Yearly Archives: 2022
With 64 days to special primary to replace Don Young, congressional candidates are on the move around Alaska
In Fairbanks, a crowd of 200 people gathered at Bobby's in Downtown, shown in the photo above, to welcome candidate for Congress Nick Begich...
Did a plane crash into Lazy Mountain? A meteor? Troopers say no, it’s a contrail
According to the Department of Public Safety, the spectacle in the sky on Thursday morning over Lazy Mountain was a unique combination of contrails...
Election results: Thursday update as Sulte solidifies support in South Anchorage Assembly race
Thursday results from the Anchorage Election Office, as of 5:30 pm. A total of 54,787 ballots have been counted of the 235,882 sent to...
Stateswoman passes: Arliss Sturgulewski, 1927-2022
Arliss Sturgulewski, a former Alaska state legislator and at one point the Republican nominee for Alaska governor, has passed. She was 94.
She was a...
Skagway challenge denied: Redistricting map will stand
The Skagway Borough spent nearly $300,000 fighting a redistricting plan that joins it into a House district with north Juneau, rather than downtown Juneau,...
Newest Supreme Court justice approved with one ‘yea’ vote from Murkowski, one ‘nay’ vote from Sullivan
Sen. Dan Sullivan said no to the appointment of incoming U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was a yes vote.
Jackson...
So far, more than one of every 100 Anchorage ballots rejected, mainly due to signature issues
The "ballot curing" process is under way, as 601 ballots have been rejected so far in the Anchorage Municipal Election that ended Tuesday, most...
Breaking: Groups file lawsuit against Ballot Measure 2, based on free speech and privacy violations
Two citizen advocacy groups and three Alaskans filed a federal lawsuit to stop the most anti-privacy election laws in the country. The provisions adopted...
MIA: Josh Revak avoids Juneau job to campaign in D.C., Anchorage, Eagle River
Alaska Sen. Josh Revak has barely been seen in Juneau since the death of Congressman Don Young. He showed up once to make comments...
Sarah Palin appears to be suddenly comprehending what Ballot Measure 2 — Ranked Choice Voting — means to Alaska elections
Sarah Palin, who filed for Congress on April 1 to fill the seat of the late Congressman Don Young, seems genuinely surprised at Alaska's...