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Wasilla's Rep. Eastman is ousted from House Republican caucus 0 TexasTowelie May 2022 May 2022 3 3893
Trump-backed Alaska hopeful officially files for Senate run 0 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 3670
Sarah Palin announces US Congress bid 11 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 3388
Iditarod punishes 3 mushers for sheltering dogs in windstorm -- WTOP News 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 3828
Grounded Tug Spills Diesel in Alaska 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 0 3275
Biden admin suspends Alaska mining road plans approved in Trump era 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 2911
National Republican group sidesteps new disclosure law with $3 million donation in Alaska governor's 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 3402
National Republican group sidesteps new disclosure law with $3 million donation in Alaska governor's 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 2373
Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant announces run for U.S. House against Don Young 0 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 3300
Alaska House considering action against Rep. David Eastman, 'life member' of group linked to Jan. 6 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 3709
Legislature rejects higher pay, per diem restrictions 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 2469
UA President: University has turned a corner on funding 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 2533
A for effort, but the recall of far-right Assembly person will not proceed. 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 3605
Burn before reading: Bronson's behind-the-scenes quest to purge library of LGBT content 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 2374
Alaska Court System fires magistrate judge who wrote public letter criticizing Republican Party 2 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 0 3775
Alaska salary commission votes to cut state lawmakers' expense payments 1 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 3 3304
Alaska to stop offering COVID-19 tests at state's airports 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 3210
Anchorage Mayor Bronson's personal shadowy police force, the Men's Club, detailed 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 19 5588
Alaska's Hobo Jim - Iditarod Trail 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 2854
Sullivan still seeking a 'bridge' ship to fill the icebreaker gap 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 2688
After city declines to prosecute, judge dismisses faith-based shelter's challenge to Anchorage's 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 3891
Where are Alaska's snowy owls? 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 2987
Anchorage PD Chief McCoy announced resignation in response to improper demands by Bronson admin. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 Dec 2021 11 4414
Tensions over PFD fuel talks of a new constitutional convention. Alaskans will vote on whether that 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 3636
Minutes before midnight, Anchorage Assembly unanimously passes budget restoring program funding 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 2609
Bronson's bungled homelessness response -- how we got here. 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 3224
Expel Eastman website launches 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 7 2006
Winds whip up volcanic ash from 1912 eruption in Alaska 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 2791
'Right Side of History': Alaska Mayor Cheers on Vax Skeptics at Fringe Doc Event 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 3412
Anchorage business owner agrees to pay $400K over fraudulent CARES Act loans, federal prosecutors 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 3687

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Alaska Legislature breaks record for days in session, with frustration rising to the surface 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2738
Virus continues its rampage; some hospitals 50-60 percent full with COVID-19 patients 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 2611
Anchorage's homelessness director resigns. No clear path for unhoused families this winter 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 3088
Sanity Prevails -- Outcomes in Fairbanks elections show some hope for rationality in even the most 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 3275
Dunleavy, Republicans, decry lack of special session action 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 2606
Alaska man faces charges over threatening Murkowski's life 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 3356
Anchorage mayor's proposed budget cuts over 50 city jobs 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 3477
Alaska's fourth special session begins with legislators unable to agree on when to meet 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2768
Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1886
Iditarod announces new principal partners for 50th anniversary race 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 2389
This year's Alaska Permanent Fund dividend amount is $1,114 2 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 1 1962
Mayor Bronson defends use of Holocaust imagery by mask mandate opponents during heated second night 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 2306
Alaska's largest hospital implements crisis care standards 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1702
Barred From Flying Over Mask Dispute, Lawmaker Asks to Be Excused From Senate 12 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 4511
Trans-Alaska pipeline under threat from thawing permafrost 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Sep 2021 3 1723
Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 2299
Alaska Science Forum: The closest people to an 8.2 earthquake 7 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 15 3084
Dunleavy declines to appeal judge's ruling in favor of rural power subsidy 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1627
Clean-energy projects will be highlighted during Alaska visit by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1915
New ballot measure would require Alaska to formally recognize Native tribes 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 1675
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy will run for re-election in 2022 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1449
$90 million pledged to University of Alaska Fairbanks 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 1458
Fatal Crash Renews Concerns About Safety of Alaska Aviation 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 2199
Since Palin's name has come up, does anyone know what happened to AK blogger, Gryphen 3 hlthe2b Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 3207
Alaska Legislature's next special session will begin Aug. 16 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1498
Constitution bars Alaska attorney general from suing legislative agency, judge says 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1999
Judge says Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system is legal 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1378
Only minimal damage reported after Alaska's largest earthquake in over a half century 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1870
Revealed: assistant attorney general in Alaska posted racist and antisemitic tweets 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1951
Judge hears case challenging Alaska's new ranked-choice election system 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1701

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Dunleavy's per diem veto over PFD situation raises concerns for Legislature 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 2119
King Crab Wins First Mock Ranked Choice Voting General Election 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1908
Former state legislator Lance Pruitt fined $19,716 for multiple violations of campaign finance and 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 2212
Alaska lawmaker shares social media post comparing media and medical professionals to Nazi war 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1845
Gov. Dunleavy vetoes $525 Permanent Fund dividend and $215 million in programs, projects 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1469
Mike Gravel, former U.S. senator from Alaska, dies at 91 1 peppertree Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1582
Polls continue to show Dems have an open lane to win Murkowski's seat 8 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 14 4287
Does anyone else born in pre-state Alaska feel like they have lost their citizenship? 3 iemitsu Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 2278
'It's never been this crazy': With rental cars scarce in Alaska, a car sharing service takes off 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2537
French emerges as possible Democrat to run for Murkowski's seat 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 1701
Credit rating agencies see improved outlook for Alaska, but note risks from budget uncertainty 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1334
Commercial aviation is essential to life in Alaska. It's also home to a growing share of the country 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1599
State workers receive layoff notices as governor calls Legislature's budget 'defective' 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1439
Alaska lawmakers hope to reach tentative budget agreement 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1282
Without broad agreement on Alaska's state budget, high schoolers could lose scholarships and rural 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1795
Alaska is in the midst of a statewide surge in heroin-related overdoses 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1495
Biden signs bill to help Alaska cruise industry 3 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 May 2021 2 2170
Anchorage engineer plans to recycle ocean garbage into plastic lumber 3 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 20 2809
In letter, Alaska Democrats say Sullivan brought D.C. partisanship to Juneau 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 3 2351
State unveils maps in effort to 'unlock' Alaska waters 0 TexasTowelie May 2021 May 2021 2 1231
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