This week’s news of layoffs at the Alaska Marine Highway System has brought home the state budget situation in a very real way.Most Alaskans understand… Continue reading
When Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walked into a Capitol Hill conference room to meet with his Republican colleagues last Thursday, he seemed a certain bet… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton seems to have ripped a page from the Barack Obama playbook in addressing the ongoing controversy over work-related — and even classified —… Continue reading
At least they aren’t brawling the way they do in the South Korean parliament — at least not yet.House Republicans have over the past few… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s use of a private email server to conduct government business when she served as secretary of state was a mistake… Continue reading
Earlier this summer, we watched as so-called “kayaktavists” — each nestled in their bright, petroleum-plastic watercraft — attempted to create a barrier flotilla to stop… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton is borrowing from Richard Nixon, a man she worked to impeach while a staff member of the House Judiciary Committee in the early… Continue reading
Here’s a bold prediction: The first Democratic presidential debate will not get the audience that the two Republican ones have garnered. Thanks to Donald Trump… Continue reading
Interpreting the will of the voters is always a tricky thing. Two people can vote the same way on an issue, yet do so for… Continue reading
We live in the digital age. With a few clicks of the mouse or finger taps on a smartphone we have access to a wealth… Continue reading
Kenai Mayor Pat Porter said it best: “In a perfect world down the line, I definitely would hope that we don’t have to do this… Continue reading
Hillary Clinton has a new gun agenda that is the same as the old gun agenda. We all are appalled and heartsick over the country’s… Continue reading
I must be missing something, regarding the recent news article about the City of Kenai purchasing property and building an access road to the south… Continue reading
An apparent slaughter of more than two dozen walruses on Alaska’s northwest coast last week was enough to shock the conscience of any Alaskan. The… Continue reading
Leave it to the Secret Service to demonstrate conclusively that secret information isn’t secret. The elite force also has been proving of late that it… Continue reading
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, made an interesting point about the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday during a congressional hearing on federal timber policy.It came while… Continue reading
Hurricane Joaquin dumped large amounts of rain on the East Coast, but another “force of nature” flooded the country with so much rhetoric it was… Continue reading
Representatives of eight nations gathered in Fairbanks to discuss issues of energy in the Arctic last week. It’s easy for government summits to turn into… Continue reading
On Tuesday, don’t forget to vote. We’ll spare you the civics lecture, other than to point out that when voter turnout is low, that means… Continue reading
We’ve all heard that keeping food away from bears is quite possibly the most important thing humans can do to prevent conflicts, habituation and confrontations… Continue reading
