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Biden Admin Approves ConocoPhillips 30-Year Willow Oil Drilling Project in Alaska

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 13, 2023 13 Comments

The Department of Interior discovered "the big new project would create annual emissions that equate to less than 1 percent of total U.S. annual emissions in 2019."...

Leave Me Alone

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 25, 2022 47 Comments

Watching the video of Dick Proenneke living Alone In The Wilderness is an escape, allowing us to imagine a life free from the suffocating technological and bureaucratic grips....

Analysis: U. Alaska-Anchorage’s Democrat Professors Outnumber Republican Professors 14 to 1

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 03, 2022 0 Comments

"Republican presidential candidates have won Alaska’s electoral votes in every election starting in 1968."...

Alaska’s Bering Sea Snow Crab Season Canceled Due to Population Crash

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 18, 2022 18 Comments

The snow crab population shrank from around 8 billion in 2018 to 1 billion in 2021,...

Biden Blocks Oil Drilling on Millions of Acres in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 27, 2022 27 Comments

The cut includes an "area recognized as having high potential for oil discovery and development and therefore would be likely to be impacted if available to fluid mineral leasing and new construction."...

Sarah Palin Reportedly Considering 2022 Senate Run in Alaska

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 01, 2021 42 Comments

Former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is apparently considering a run for U.S. Senate in Alaska against incumbent Lisa Murkowski. Palin is still a popular figure among conservatives, but if this happens, it will trigger an avalanche of hate from the left not seen in years.

Federal Appeals Court Blocks CDC Covid Restrictions on Cruise Ships in Florida

Posted by Leslie Eastman on July 25, 2021 1 Comment

Meanwhile, Alaska’s first cruise ship of 2021 docks in Sitka....

Alaska Couple Raided By FBI Because They Attended Trump January 6th Rally

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 01, 2021 115 Comments

Armed FBI agents reportedly broke down the door of an Alaska couple as they slept in their beds and accosted them with guns drawn, demanding that they turn over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop.

University of Alaska Reinstates Ski Team After Raising $628,000

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 18, 2021 1 Comment

“It’s official! We’re back!”...

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Alaskan School Board Removes Five Supposed ‘Controversial’ Books From Curriculum

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 29, 2020 69 Comments

An Alaskan school board removed five supposed "controversial," but famous books from its curriculum. I'm sure you recognize the books. I'm sure you had to read at least one of them in high school, college, or both.

U. Alaska Southeast Cancels Classes so Students Can Attend ‘Power and Privilege Symposium’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2019 3 Comments

“Lived Experiences of Alaskan Transgender and Gender Non Binary Individuals”...

Alaska Cancels Its 2020 GOP Presidential Primary

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 22, 2019 18 Comments

Alaska has cancelled its 2020 GOP primary. Alaska's Republican Party State Central Committee cites the fact that the GOP has an incumbent president running for the Republican nomination.

Board of Regents at U. Alaska Vote to Declare Financial Exigency

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 23, 2019 5 Comments

“It’s hard for me to contemplate the path we may have to go down”...

Expected Cuts at University of Alaska Could Reportedly Impact Accreditation

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 11, 2019 3 Comments

"Failure to properly fund these institutions could have disastrous effects"...

Massive Cuts to University of Alaska System Could Force Layoffs

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2019 3 Comments

"University leaders have begun an uphill battle to lobby members of the Legislature to override the veto"...

Governor Proposing Massive Cuts to University of Alaska System

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 19, 2019 3 Comments

"part of Dunleavy’s plan to trim the deficit by $1.3 billion"...

Anchorage Voters Reject “Bathroom” Initiative, Gender Identity Trumps Sex At Birth

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 07, 2018 3 Comments

"It means that Anchorage stood together as one community against a discriminatory proposition"...

Some States Want to Raise Gas Tax for First Time in Decades

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 21, 2017 41 Comments

With higher construction costs and low revenue from low pump sales, a few states have considered raising the gasoline tax in an effort to raise funds for infrastructure. President Donald Trump has promised to put forth $1 trillion to fix infrastructure across the country, but state officials have realized they need to do something for themselves. Tennesse Governor Bill Haslam (R) believes a higher tax would raise $278 million for his state.

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