Yearly Archives: 2021
Close call: FAA report shows one Cessna left tire marks on the other midair on Saturday
A midair collision with minor damage near Anchorage between two Cessnas was reported on the Federal Aviation Administration. The incident happened on Sept. 4.
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Hostage situation? Goldbelt-chartered plane still pinned to tarmac as Taliban, State Department negotiate terms
Six jets are said to be still stuck at the airport in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan's fourth-largest city. The Taliban will not allow them to exit,...
Jones Act penalties under new Biden interpretation add up for Alaska pollock shippers, could cause shortages
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has cause havoc in the Alaska pollock fishery by issuing Jones Act penalty of about S350 million, according to...
Rep. Kevin McCabe: Disaster declarations — the cure that’s worse than the ailment
By REP. KEVIN MCCABE
After celebrating fleecing Alaskans of their Permanent Fund dividends yet again, the House Democrat Coalition and its allies began the drumbeat designed to...
A glance at the candidates for Mat-Su races
Nov. 2, 2021 is the date for the Mat-Su Borough local elections. The Mat-Su Borough is home to more than one out of every...
Breaking: Taliban holding planes with Americans on ground, including one chartered by Alaska Native-owned Goldbelt
Newsweek reports that six private charter planes trying to evacuate at least 1,000 people -- including more than 100 Americans—out of Afghanistan have been...
Bob Bird: Is it time for a constitutional convention?
By BOB BIRD
Recently the mainstream media has become interested in the 2022 decennial vote, “Shall there be a constitutional convention?” Lately, the Radical Left...
Michael Tavoliero: Will Alaska wake up to the Marxist party takeover, or is it too late?
“Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt.”
- attributed to the Roman poet Juvenal
In a time when the ancient Roman government provided...