Yearly Archives: 2021
Sources: Former Alaskan Tommy Beaudreau, chosen for deputy Interior secretary, is close to Murkowski
Former Alaskan Tommy Beaudreau is President Joe Biden's choice to become deputy Interior secretary, according to sources. Beaudreau was the first director of the...
Dr. Quinn-Davidson will bully you now
By SUZANNE DOWNING
Anchorage Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson advised the public on April 12 that it's time to have "hard conversations" with your friends and neighbors...
Randy Ruedrich: Too many ballots cast? Hardly.
By RANDY RUEDRICH
The 2021 Anchorage Municipal Regular Election is wrapping up with another 6,000 ballots or so to be counted today, April 13. I...
Senate Finance Committee would extend Alaska disaster declaration to Dec. 31
A Senate Finance Committee committee substitute for House Bill 76 would have the expired disaster declaration extended to Dec. 31, 2021.
Offered by Finance Co-Chair...
Can companies force workers to get Covid vaccine as a condition of employment?
The memo from Alaska Industrial Hardware makes it clear: All employees shall be vaccinated against Covid-19 by August. Or else.
Alaska Industrial Hardware is a...
Bronson increases lead, now up over 1,200 over Dunbar for Anchorage mayor
More ballots were counted on Monday, increasing the lead of Dave Bronson to nearly 2 percentage points above Forrest Dunbar. As of 5 pm,...
Alaskan named to Biden post advising on Alaska issues
A former Obama Administration official has been named to a top post in the Biden Administration, where she will shape policy for Alaska.
Raina Thiele...
Mayor moves goalposts again: Now, it’s 70% vaccination rate to lift city mandates
Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson issued another emergency order today, easing some of her restrictions on Anchorage residents' movement and behavior.
Emergency Order 20, which...
Tshibaka tours Kenai, filling up rooms and radio airwaves with jobs-economy message
Kelly Tshibaka's campaign for U.S. Senate had booked a room for 30 people at Land's End Resort in Homer, the last stop on her...
Pebbled: Environmental industry has fear-mongering down to an art
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor's note: This is the second in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
I’m not...