The choice of where to locate a business depends upon several factors. One of the most important elements of a favorable business environment is good ...
Murkowski Seeks to Delay EPA Fishing Regulations
A pair of GOP senators is pushing legislation to delay looming Environmental Protection Agency regulations requiring certain commercial fisherman to c...
ANWR Back in Front
Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s ascent to the top of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is likely to reignite the decades-old debate over drilling in th...
Alaskan of the Year: Roger Burggraf
When the Alaska Chamber of Commerce named Roger Burggraf the 2014 William Egan Outstanding Alaskan of the Year, the only person surprised was Burggraf...
Fairbanks Foreclosures Up
The rate of foreclosures in Fairbanks is creeping up and the high cost of keeping homes warm may be a factor. AP reports Fairbanks Neighborhood Housin...
DOD Construction Spending Down in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Military construction activity continues to decline across Alaska, but work with other federal agencies should keep government con...
LNG Project Gets Export Approval
A federal agency has approved the export of liquefied natural gas from a proposed mega-project in Alaska to free-trade nations. The U.S. Department of...
1800 Undocumented Mexicans in Alaska
The Mexican government, through it’s consulate in Anchorage, has issued a statement regarding President Barack Obama’s announcement regarding deferred...
Polar Bear Losses: Truth or Myth?
A recent story about the plummeting numbers of polar bears in the arctic has been rebutted by a Dr Susan Crockford, a Canadian zoologist and professor...
“He’s giving voters the middle finger.”
Sarah says it only 23 seconds into the video. Sarah Palin comments on her Sarah Palin Channel about President Obama’s executive action on immigr...
50 Stunning Alaska Combat Aircraft Photos
Wildlife is not the only thing that enjoys the vast empty expanses of America’s northern-most state. There is so much room to train over Alaska&...
Don Young Says the President “Is Plain Wrong”
Washington, D.C. – Following President Obama’s declaration to grant executive amnesty to more than 5 million undocumented immigrants, Alaskan Congress...
Sarah Palin’s Endorsement Made Positive Difference
Republicans for the most part avoided eating their own this election except in Alaska, where tea-party diva Sarah Palin helped the independent-Democra...
Walker Changes Stance on Same-Sex Marriage Decision
The state of Alaska has lost another attempt to reinstate a ban on same-sex marriage, and Gov.-elect Bill Walker has changed his stance on the issue. ...
Everywhere But In Alaska: SNOW
While nearly half the country sits under a blanket of snow, people in Alaska’s biggest city amazingly find themselves surrounded by green grass and ba...
Students Want Freedom to Smoke on Juneau Campus
An event meant to deter smoking nationwide was met by student dissenters rallying against a ban on their right to smoke. Student protestors sat adjace...
Begich Proposes Sweet After-the-Fact Bill: No More Political Robo Calls
After losing an election that was the most expensive — and some say annoying — in state history, outgoing Sen. Mark Begich has proposed a bill that wo...
Officer’s Death Raises Safety Concerns for Alaska’s Unarmed Law Enforcement
Mike Myers is the roving village public safety officer serving southwest Alaska villages including Manokotak. Like many officers in rural Alaska, Myer...
Alaska Spent more than $100,000 Defending Traditional Marriage
Alaska has spent more than $100,000 so far defending a lawsuit against the state’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, according to Department of La...
Addressing Homelessness in Anchorage
The municipality is developing a new community plan to end homelessness in Anchorage. During a listening session held Wednesday evening, about 20 peop...
Marijuana Translates into Big Money for New States
It’s pretty much official: Marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation. The midterm elections this year saw Oregon, Alaska, and Washington D.C. all ...
Alaska Volcano Erupts, Spewing Ash
The National Weather Service on Saturday warned airplanes to avoid airspace near an erupting Alaska volcano as it spewed ash 30,000 feet above sea lev...
UAF Cutting Back Programs
FAIRBANKS—The University of Alaska Fairbanks has assembled a list of more than 40 academic programs that it will consider eliminating to help slash it...
Alaska Poised for Coming Pacific Age
WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD was no misty-eyed dreamer. It was whaling, or what he eulogised as “the chase of the whale over his broad range of the universal ...
Nome to Tax Churches
A small Alaska town may become the first in the nation to tax its churches and other non-profits. Nome, Alaska, is a tiny town of less than 4000 peopl...
Though Coal Permit Approved, Trustees Threaten Lawsuit
The federal Office of Surface Mining has contacted the state regarding the status of coal mining permits for the Wishbone Hill site near Palmer. Last ...
The First Walter Soboleff Day
Today is the first Dr. Walter Soboleff Day in Alaska, and dozens of the late Tlingit leader’s friends and relatives marked the occasion with a parade ...
AP Calls It Walker’s
The Associated Press has called the gubernatorial race in favor of unaffiliated candidate Bill Walker. Walker unseats Republican Gov. Sean Parnell. Wh...
‘Underwear Bandit’ Targeting Alaskan Women
Troopers issued a dispatch Wednesday informing Kodiak residents of numerous reports of burglaries involving “various items such as women’s...
Colder in Texas than Alaska
Because of several weird weather systems, it’s warmer in Alaska than in Texas today. That’s according to the National Weather Service, whi...
Begich Ran On The Coward Ticket
“Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.Sullivan led Begich by about 8...
WWF Hosts Officials To Discuss Arctic Oil
Subsistence hunters from Chukotka, as well as officials from government agencies and environmentalists met in Anchorage for discussions on oil spill r...
Counting Absentee, Questioned Ballots a “Zoo”
Lori: What’s the scene there like? It’s like being in the world’s most bureaucratic zoo. You have four election workers at tables who have been workin...
No More Harry Reid and a Pro Gun Congress
As you have no doubt heard, Republicans successfully took control the U.S. Senate last night, and in the process, dethroned one of the most anti-gun M...
Done: Dan Sullivan Announced Finally
Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, defeating incumbent Democrat Mark Begich. Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska’s U.S....
8th Seat Added by GOP Senate
The results of a Senate election too close to call last week just produced a Republican winner in the state of Alaska. Dan Sullivan has narrowly defea...
New Commission Appointments Made
Governor Sean Parnell announced at the end of October new appointments to the Alaska Aerospace Corporation Board of Directors, Board of Certified Real...
Alaska’s Bipolar Election
Progress arrives in Alaska more slowly than our glaciers melt, but it’s happening. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry. just like ever...
Chenault’s Unprecedented Fourth
Yesterday, after only two or hours behind closed doors, the Alaska state Senate Majority announced its leadership lineup and some of its committee cha...
Marijuana and Rural Alaska Do Not Mix Well
Early next year, Alaskans will be able to legally buy, transport, and use small amounts of marijuana. The initiative will not be law until three month...
GCI, the Biggest Public Company In Alaska Is Quite Small
Most Americans are familiar with Apple Apple, Exxon Mobil Exxon Mobil, Microsoft Microsoft, and Google Google—huge companies, whose products many of u...
Climate Scientist Debunks Murkowski
When the 114th Congress convenes in January, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski will likely take over as chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource...
Powerful Storm Skips Major Alaskan Cities
As predicted, a massive storm has formed northwest of Alaska’s westernmost Aleutian Islands over the cold and turbulent waters of the Bering Sea...
Stunning Arctic Alaska Photos
The two Arctic Alaska photo tours that I co-guide with Hugh Rose were full of weather adventure and logistical challenges this year. They were also fi...
Celebrating a Salmon Victory
Today we are celebrating a great victory for conservation and more specifically for wild salmon! The voters in Alaska passed the Bristol Bay Forever ...
Begich Still Hoping Waits for Full Vote Tally
ANCHORAGE — Trailing in the race for Alaska’s contested Senate seat, incumbent Democrat Mark Begich gave no indication Wednesday he expected defeat, b...
Senate Changes and Climate Change
With Republicans’ dominance on Election Day, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski from Alaska is on track to be chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natu...
Monster Storm Heading for Alaska
A powerful storm is slated to move over the Bering Sea this weekend, possibly becoming one of the most intense storms to ever impact the region. The f...
Alaska’s Terrible Internet Ballots
When Alaska voters go to the polls tomorrow to help decide whether the U.S. Senate will remain in Democratic control, thousands will do so electronica...
Tiny Alaska Could Break Record for Outside Spending
Alaska is a very small state (population-wise), meaning it is generally cheaper to buy airtime — in large part because there aren’t many other r...
Bipartisanship Power Surprised Gov. Sean Parnell
Sean Parnell, the Republican governor of Alaska, expected to be re-elected easially, but recent events have put him in jeopardy. Parnell could have de...
Mitt Romney Rallies for Sullivan
Romney’s visit comes after Sullivan spent the weekend holding rallies with Texas senator and tea party favorite Ted Cruz. The number of early vo...
Alaska Could Spell an All-Nighter
Alaska’s Senate race won’t go to a runoff, like Louisiana’s will or Georgia’s might. And there isn’t the possibility of ...
Ya Gotta Stay Lite During the Political Digs
Local Alaska photographer Mark Osborne found a nasty surprise waiting for him in the mail a few days ago. Among the bills and junk mail was sitting a ...
HuffPost: Sullivan by 4
2014 Alaska Senate: Sullivan vs. Begich – Polls – HuffPost Pollster CONFIDENCE OF WIN The probability that Sullivan will beat Begich is 62...
7 Point Dem Bias in Alaska Polls Historically
Last month, I examined the possibility that Senate polls could prove to be biased or “skewed” against Democrats. If the polls have even a modest bias ...
Sarah Palin: Romney in ‘Never Never Land’ on Amnesty
“Where the heck have these GOP establishment types been during this election season? GOP Senate candidates are promising to do everything in the...
Remote Vote Might Decide
To fend off his Republican challenger, Democratic Alaska Sen. Mark Begich is depending on rural voters and rural issues. In June, the United States En...
Sarah Abandoned Conservative Principles to Endorse Walker
By Jake Walker – The major issue prompting Palin to endorse the Walker-Mallot ticket is incumbent Republican Sean Parnell’s dismantling of her o...
Alignment Issues
It’s kind of like “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” In that classic chick flick, Julia Roberts is chasing after Dermot Mulroney, and Dermot Mulroney is chas...
Mark Begich’s Bold Debate Lie Easily Debunked
Despite overwhelming evidence, Senator Mark Begich (D., Alaska) denied having attacked Republican Ted Stevens in attack ads during the 2008 Sen...
Family friend: ‘We need to keep him’
– Hank Harrison, a retired teacher, shared why he thinks incumbent Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) should serve another term at a coffee shop...
The Mark and Lisa Show
It started in July when Sen. Lisa Murkowski objected to Sen. Mark Begich including her name on a press release and citing her in a radio ad. It intens...
The Money in Key Legislative Races
Here are the most recent fundraising numbers from state House and Senate races that I’ve been keeping an eye on. (Some, I’ll admit, a closer eye than ...
By Noon Friday
An Alaska Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the governor’s office must start providing documents about the National Guard scandal to Alaska Pub...
The Race that Keeps Us Up at Night
If there’s a race that keeps us awake at night, it’s Alaska. The state is home to one of the most important Senate races in the country, but it also h...
Alaska Ground Zero in Fight to Legalize Pot
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — From slick video ads online to scrawled chalk messages on college campus sidewalks, intense get-out-the-vote drives are mobil...
“The New Oil Order”
The oil selloff appears to be permanent. Record-breaking increases in U.S. production, a resurgent Libya, and Saudi Arabia lowering its prices in a bi...
Begich, Sullivan Spar over ISIS
Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Republican Dan Sullivan sparred over the best way to respond to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)on Thursday ...
Walker on Top
Below is a summary from local pollster Ivan Moore’s most recent survey question–paid for by gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker– which shows Walker-Ma...
Ludicrous to Implement Medicaid Reforms Being Suggested
The State’s Medicaid Reform Advisory Group has met for the last six months in relative obscurity. That changed today (Wednesday) when more than 200 pa...
Why Alaska’s Senate race might be closer than anyone thinks
“It’s going to come down to the ground game.” Most of the time, this isn’t really true. Fundamentals such as party registratio...
Harry Reid’s Last Effort to Save Mark Begich’s Seat
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is giving endangered Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, a legislative gift ahead of next week’s election. Reid sen...
Dems Happy with a Draw in the Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is crossing his fingers that Republicans won’t come close to capturing the six Senate seats they need t...