In a confidential memo obtained by the Alaska Landmine, sent today to GCI employees, GCI announced they are laying off 87 employees. The memo is from Greg Chapados, GCI President and CEO. It begins with: I have some serious news … Read More

I quit my job reporting on politics at the Alaska State Capitol on March 14. Boom. Done. I told myself after I quit that I’d never work for a newspaper again, not on a full-time basis anyways. After a long … Read More

The unofficial results from the second vote-by-mail election for the Municipality of Anchorage were recently posted on the city’s website. The unofficial results show 42,960 votes counted so far, an 18.91% turnout. That number will go up some as more … Read More

Governor Michael J. Dunleavy (R – Alaska) named Amanda Price his Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety in December, right after he took office. Price had previously worked as deputy campaign manager on his campaign for governor, but left … Read More

The Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) has issued Lieutenant Governor Meyer (R – Alaska) and several legislators fines for violating Alaska’s campaign disclosure laws. All of the fines are from last year’s primary election. They are all from failing to … Read More

My name is Christopher Constant. I represent Downtown, South Addition, Fairview, Mountain View, and Government Hill on the Anchorage Assembly. I read the argument against the proposed alcohol tax by Darwin Biwer and decided I had to respond. If a … Read More

If you were lucky enough to be in Juneau this week, you would have enjoyed some beautiful, sunny weather. Governor Michael J. Dunleavy (R – Alaska) and his posse missed the great weather as they were out all week on … Read More

If you have been to Juneau in the last year, odds are you have seen the abandoned, 107 foot long World War II era tug boat, named the Lumberman, in Gastineau Channel. Everyone in Juneau seems to know something about it, but not many know the whole story. After several phone calls and some research, we were able to get to the bottom of it.… Read More

My name is Darwin Biwer. I have been the owner of Darwin’s Theory since it’s beginning in 1981. I am writing about the Anchorage Assembly’s proposed Alcohol Tax because there are only a few days left before the election deadline … Read More

Governor Dunleavy has proposed major cuts to the Alaska Marine Highway System. Under the current funding proposal, the ferry system would see a 75% cut on July 1 and would cease operations for the winter beginning on October 1. We … Read More