Monthly Archives: October, 2021
Colleen Sullivan-Leonard, Stu Graham return to service on Wasilla City Council
Former Rep. Colleen Sullivan-Leonard has won back a seat on the Wasilla City Council, where she served before being elected to the Alaska House...
Surgery schedule for Wednesday at Providence Alaska Medical Center
As a public service during this time when Providence Alaska Medical Center says it is in crisis and may have to decide which patients...
Delta Junction man arrested for death threats against Murkowski, Sullivan
A Delta Junction man was arrested Monday in Fairbanks for making threats of grave bodily harm against Alaska's two U.S. senators.
The charging documents...
FBI launches PR campaign to report hate crimes in Alaska
What is a hate crime?
"In the simplest terms, a hate crime must include both 'hate' and a 'crime,'" the DOJ reports on its...
Landslide: Bryce Ward easily wins reelection as Fairbanks borough mayor
Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Bryce Ward won by a landslide in his bid for reelection on Tuesday. In unofficial results, Ward has 11,376...
‘Let’s Go Brandon’ effect: Gallup poll shows Democrats have lost significant support
By a significant margin, Americans now view the Republican Party as better able to protect the nation from international threats than the Democratic Party....
Al Gross comes in four out of five in election for hospital board in Petersburg
Al Gross, who challenged Sen. Dan Sullivan in 2020 for the U.S. Senate, ran for a board seat for the Petersburg Medical Center this...
Jab or no job VIII: Alaska Native says unvaccinated patients are getting the shaft
This is the eighth in a series of stories of people losing their jobs because they have declined to take the required Covid-19 vaccination....
RIP Hobo Jim, Alaska’s balladeer
Just weeks after announcing he had terminal cancer, Jim Varsos, better known as Hobo Jim, died Oct. 5
He was a beloved singer-songwriter, best known...
Hospital count: 194 with Covid, 38 on ventilators
According to the state data dashboard, nine new hospitalizations for Covid-19 have occurred in Alaska since Oct. 1. The total number of people hospitalized...