Yearly Archives: 2021

Newspaper newsrooms have shed 57% jobs since 2008

Suzanne Downing - July 20, 2021 14

Newspaper newsroom employment fell 57% between 2008 and 2020, from roughly 71,000 jobs to less than 31,000. At the same time, the number of...

Rachel Bylsma joins oil and gas association

Suzanne Downing - July 20, 2021 2

The Alaska Oil and Gas Association has hired Rachel Bylsma as the organization’s external affairs manager. Bylsma recently served as the director of constituent services...

Alaska life hack: Delta bison hunt raffle odds are good this year

Suzanne Downing - July 20, 2021 1

There are only a few days left in the raffle for a chance to hunt a Delta Bison and the odds may never have...

Pebbled: Prices of metals may mean mining projects have better luck moving ahead

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR - July 19, 2021 10

By MARK HAMILTON (Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.) With a...

Alaska life hack: Canada to allow Americans through border starting Aug. 9

Suzanne Downing - July 19, 2021 22

For nearly 16 months, Americans have not been able to cross the border into Canada, except for "essential travel" circumstances, and with very strict...

Conspiracy polling: 20 percent of Americans think the Covid-19 vaccine comes with micro chip

Suzanne Downing - July 19, 2021 27

A full 20 percent of Americans believe it's likely the U.S. government is using the Covid-19 vaccine to microchip the population, according to a...

Breaking: Kendall, Lindemuth, and AFN sue over Power Cost Equalization Fund transfer

Suzanne Downing - July 19, 2021 28

The Alaska Federation of Natives, using Recall Dunleavy attorneys Scott Kendall and Jahna Lindemuth, have sued the Dunleavy Administration over the status of the...

Judicial poppycock

Anchorage Daily Planet - July 19, 2021 18

By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET Here is some bad news for elected office-holders in Alaska who thought they could be recalled only for serious infractions. It...

Recall Zaletel petition picking up steam

Suzanne Downing - July 18, 2021 11

A petition to recall Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel is closing in on enough signatures to take the matter to a public vote in a...

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