 2021 13

By EMILY DEGLER Two years ago, when my husband and I were planning to make a move from Texas, our home of most of the...

Mead Treadwell: The next mayor of Anchorage should be Robbins

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - March 31, 2021 5

By MEAD TREADWELL Voting is going on now in the Anchorage Mayor and School Board election and by mid-summer, Anchorage will have a new mayor. I’m...

Laundry operation: San Francisco group donates funds to Alaska Center, which spends it to support Dunbar, Rivera

Suzanne Downing - March 31, 2021 18

Outside money is an outsized factor in the race for Anchorage mayor, and also in opposing the recall of Felix Rivera effort. The Tides...

No shows: So far, voter turnout in Anchorage is low compared to last year

Suzanne Downing - March 31, 2021 20

Voter turnout in Anchorage shows a 33 percent drop from the same time last year. In 2020, there was not a mayoral race, but...

Secretary of Interior applauds International Transgender Day of Visibility

Suzanne Downing - March 31, 2021 22

The newly confirmed Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland has issued a statement about International Transgender Day of Visibility, in which she said violence and...

Sarah Palin urges people to mask up

Suzanne Downing - March 31, 2021 18

In People magazine this week, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she contracted Covid-19, along with other members of her family, and she urges...

Mayor Dan: Why I’m voting for Bill Evans for Anchorage mayor

GUEST CONTRIBUTOR - March 30, 2021 7

By DAN SULLIVAN If you’re like me, you generally wait until Election Day to vote. Thousands of ballots that have been mailed out to virtually everyone...

Public says disaster declaration isn’t needed but invited experts tell Senate that it is

Suzanne Downing - March 30, 2021 14

In Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, the top item was HB 76, whether to renew the Covid disaster declaration. It was the second hearing for...

Art Chance: First Amendment protects citizens from government, but when is a government employee just a citizen?

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - March 30, 2021 12

By ART CHANCEOnce again, former Assistant Attorney General Libby Bakalar is in the news as Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Chief of Staff Tuckerman...

12 3...16 Page 1 of 16

Monthly Archives: March, 2021

Most Read

Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’

On this day in 1958, the Senate sealed the fate of Alaska

About us

The latest

Justice’s health care fraud takedown nets 324 in $14.6 billion crackdown — the largest in history

Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’