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Yearly Archives: 2022

Suspect in cold case ’93 murder of Sophie Sergie set to stand trial on Monday

Steven Downs, accused in a 1993 rape and murder of Sophie Sergie, goes on trial in Fairbanks on Monday, Jan. 10. Downs was arrested...

Pre-filed bills 1: PFD, taxes, vaccines

The first set of pre-filed bills for the coming legislative season include topics ranging from opposing vaccine passports to enacting an official Hobo Jim...

Chris Constant maneuvers to advance question on divorce with Chugiak-Eagle River

It's the Anchorage Assembly version of, "You can't break up with me. I'm breaking up with you." Assemblyman Chris Constant didn't want the two conservative...

Alexander Dolitsky: Traditions of the 20th Century Russian Old Believers in Alaska

PART 1 OF 4: RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND RESTRICTIONS By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY From the religious point of view, Russian Old Believers represent the pre-17th-Century reform Russian Orthodox....

Juneau Republicans welcome reception and fundraiser set for Jan. 17

Juneau Republicans host their annual fundraiser and reception for lawmakers on Jan. 17, the last day that political fundraising for legislators can take place...

Zink says Omicron is here, time to use layered approach to avoid it

Dr. Anne Zink, the state's chief medical officer, said the Omicron variant is in Alaska, and cases of Covid-19 are on the rise. According...

Anchorage election season starts with official filing dates

 Filing for Anchorage elected office starts at 8 am on Jan. 14 and will end at 5 pm, Jan. 28. Seats to be decided on...

Hot takes: Notes on Biden vaccine mandate emergency Supreme Court hearing. Will court issue a stay by Monday deadline?

The Biden Administration at the Supreme Court on Friday defended the president's Covid-19 vaccine mandate on employees of large businesses. The order that goes into...

First Amendment challenge: Gov. Inslee to advance law that makes lying about elections a gross misdemeanor

Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington announced Thursday that he will advance a bill that makes lying or spreading lies about free and fair...

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