Yearly Archives: 2021
Seafood favorite? Division of Elections launches mock election to help Alaskans learn how to vote confusing ballot in 2022
With Alaska's new Ballot Measure 2 having passed in November, confusion reigns about how the elections will be conducted in 2022. Ask the average...
Juneau anti-cruise group says not enough people signed petitions, but group still has demands
The anti-cruise ship petitions circulating in Juneau didn't get enough signatures on them to submit by Wednesday's deadline, the group said at a press...
Biden Administration takes back ANWR
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is back on ice. The Department of the Interior today suspended all activities related to the Coastal Plain Oil...
Bronson names homelessness abatement and OMB transition team leaders
Mayor-elect Dave Bronson today announced that Dr. John Morris will lead the homeless transition plan for his new administration, and Cheryl Frasca will lead...
Targeting faith-based organizations, Assembly is planning to expand zoning and require licenses for homeless shelters
The Anchorage Assembly is hosting two town hall meetings to hear from the public about two critical ordinances coming before the body on Thursday,...
From Alaska to Florida, election schemes from the Left erode voters’ faith in integrity
By SUZANNE DOWNING
The left and the right side of the political spectrum are going in different directions in terms of making elections secure. From...
We stand against anti-Semitism and hate
By ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
There is something particularly loathsome about cowards who slink around in the night defacing property with racist or anti-Semitic scrawls or...
6.1 earthquake rattles Southcentral
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit just before 11 pm on Sunday, May 30 in the Talkeetna Mountains was felt around the region and...
Pebbled: The environmentalist who cries ‘Wolf!’ is louder than the scientific process
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
As Alaskans,...
CDC: Fishing crews must still wear masks
In spite of pleas from Sen. Lisa Murkowski and others, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Coast Guard still say that...