Yearly Archives: 2021
‘Let’s Go Brandon’ effect: Gallup poll shows Democrats have lost significant support
By a significant margin, Americans now view the Republican Party as better able to protect the nation from international threats than the Democratic Party....
Al Gross comes in four out of five in election for hospital board in Petersburg
Al Gross, who challenged Sen. Dan Sullivan in 2020 for the U.S. Senate, ran for a board seat for the Petersburg Medical Center this...
Jab or no job VIII: Alaska Native says unvaccinated patients are getting the shaft
This is the eighth in a series of stories of people losing their jobs because they have declined to take the required Covid-19 vaccination....
RIP Hobo Jim, Alaska’s balladeer
Just weeks after announcing he had terminal cancer, Jim Varsos, better known as Hobo Jim, died Oct. 5
He was a beloved singer-songwriter, best known...
Hospital count: 194 with Covid, 38 on ventilators
According to the state data dashboard, nine new hospitalizations for Covid-19 have occurred in Alaska since Oct. 1. The total number of people hospitalized...
Testimony Tuesday: The public continues to tell the Assembly to stop its mask mandate
A retired nurse told the Anchorage Assembly that the masks the general public is wearing, and the way they are wearing them, is completely...
Golden Lion Hotel finds new life: Anchorage stands up monoclonal antibody center
On Tuesday, Mayor Dave Bronson announced that the Municipality of Anchorage, in partnership with WEKA Medical, has started a new Covid-19 treatment center to provide vaccinations, testing,...
For Assemblyman Chris Constant, there is no ‘God’ in Pledge of Allegiance
Anchorage Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant, when asked by Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance to lead the Pledge of Allegiance on Oct. 5 before the...
Daily list of surgeries scheduled at Providence Alaska Medical Center
As a public service during this time when Providence Alaska Medical Center says it is in crisis and may have to decide which patients...
Assembly roundup: More testimony against Meg’s Mask Mandate, but more harmonious due to loosened ‘clapping’ rules by LaFrance
Monday's continued public hearing was another six hours of testimony from the public, and again, the public was overwhelmingly against the ordinance by Assemblywoman...