Yearly Archives: 2021
Rick Whitbeck: Governor Dunleavy is a champion for Alaska’s energy
By RICK WHITBECK
Serving as a state’s governor is never a walk in the park under the best of circumstances, let alone recent years.
Economic unease,...
Rep. Zack Fields demands Mark Zuckerberg shadow ban Must Read Alaska from Facebook
Rep. Zack Fields, a Democrat legislator who represents downtown Anchorage, has written to the CEO of Facebook and blamed him for the increase of...
Some Anchorage doctors dispute New York Times story on Alaska’s Covid crisis
The New York Times says doctors in Alaska are now having to make a choice about who lives and who dies.
In a front-page...
Jab or no job VII: Bethel police officer faces termination for not accepting injection
This is the seventh in a series of stories of people losing their jobs because they have declined to take the required Covid-19 vaccination....
Daniel Smith: An optimist hopes Anchorage Assembly will vote down mask decree
By DANIEL SMITH
I like to think I am an optimist. Based on the overwhelming testimony I have heard against the proposed Anchorage Assembly ordinance...
New Yorker arrested in the case of Nancy Pelosi’s laptop, and she’s not Alaska woman whose Homer home was raided by FBI
A case of mistaken identity earlier this year led law enforcement officers to search and damage the home of Marilyn and Paul Hueper in...
Alaska Airlines to require injections for all employees
Alaska Airlines will require all employees to take injections of Covid-19 vaccine in order to keep their jobs.
The Seattle-based airlines has not set a...
Anchorage budget will reduce spending by $7.5 million, and stays below tax cap
The shocking part of the Anchorage budget submitted by the new mayor is just how much was spent during the Berkowitz Administration. In short,...
Threats against mayor are rampant on Twitter among Alaska leftists
Threats are being made online against Mayor Dave Bronson.
Among the worst of the threats came from a Twitter thread of comments started by...
Anchorage Assembly hears overwhelming testimony against ‘Meg’s Mask Decree,’ and then tries to stop the public from speaking
In a third night of testimony, the Anchorage Assembly continued to get an earful about a proposed mask ordinance, that would require all in...