The Sunday Minefield – August 17, 2025
August 17, 2025
What a week for Alaska! Hundreds if not thousands of people came to Alaska for the Trump/Putin Summit that included high-level American and Russian…
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The Sunday Minefield – August 31, 2025
Jeff Landfield August 31, 2025
I hope everyone is enjoying the Labor Day weekend! Unfortunately, that also means summer is winding down. You may have noticed that this week’s Sunday Minefield is out uncharacteristically early. My good friend Cale Green is getting married to Taylor Thompson today, so I got the column done on Saturday to allow for maximum looseness at the wedding! I…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: An interim 2025 state revenue and budget update
Brad Keithley
August 29, 2025
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why Alaska should increase the required K-12 local contribution
Brad Keithley
August 24, 2025
GLT acquires Potter Valley parcels, securing Chugach State Park public access via the embattled Stewart Trail
Paxson Woelber
August 24, 2025
PHOTOS: Rallies and protests line streets as Putin, Trump meet in Anchorage
Paxson Woelber August 16, 2025
From August 14 to 15, 2025, large numbers of Anchorage residents took to the streets in response to the August…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What every state candidate (and campaign manager) should prepare for
Brad Keithley August 16, 2025
Monthly, three major organizations publish detailed updates of their views of the global oil markets, which we review carefully. The updates from two of...
Alaska State senator’s wife wishes death on Trump, Putin
The Alaska Landmine August 15, 2025
On the eve of a high-stakes summit on the Russia-Ukraine war, Tasha Boyer Dunbar, wife to Senator Forrest Dunbar (D-Anchorage), has a deadly message...
The Sunday Minefield – August 10, 2025
Jeff Landfield August 11, 2025
Ok, it’s the Monday Minefield this week. But I have an excuse that is hard to make up. I am writing this column from…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Permanent Fund Corporation’s FY25 results
Brad Keithley August 8, 2025
Over the past couple of weeks, the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) has published most of the reports that reflect, on a preliminary basis, its…
Tlingit & Haida President Richard Peterson’s history of intimidation tactics exposed
Jeff Landfield August 7, 2025
Richard Peterson is not having a good week. The Landmine has learned that Peterson - who has served as president of the Central Council...
Former Ketchikan Rep. Dan Ortiz is looking to make a comeback
Jeff Landfield August 5, 2025
Former Representative Dan Ortiz decided not to seek re-election last year after representing Ketchikan in the House for a decade. Ortiz, an independent who...
The Sunday Minefield – August 3, 2025
Jeff Landfield August 3, 2025
I am writing this week’s column from my office in Juneau. Yesterday, 59 of Alaska’s 60 legislators (one was a bit late) were in…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Focusing on the forest
Brad Keithley August 3, 2025
One of the biggest challenges in discussing Alaska’s fiscal situation is to persuade listeners to focus on the full fiscal forest. When discussing fiscal...
Not so special session expected not to last too long
Jeff Landfield July 30, 2025
The special session called by Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) is set to begin on Saturday, August 2 at 10 am in Juneau….
The Sunday Minefield – July 27, 2025
Jeff Landfield July 27, 2025
August is less than a week away. Summer is really flying by! I hope everyone in Southcentral enjoyed the incredible weather we had this…
Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: The Legislature badly needs to fix production taxes before we continue to “drill, baby, drill”
Brad Keithley July 25, 2025
In the wake of President Trump’s emphasis on opening additional federal lands in Alaska for oil...
Exclusive footage of shooting outside Gaslight bar in Anchorage
Jeff Landfield July 24, 2025
During the early hours of July 20, 2025, a shootout occurred in Downtown Anchorage outside the Gaslight Bar on 4th Avenue. The Gaslight is...
The Sunday Minefield – July 20, 2025
Jeff Landfield July 20, 2025
August is less than two weeks away! Senator Dan Sullivan (R – Alaska) and Representative Nick Begich (R – Alaska), who are both up…