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Yearly Archives: 2021

Soft concession or distraction? Dunbar says he can’t catch up, but Bronson keeps working for every vote

On Facebook, mayoral candidate Forrest Dunbar has told his supporters that it's unlikely that he will win, since Dave Bronson is ahead by 627...

Craig Campbell: To mask or not to mask, America has been scammed

By CRAIG E. CAMPBELL Last month I wrote a piece in Must Read Alaska that statistically showed, using Center for Disease Control data, that masks...

Breaking: Bronson gains ground

Candidate Dave Bronson gained a bigger lead in the race for Anchorage mayor today. Bronson has a 627 vote lead on Forrest Dunbar in...

Breaking: Governor calls special sessions to deal with Permanent Fund dividend, appropriation and tax limits

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued a proclamation calling the Alaska Legislature into special session beginning May 20 to complete work on the state budget and...

Alexander Dolitsky: Duke Ellington and the effects of Cold War in Soviet Union on intellectual curiosity

During the Cold War, people of the Soviet Union had little except their secret faith in God and hope for a better life By ALEXANDER...

Muni Clerk says ‘no’ to public observing of vote counting in mayoral runoff

There's no more "Yellow Brick Road" at the Anchorage Election Office in Ship Creek. That is the area marked with yellow tape on the...

Haters gonna hate: UAS edition

Lance Twitchell, or Lance X̱ʼunei Twitchell as he is also known, is an associate professor of Alaska Native languages at the University of Alaska...

Former Sen. Paul Fischer, 1936-2021

Former State Sen. Paul Fischer died Saturday, May 8, at the age of 85 after a brief illness, according to KSRM radio. Fischer was...

Pebbled: EPA ‘just didn’t have time’ to actually go to Bristol Bay

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

Bronson takes lead on Day 2 of counting

With 76,022 ballots counted, Dave Bronson has taken the lead in the runoff for Anchorage Mayor. Bronson has 38,150 votes to Dunbar's 37,872. Bronson...

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