Yearly Archives: 2021
Anchorage schools enrollment is 6.6 percent lower than projections, so far
In 2017, Anchorage schools had 47,464 students enrolled. This year, the count is down -- way down.
Only 42,945 students were enrolled as of...
Anchorage schools change how they report Covid cases on campuses
The Anchorage School District on Friday began to share with the public how many cases of Covid-19 have developed at each of the district's...
Providence ups pressure to vaccinate workers
Providence Alaska Medical Center has adjusted its Covid-19 vaccine policy, requiring its caregivers who previously declined to get a Covid-19 vaccination to resubmit their...
Murray Walsh: How to save the planet with energy, including fossil fuels
By MURRAY WALSH
(Second in a four-part series.)
According to this Our World in Data, earthlings used 173,340 terawatt-hours of energy in 2019. This is an average...
Ketchikan ballot set for October
The deadline for filing for Ketchikan's Oct. 5 municipal and borough races closed last week, with five people signed up as candidates for the...
Bernadette Wilson named state director for Americans for Prosperity Alaska
Bernadette Wilson, a well-known political mover-and-shaker in Alaska, has been named state director for the Alaska chapter of Americans for Prosperity, Must Read Alaska...
Anchorage Police officer shot during apprehension of dangerous suspect
Police responding to reports of shots fired in the 4100 block of Lana Court late Friday night searched for a suspect, who was in...
Remembering: 50th anniversary of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866
Fifty years ago an Alaska Airlines jet crashed into the side of a mountain between Haines and Juneau, ending the lives of 111 souls...
Indy Walton named to Board of Fisheries
Gov. Mike Dunleavy today announced the appointment of Soldotna resident Indy Walton to the Board of Fisheries. His term is effective Sept. 3rd,...
MacKinnon out as commissioner of DOT, Ryan Anderson steps up to lead
Gov. Mike Dunleavy today named Ryan Anderson as the new commissioner of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Anderson most recently served...