Monthly Archives: June, 2021
Warrior braids: Air Force issues new, updated regs for women’s hair styles
The U.S. Air Force on Friday officially updated its rules about how women in the service branch can wear their hair. As of June...
Report: Suicides on Alaska military bases spiking in 2021
Six soldiers stationed in Alaska have died by suicide between January and May of 2021, a surprising statistic, considering the U.S. Army spent more...
National Democrats don’t want to hurt your feelings, so they’ll opt you out of Fathers Day
As if Fathers Day wasn't already kind of an afterthought with unimaginative gifts like ties and drill bits, the communication from the Democratic National...
Alexander Dolitsky: Multiculturalism in America, Old Believers in Alaska
Edited by ALEXANDER DOLITSKY
The charges that white privilege, systemic racism, and critical race theories are tearing our country apart do not match the facts or...
As Tongass trees get locked up by Biden, will lumber prices to go even higher?
The Tongass exception to the national forest Roadless Rule will be reversed by the Biden Administration, meaning that virtually no commercially viable logging can...
Norton Sound Health Corp mandates Covid vaccines, and it appears is losing dozens of employees over the requirement
Norton Sound Health Corporation has mandated that all of its workers, board members, and volunteers must be vaccinated for Covid-19 by Monday, June 14,...
Jim Crawford: Concerning the PFD, just say no to special interests this year and next
By JIM CRAWFORD
Eddie Burke and I co-chaired the statewide "Just say No" campaign in 1999 to save the Alaska Permanent Fund. The people understood that earnings were...
Don Young releases infrastructure framework he hopes gets bipartisan support
Alaska Congressman Don Young released an infrastructure framework on Thursday that he hopes will earn bipartisan support and bolster America’s infrastructure for years to...
Murkowski and bipartisan Senate group say $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan would work
After talks between the White House and Republicans broke down on Monday, a bipartisan group of senators has agreed to offer President Joe Biden...
Win Gruening: Cruise ship tourism, moving forward or looking back?
By WIN GRUENING
The unsuccessful effort to gather sufficient signatures for three proposed initiatives limiting cruise visitors to Juneau was a welcome relief to many.
Cruise...