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Monthly Archives: May, 2021

Muni Clerk says ‘no’ to public observing of vote counting in mayoral runoff

There's no more "Yellow Brick Road" at the Anchorage Election Office in Ship Creek. That is the area marked with yellow tape on the...

Haters gonna hate: UAS edition

Lance Twitchell, or Lance X̱ʼunei Twitchell as he is also known, is an associate professor of Alaska Native languages at the University of Alaska...

Former Sen. Paul Fischer, 1936-2021

Former State Sen. Paul Fischer died Saturday, May 8, at the age of 85 after a brief illness, according to KSRM radio. Fischer was...

Pebbled: EPA ‘just didn’t have time’ to actually go to Bristol Bay

By MARK HAMILTON (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.) EPA had...

Bronson takes lead on Day 2 of counting

With 76,022 ballots counted, Dave Bronson has taken the lead in the runoff for Anchorage Mayor. Bronson has 38,150 votes to Dunbar's 37,872. Bronson...

Fire alarm goes off at election office on key day for ballot counting

On a day of counting ballots in Anchorage's mayoral runoff election, a fire alarm went off at the Anchorage Municipal Election Office in Ship...

Breaking: Dunleavy brings coalition of legislators to get a PFD vote to the people

Putting the Permanent Fund dividend into the Alaska Constitution would end the yearly legislative battle over Alaskans' share of oil royalties. It's been a...

Children can be unmasked on playgrounds, per new Anchorage school district policy

Anchorage school children do not need to wear masks on the playground, according to a notification sent to some parents on Tuesday. Some schools,...

Class assignment: Gov. Parnell to take over as chancellor of University of Alaska Anchorage

In a letter to the University of Alaska community today, University of Alaska Interim President Pat Pitney named former Gov. Sean Parnell as chancellor...

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