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Permanent Fund’s Anchorage Office Venture has Makings of Another Scandal

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This article was originally published at dermotcole.com and is republished here with permission. There is nothing about opening a new Anchorage office for the Permanent Fund—in temporary quarters—that should inspire public confidence in the trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund...
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Alaska Watches, Nervously, as Ukraine War Pushes More Russian Oil Through Bering Strait

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Nathaniel Herz welcomes tips at natherz@gmail.com or (907) 793-0312. This article was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter from Herz. Subscribe at this link. The war in Ukraine appears to be driving a sharp increase in shipments of Russian oil to China through the Bering...
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Amy Demboski Sues Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson for Wrongful Termination

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Former Anchorage Municipal Manager Amy Demboski is suing Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson for at least $100,000, citing economic and reputational damage.  The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges Bronson wrongly fired her in retaliation for contacting the Municipal Ombudsman and for sending...
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Medium Build Joins the Fight Against Ambler Road

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EVANSVILLE — About 12 hours before Nick Carpenter climbed into his packed 2002 Subaru Outback destined for the neon lights of Nashville, he stood out on a rocky beach, completely silent but for the whooshing of the Koyukuk River. Carpenter,...
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Kinross Insisted on Protesters Being Removed. City Police Complied.

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This article was originally published on dermotcole.com, and is republished here with permission. City police officers said that Kinross, not the borough, insisted that protesters of the Kinross trucking plan be removed from the parking lot of the Carlson Center,...
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Ben Carson’s ‘Little Patriots’ Curriculum Not Being Implemented Throughout Alaska

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Following Ben Carson’s tour, supported and partially organized by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, the former U.S. Secretary of Housing’s conservative think tank took to social media to announce its patriotic and faith-based curriculum was being...
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Bronson’s Grant Program Comes Under Assembly Scrutiny

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson continued the tradition of awarding public funds to local nonprofits through the Mayor’s Community Grants program, however his 2023 selections are coming under scrutiny for favoring religious organizations and not being transparent about the selection...
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State Officials Don’t Dispute Failure to Follow Law on Kinross Bridge Plans

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This article was originally published on dermotcole.com, and is republished here with permission. Though the answers came in the form of noncommittal bureaucratese, state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials did not dispute they failed to follow federal...
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LNG Imports Likely Coming to Anchorage. Advocates Say Policy Changes Can Forestall Them.

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
This article was originally published by Northern Journal and is republished here with permission. You can subscribe to Northern Journal here. If you pay for electricity or heat your home with natural gas in Southcentral Alaska, it’s going to get...
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Ahead of Vote, Assembly Finds Bronson’s Tudor and Elmore Project Plan Lacks Key Details

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Two years after introducing the concept, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson's proposal for a mass shelter and navigation center combination at Tudor and Elmore continues to struggle with lack of planning, inadequate funding and permitting issues. At a work session Friday,...
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