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Two federal prosecutor lovers in Alaska are on administrate leave for lying to superiors

Jeff Landfield   July 9, 2025

The Landmine has learned that two assistant United States attorneys (AUSA), Karen Vandergaw and James Klugman, are on administrative leave due to...

Memento Mori: A review of Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later”

Jacob Hersh   July 7, 2025

In one of the most famous scenes from Danny Boyle’s 2002 classic “28 Days Later,” Cillian Murphy’s main character Jim wanders around an abandoned...

The Sunday Minefield – July 6, 2025

Jeff Landfield   July 6, 2025

What a loose week! Even though the Fourth of July was on Friday, a lot happened this week in Alaska politics. First, Anchorage Mayor…

Bernadette bungles Soldotna coffee shop meet-and-greet

Jeff Landfield   July 1, 2025

Earlier today Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson posted an invite on X to a meet-and-greet in Soldotna on July 9. The location was Allen…

The Sunday Minefield – June 29, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 29, 2025

The Fourth of July Independence Day holiday is just five days away. It falls on a Friday this year, so it will be a…

Reflecting on a Father’s Day fishing trip to Homer, Alaska from New York City

Eugene "Gino" Durante   June 27, 2025

Living on planet Earth is peculiar. Despite billions of people, raising an upright walking human comes with challenges in every time zone. Perhaps it’s…

The Sunday Minefield – June 22, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 22, 2025

The summer solstice has come and gone. I hope everyone had an awesome solstice weekend! Several people illegally camping at Davis Park in Anchorage…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Updating some monthly charts on the Permanent Fund

Brad Keithley   June 20, 2025

As regular followers of our Facebook, LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and

Cluck and Cover: Sow’s nightly South Anchorage poultry plunder

Allison Hovanec   June 16, 2025

In South Anchorage, a brown bear sow and her two nearly grown cubs have been seeking unnatural prey and causing thousands of dollars damage...

The Sunday Minefield – June 15, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 15, 2025

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! I have been in New Mexico the last week visiting my parents so…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: What an Anchorage Daily News story on the Permanent Fund missed

Brad Keithley   June 13, 2025

As regular readers will know, we have written several times in recent months about the performance of the Permanent Fund Corporation (PFC) in managing...

Alaska’s energy failure

Jeff Landfield   June 11, 2025

If you attended Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) Sustainable Energy Conference last week with no prior background or knowledge of Alaska,…

The Sunday Minefield – June 8, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 8, 2025

We are less than a month away from being halfway through 2025! Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) held his annual Sustainable…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Think oil credits are big? There’s another even bigger category

Brad Keithley   June 6, 2025

The first thing that comes to many, indeed, likely most minds when discussing Alaska tax credits is the per-barrel credits used by…

The Sunday Minefield – June 1, 2025

Jeff Landfield   June 1, 2025

I can’t believe it’s already June! Summer is definitely here. The budget and several bills were transmitted to Governor Mike Dunleavy (R…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Financing the FY26 Budget

Brad Keithley   May 30, 2025

Now that the legislative session is over, this week we look at how the Legislature proposes to finance the Fiscal Year (FY)…

The Sunday Minefield – May 25, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 26, 2025

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend! I took the ferry to Haines from Juneau early Friday morning with some friends. I…

Brad Keithley’s Chart of the Week: Why the Permanent Fund earnings reserve account is not in danger of being drained

Brad Keithley   May 26, 2025

In last week’s column, we explored an issue underlying the arguments of some who are...

Vamp Anthem: A Review of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners”

Jacob Hersh   May 22, 2025

No one’s really scared of vampires anymore. Once a vessel for our lingering fears about mortality, sexuality, and guys named Vlydisywch Pyztryznyz, the fear...

The Sunday Minefield – May 18, 2025

Jeff Landfield   May 18, 2025

There are just three days left until the end of the 121-day session! By all accounts, it looks like they may actually finish up…
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