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Yearly Archives: 2021

Muni blunders its way to the end of Election Day, hands out wrong sample ballot to dozens

With long lines of voters and not enough staff, people waiting in line at the Loussac Library were being handed sample ballots on Tuesday...

Enthusiasm high, lines long, and not enough staff-per-voter on Anchorage Election Day

Over 100 voters were in line at the Loussac Library in Anchorage today, as people poured into vote before the 8 pm deadline. Some...

Kenai news: Dunleavy commits funding for next year for pass winter road maintenance

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said today he will continue to support future funding for the Silvertip Maintenance Station on the Kenai Peninsula during next year’s...

Breaking: New commissioner of Public Safety is James Cockrell

Former Alaska State Trooper James Cockrell is returning to state service as the commissioner of Public Safety. Gov. Mike Dunleavy made the announcement today...

Voting Day: Anchorage has until 8 pm Tuesday to choose its destiny

Tuesday, April 6 is Anchorage's last chance to change the direction of Alaska's largest city, or to keep it going on the same path....

Why time didn’t begin on Wednesday, but still has a chance this June

By TIM BARTO Last Wednesday was opening day of the Major League Baseball season.  In years past, I would have secretly listened to my team’s first...

Dan Fagan: Sen. Sullivan clueless to conservatives’ loathing of Murkowski

By DAN FAGAN Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan took to his Facebook fan page to do some bragging on Monday.  “Congressman Young, Sen. Murkowski and I...

Poll: Tshibaka in strong position for Alaska, Murkowski has ground to make up

Kelly Tshibaka, who is running against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, has a high approval rating in polling data released by Cygnal, a national polling company....

Alexander Dolitsky: From around the world, opinions about the doctrine of ‘white privilege’

By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY I want to share my correspondence from various people around the world who expressed their feelings, voices and beliefs about the concept...

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