The August 16 primary is just over two weeks away. In-person voting starts tomorrow and the deadline to request absentee by-mail ballots is August 6. With the new open primary system, campaigns don’t feel nearly as busy or exciting compared … Read More
As even occasional readers are aware, these columns are often focused on a comparison of the impact on Alaska families and the overall economy of using…… Read More
On July 20, a shootout at Anchorage’s Centennial Park homeless camp left both a suspect and one Anchorage Police Department officer seriously wounded…… Read More
There’s nothing more balls-out Alaskan than a seven-year-old driving a $30,000 side-by-side. As I’m hauling a bloody, sandy load of fish up the Kenai beach, feet sloshing in my waders from an unidentified pinhole leak, the kid in question comes … Read More
The August 16 primary is just over three weeks away. Early and absentee in-person voting starts on August 1. It feels a bit like the calm before the storm as its been relatively quiet considering the number of races and … 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. If you enjoy the Alaska Stalker, please consider supporting working moms like me by sending in…… Read More
Earlier this month following the release of Governor Mike Dunleavy’s (R – Alaska) final decisions on the…… Read More
Senator Josh Revak (R – Anchorage) seems to think that the technology companies that have made the internet what it is today have broken our online ecosystem. But is that really true? The internet is perhaps one of the worlds … Read More
After a hot and dry start to summer, we have finally got some much needed rain in Southcentral. The Anchorage Assembly passed a controversial ordinance this week that allows them to remove the mayor. The 30-day campaign finance reports for … Read More
In our column a couple of weeks ago – “An updated 10-year outlook” – we proposed routinely including a line item for repayment of the Constitutional…… Read More