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Dunleavy’s staff hides his trip to a rodeo, hunting conference from Alaskans during balloon incident

This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. The location of the unidentified former flying object shot down over northern Alaska was not the only weekend geography mystery in the state. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office found it necessary to conceal the...

Letter from Yakutat: Deep cuts on the Lost Coast

Centuries ago, a few dozen Alaska Natives left their home on an epic migration. They were of Ahtna descent, and their trip began in Alaska’s Interior, in the Copper River watershed. They passed through some of the most rugged terrain...

OPINION: One Candidate Testified in Favor of a Gerrymander. The Other Fought in a Lawsuit Against It.

East Anchorage Assembly candidate Spencer Moore says he’s running to be East Anchorage’s “voice to the Assembly,” but he testified in favor of an unconstitutional political gerrymander that would have reduced East Anchorage’s voice and given more power to...

OPINION: It’s Time to Step Up and Fund Education

It is time to make bold investments in Alaska and the future of our children and families. It is time for the legislature to act and make our public education system whole again by increasing the Base Student Allocation...

OPINION: Nonprofits Need Unions Too

Last month, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council workers announced they were forming a union. Non-management staff publicly declared a supermajority of support and submitted a request for voluntary recognition to the organization's leadership.  The story should have ended there.  Instead, the organization...

OPINION: The Consequences of Anchorage’s Overbuilt Environment

In the 1994 film “Blank Check,” an escaped convict drives over an 11-year-old’s bicycle, hastily writes him a blank check to cover the damages, and speeds away thinking the problem is behind him. Unforeseen by the convict, the kid...

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