Reduced ferry schedule will directly impact Alaska Legislature
November 4, 2019
Legislators and legislative staff who wish to ship their vehicles to Juneau for the upcoming legislative session will face a two week wait due...
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The Sunday Minefield – November 3, 2019
Jeff Landfield November 3, 2019
Halloween 2019 has come and gone. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and then Christmas and New Years. The next legislative session will be…
The Alaska Stalker – October 31st, 2019
Alaska Stalker October 31, 2019
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If...
The Sunday Minefield – October 27, 2019
Jeff Landfield October 27, 2019
Halloween is just around the corner! I am writing this column from my hotel room at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. I came…
The Alaska Stalker – October 24, 2019
The Alaska Stalker October 24, 2019
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If...
Buffet of emails show legislators hungry to talk about legislative lounge
Jeff Landfield October 23, 2019
Sometimes politics is weird, sometimes politics is funny, and sometimes it's both. In a series of emails obtained by the Alaska Landmine, over a...
The Internet should be fair and open, overregulation threatens economic growth
Bethany Marcum October 22, 2019
Alaska has seen significant technological improvements over the years. Thanks to expanded broadband, thousands of Alaskans can be connected to anyone, anywhere. As access...
The Sunday Minefield – October 20, 2019
Jeff Landfield October 20, 2019
Today marks two years since the Alaska Landmine was launched with the first Sunday Minefield. A lot has happened since October 2017. We have…
The short-sighted thinking of the recall effort
Jeff Landfield October 18, 2019
The election of Mike Dunleavy last November has ushered in an era of craziness in Alaska politics that has not been seen since the…
The Alaska Stalker – October 17, 2019
Alaska Stalker October 17, 2019
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If...
The Sunday Minefield – October 13, 2019
Jeff Landfield October 13, 2019
Winter is just around the corner. The Chugach Mountains are covered in snow and the Interior saw its first snowfall of the year this…
Congressman Don Young tours Alaska’s budding marijuana joints
Jeff Landfield, with photos by Paxson Woelber October 10, 2019
It was a normal October afternoon for employees and customers at Raspberry Roots, a marijuana dispensary located in Anchorage, Alaska. Or so they thought...
The Alaska Stalker – October 10, 2019
Alaska Stalker October 10, 2019
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted roundup of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape and political...
Millions of public dollars spent to dam and maintain “private” Campbell Lake
Jeff Landfield and Paxson Woelber October 9, 2019
On September 20, 2019, the Alaska Landmine published an investigative article “The bizarre story of Campbell Lake, the private lake that isn’t.” In that...
Pruitt out, Stieren in
Jeff Landfield October 9, 2019
Multiple sources have confirmed that longtime KFQD radio host Dave Stieren has accepted a communications role with the Dunleavy administration. His last day on…
The Sunday Minefield – October 6, 2019
Jeff Landfield October 6, 2019
It’s already October! It was a relatively quiet week for state politics, but a lot happened on the local level. There were numerous local…
Alaska’s local hire law faces constitutional challenges from Anchorage construction company
Lee Baxter October 4, 2019
On July 12, 2019, an Anchorage-based road construction company, and an employee of that company who resides in Washington state, sued the State of...
The Alaska Stalker – October 3, 2019
The Alaska Stalker October 3, 2019
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted roundup of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape and political...
Young Democrats sent letter to Party officials criticising Al Gross’ campaign manager
Jeff Landfield October 1, 2019
The Alaska Landmine has obtained a letter sent by the Alaska Young Democrats to Alaska Democratic Party leadership regarding U.S. Senate candidate Al Gross'...
My thoughts after the legislative hearing on the University
Senator John Coghill September 30, 2019
On September 20, 2019, the Senate State Affairs Committee heard from the UAA Faculty Senate. I was there and listened. However, the Board of...