With just 13 days left until the constitutional session limit, there is still no deal between the House and Senate on passing a budget — and the gridlock, as usual, boils down to the size of the Permanent Fund Dividend. The operating budget passed by the House remains in the Senate’s possession, and has yet to move out of the Senate Finance Committee. And the Senate is still holding the proposed capital budget.… Read More

“Without fuel they were nothing. They’d built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped. Their leaders talked and talked and talked, but nothing could stem the avalanche.” – The Narrator, “Road Warrior” There’s another cruise ship in town and the coffee pot next to the windowless press room…… Read More

Ask a cat is an advice column featured in the Alaska Landmine. Have a question for the Cat? Email askacat@alaskalandmine.com or click here to submit via a form (anonymous) to get the answers to any of life’s problems. Dear Cat, I am currently dating this…… Read More

With just over two weeks left in the legislative session, there’s still no clear end game in sight. A bizarre press conference with Governor Mike Dunleavy (R – Alaska) and legislative leadership this week demonstrated that fact. As session winds … Read More

It’s spring in Alaska, believe it or not, which means piles of muddy snow are beginning to melt and decaying piles of dogshit are slowly emerging from their winter cocoons like an outtake from a David Cronenberg movie. All around … Read More

Most will recall the plot line from the 2012 film, The Hunger Games. Every year each of the 12 districts in the fictional nation of Panem must send two young representatives to participate in The Hunger Games. Like gladiators in the Roman Colosseum, on which…… Read More

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted to appropriate $20,000 for signage and trails to facilitate public access to Anchorage’s Campbell Lake. While discussing the vote, Assembly Member Randy Sulte…… Read More

Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. Today marks the five year anniversary of the Alaska Stalker…… Read More

When I’m in the presence of some massive piece of engineering – the Exxon Valdez, a Peterbilt 18-wheeler with no brakes screaming down a hill, the Statue of Liberty – sometimes all I can do is stare, mouth agape, at something too big to be. It seems…… Read More

People show up when fish are on the line. Friday’s Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, featuring invited and public testimony for Senator Donny Olson’s (D – Golovin) SB 128, a temporary closure of the Area M commercial fishery, was proof of … Read More