Yearly Archives: 2021
Anchorage budgeted government positions increased by over 100 under Mayor Berkowitz
Anchorage municipal government grew dramatically in actual numbers of employees budgeted during the six years of the Berkowitz-Quinn-Davidson administrations.
In 2015, the municipality had 2,266...
Anchorage epidemiologist calls it quits
Anchorage’s official epidemiologist, Dr. Janet Johnston, has left the municipality to become senior epidemiologist with the liver disease and hepatitis program at ANTHC, starting...
Murkowski bill boosts penalties for ‘smash-and-grab’ from gun dealers
Sen. Lisa Murkowski and 20 Republican Senate colleagues, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, have introduced the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2021...
CDC flips, wants the vaccinated wearing masks too, now
In another hairpin turn in the road of Covid-19 pandemic management, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that everyone in areas...
Arctic Lightning Air Show at Eielson brings Blue Angels back to Alaska
That odd-looking warbird that landed in Juneau Monday? It was a circa 1948 Ace Maker T-33 "Shooting Star," the first operational jet fighter and...
Poll: Republican parents say they’d pull kids from schools that teach Critical Race Theory
In a national poll on a variety of current events, Americans were asked: How should parents who oppose Critical Race Theory in public schools...
Lydia Jacoby wins Gold in Tokyo
Lydia Jacoby of Seward, Alaska won an Olympic gold medal Monday in the 100-meter breaststroke competition at the International Olympics Game in Tokyo, Japan....
License to fish II: There’s no such thing as a one-day resident license for sport fishing, but was one issued to Tshibaka in 2019?
The fishing license obtained by U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka in 2019 was a one-day fishing license, something only sold to non-residents.
Or was...
Veterans Affairs mandates Covid vaccine for workforce
A Covid-19 vaccine mandate that will apply to about 115,000 workers in the U.S. Veterans Administration will go into effect in eight weeks.
Denis McDonough,...
‘For Coach Barnhart,’ East High Thunderbirds rally to come-back victory after learning mid-game of coach’s death
There was not a dry eye in sight. Everyone was weeping, in the stands and on the field. Even the Bartlett team, a rival...