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Monthly Archives: December, 2021

Fritz Pettyjohn: What are we going to do with all that money?

By FRITZ PETTYJOHN In 1969, when Alaskans realized how much oil was in Prudhoe Bay, people quickly understood the implications. A formerly cash starved state...

Mark Hamilton: Don’t let Alaska get ‘Pebbled’ again

By MARK HAMILTON Something happened. I’m not going to speculate exactly what happened.  Representing Pebble mine for three years, I spent far too much time dealing...

AmericaFest report: Sarah Palin says ‘over my dead body’ will she get vaccinated

At the conservative AmericaFest mega-convention in Phoenix, Arizona, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Sunday she will not get vaccinated for Covid-19, and...

After promising voters no rate increase after sale of ML&P, Chugach Electric starts rate hike process; comment period ends soon

It's a Covid thing. Evidently Covid hit Chugach Electric hard, the utility said. Other utilities? Not so much. Chugach Electric filed a rate decoupling request...

Lucas Smith: Marxism makes inroads in schools under guise of mask ‘science’

The Municipality of Anchorage Assembly, the Anchorage School Board, and the Alaska Coalition of BIPOC Educators are an ideal match for the American Academy...

Welcome home planned for Miss America Emma Broyles at Anchorage airport at 2:30 pm Sunday

Alaskans are invited to be at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport at 2:30 pm on Sunday to welcome home Miss Alaska / Miss...

Between Worlds: Special report from the archives tells story of ANCSA at its 25-year mark

In 1998, Must Read Alaska Editor Suzanne Downing, who was editor of the Juneau Empire, and John Winters, then-publisher, led a team of writers,...

Watch: New documentary tells story of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act

A documentary produced by the Ted Stevens Foundation captures the oral history of the most significant bill shaping the destiny of Alaska since the...

Free rides to Prince of Wales Island for one week in January

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Inter-Island Ferry Authority, the ferry will give free rides between Ketchikan and Hollis, Prince of Wales...

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