Yearly Archives: 2021
Jab or no job VI: Nurse at Alaska Regional says she is seeing too many blood-clot related hospitalizations among vaccinated
This is the sixth in a series of stories of people losing their jobs because they have declined to take the required Covid-19 vaccination....
Anchorage Assembly leadership stacks deck with doctors, prevents unhappy citizens from testifying on mask ordinance
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It was a night of the filibuster. The Anchorage Assembly leadership, faced with a raucous and sometimes...
Brat alert: Zaletel, Quinn-Davidson, Constant were willing to risk not having a lobbyist for Anchorage for special session
Assembly members Meg Zaletel, Austin Quinn-Davidson, and Chris Constant were ready to spike the mayor's wishes to hire Wendy Chamberlain as the municipality's lobbyist,...
Dan Smith: Done with our Anchorage Assembly trial subscription to tyranny and socialism, and am ready to cancel it
By DAN SMITH
Thank you to those on the Assembly who put forth the proposed re-masking ordinance.
To be clear, I am only addressing those...
Do unvaccinated get substandard treatment in hospitals? One man says yes
If you are unvaccinated for Covid-19 and end up in the hospital, will you get a lesser degree of care?
Dwayne Downes of Homer,...
Bridge too far? Packed agenda for Anchorage Assembly includes more mandates and curbs on mayor’s authority
In addition to preparing to pass an extreme ordinance requiring masking all of Anchorage for the remainder of 2021, the Anchorage Assembly has other...
Coping with Covid: Mat-Su schools show how campus-specific measures work
Nearly 62 percent of Mat-Su schools are in the "green" category, meaning there is low or no transmission of Covid-19 occurring on the campuses....
Fundraiser for Gov. Dunleavy brings over 60 to hip, cool, classically Alaskan outdoor event on the Kenai River
More than 60 people attended the Soldotna campaign kickoff event for Gov. Mike Dunleavy at a residence on the Kenai River on Monday. As...
Cottle drops out of race for Mat-Su mayor
Due to medical reasons, Bert Cottle, former mayor of Wasilla, has dropped from the race for Mat-Su Borough mayor. The Mat-Su Borough election is...
Murray Walsh: How to save the planet without going nuts, with emission-free energy system
By MURRAY WALSH
We have developed most of the features needed for creating and distributing electricity with no emissions and we have one form of...