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Yearly Archives: 2022

‘Hang in there,’ says superintendent, as four more bus drivers coming to work next week for Anchorage schools

A long line of parents in cars snaked down Rabbit Creek Road, as families tried to get their children to Goldenview Middle School on...

Industry Appreciation Day, a Kenai tradition, to include nonprofit ‘industry’ for first time next year

Saturday was Industry Appreciation Day in Kenai, a tradition that started as a way to highlight the private sector oil and gas industry, and...

Murkowski picks up three staffers from Rep. Young office

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has hired three former members of the late Congressman Don Young’s staff: Kevin Swanson, Michael Songer, and Lauren Noland. Kevin Swanson,...

Tim Barto: There are still good guys in sports

By TIM BARTO Sports stories today, especially at the professional level, seem full of bad behavior.  A 39 million-dollar-a-year-quarterback awaits suspension for abusing women. A young baseball...

KTUU’s Mike Ross expresses frustration about lack of transparency from Anchorage superintendent over school bus schedules

KTUU's Mike Ross took to social media on Thursday to vent about the frustration reporters had trying to find out how many school buses...

Taking on BlackRock: Alaska fights back against SEC ‘woke’ investment fund rules hurting American investors

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is joining a 21-state coalition in filing formal criticism with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about a proposed...

Win Gruening: When will schools return to normal?

By WIN GRUENING If the word “normal” seems overused these days, you aren’t imagining it.  Everyone wants to get back to normal. Especially in our local...

Notes from the trail: Mat-Su may return to hand-counts, a chili feed on the calendar, and Sarah in new spat with NYT

Hand count? The distrust in the election process activated citizens in the Mat-Su Borough. As many as 70 people attended the Mat-Su Borough Assembly...

While students can’t get to school due to lack of bus drivers, Anchorage School Board focused this summer on ‘land acknowledgement’ policy

During the first days of classes in Anchorage that began today, over 10,000 students are not going to be able to ride the bus...

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