Yearly Archives: 2021
For Andrew Halcro, a crowning achievement is the boarding up of downtown Anchorage
By SUZANNE DOWNING
“Hasty endings always leave things unsaid,” according to Andrew Halcro, who went on in his guest column in the Anchorage Daily News...
Anchorage police decline to endorse Dunbar for mayor
After severals days of internal debate, the Anchorage Police Department Employee Association walked away from endorsing Forrest Dunbar for mayor.
In the end, the membership...
Art Chance: 50 years, an oil boom, and how we broke the Alaska economy
By ART CHANCE
My biological daughter will turn 50 in a few weeks. Her very pregnant mother and I were living in her childhood bedroom in...
Boutin: Snow machines on side roads work fine in New Hampshire, so why not here?
By TOMAS BOUTIN
The Governor Dunleavy Administration has a proposal to allow people to use off-road and utility vehicles on specific highways.
Just over three years...
Who is David Chipman?
By THE ANCHORAGE DAILY PLANET
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is David Chipman, a longtime BATF...
MRAK poll: Police should back Bronson; Mike Robbins endorses Bronson
Mike Robbins wasted no time after last week's election in throwing his support to Dave Bronson for Anchorage mayor in the May 11 runoff....
Tight mayor’s race: ‘Good government Bronson’ widens gap again, margin tight
Mayoral candidate Dave Bronson widened the gap between him and Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar in the latest vote tally from the Anchorage Division of Elections.
For...
Clerk to voters: Register by April 11 for potential mayoral runoff
The Municipal Clerk’s Office is wanting voters to register or update their voter registration before the Sunday, April 11, 2021 deadline to vote in...
Climate change: Stop punishing the Arctic
By PAUL FUHS
It’s become very fashionable lately for politicians and ‘environmental’ groups to advocate against resource development in the Arctic, supposedly in the name...
Republicans, the game is being played on your dollar
By MICHAEL TAVOLIERO
In mid-March, the Alaska Republican Party State Central Committee voted, by a 77% majority, to find that its U.S. Senate incumbent, Lisa...