Yearly Archives: 2021
Former acting Anchorage mayor left the new mayor a vaccine- and social media-focused Muni website. It’s now changing fast.
As one of her parting gifts to the new mayor, former acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson had the municipality's website remodeled, to put the focus...
Why in the world do librarians need to have master’s degrees in library science?
On Saturday, a drug-addled man at the Anchorage Loussac Library was observed overdosed on heroin in the first-floor bathroom. He had pills and marijuana...
Sen. Sullivan to Biden-Blinken: ‘Don’t make a mockery of actual human rights atrocities’
“This invitation to investigate our own country under the authority of this Council is an insult to the American people and a mockery of...
Three weeks away: School start dates around the state
It's back-to-school time, with the first start date in Alaska just 20 days away. Here are some of the start dates from around...
Going out with a fight: Bradley House owner takes stand against Assembly with petition, even as she goes out of business this week
Bernie Bradley was sitting at the front door at high-top at Bradley House Restaurant, sipping a Coke as customers streamed through the door on...
Interior Secretary Haaland commits to visiting Alaska in September
The Associated Press reports that U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit Alaska in September.
Haaland committed to U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan...
Newspaper newsrooms have shed 57% jobs since 2008
Newspaper newsroom employment fell 57% between 2008 and 2020, from roughly 71,000 jobs to less than 31,000. At the same time, the number of...
Rachel Bylsma joins oil and gas association
The Alaska Oil and Gas Association has hired Rachel Bylsma as the organization’s external affairs manager.
Bylsma recently served as the director of constituent services...
Alaska life hack: Delta bison hunt raffle odds are good this year
There are only a few days left in the raffle for a chance to hunt a Delta Bison and the odds may never have...
Pebbled: Prices of metals may mean mining projects have better luck moving ahead
By MARK HAMILTON
(Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a series by Mark Hamilton about the history of the Pebble Project in Alaska.)
With a...