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Yearly Archives: 2021

Kelly Tshibaka: Biden’s vaccine mandate is bad for Alaska, travel restrictions would be worse

By KELLY TSHIBAKA It’s as simple as this: The decision to get the COVID shot is one for individuals to make, in consultation with their...

Rodney Dial: The freedoms you surrender now will never be returned

By MAYOR RODNEY DIAL / KETCHIKAN BOROUGH On Sept. 13, I was scheduled to travel to Haines, along with other elected officials in our community,...

Handoff at homeless shelter from Bean’s Cafe to new contractor was rough on clients

Reports are coming in that when Bean's Cafe handed off the management of the mass care shelter at the Sullivan Arena to the new...

Giessel signs on as co-chair of Walker for governor

Former Senator Cathy Giessel, a Republican, signed on as a cochair of the Bill Walker-Heidi Drygas campaign for governor. Giessel, who was once one...

Sen. Sullivan demands congressional review of Biden’s vaccine mandate

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan and four other senators and a congressman are demanding congressional review of President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employees...

Identity theft warning: Cyberattack on state website included personal data of Alaskans

The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services announced today details of a previous security breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...

Alaska Attorney General Taylor joins coalition demanding Biden drop vaccine mandate for businesses

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 23 other attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday, warning they will sue if...

Win Gruening: Can we stop playing political football with Covid-19 mandates?

By WIN GRUENING Alaskans deserve better than the way politics continues to undermine our response to Covid-19. The steady drumbeat of divisive rhetoric prevalent on...

Breaking: Special prosecutor Durham, grand jury charges Hillary Clinton attorney with lying to FBI in Trump-Russia investigation

Just weeks after U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan signed a letter requesting that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland update him and 43 other senators on a...

New York Times: Murkowski recounts trauma of Jan. 6 Capitol break-in

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, in a feature in the New York Times, said the events of Jan. 6, when some protesters of the certification of...

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