Lawmaker urges ‘immediate cease’ of chemical-seeded clouds over Alaska
In the wake of a 19-million-gallon rainfall from chemically seeded clouds above the Kenai Peninsula last week, State Rep. Sarah Vance is calling on state authorities to order an immediate cease-and-desist of any further cloud-seeding or weather-modification
How did gubernatorial candidates answer Alaska Watchman survey questions?
This spring, the Alaska Watchman sent survey questions to candidates vying to be the state’s next governor. Today, we republish these answers to help Aug. 18 primary voters decide between the many candidates running for
OPINION: With winter looming, Alaska’s gas crisis poses real world threat
Alaska's energy crisis is already here and is about to hit home this winter. Blocking the natural gasline construction brings real-world
Alaska GOP lawmakers to hold public forum on gasline project
In an effort to hear ideas and suggestions from those who would be affected by the proposed Alaska natural gas line, Senate Republicans in the State Legislature are hosting a public meeting and listening session on Aug. 6 in
OPINION: Those braying for ‘full PFD now’ are offering ‘bread and circuses’
Those braying for “Full PFD Now” are offering you bread and circuses. There is some uncomfortable math that isn’t part of the slogan and that is “income
OPINION: The 1st domino was our PFD. More will fall if Alaska doesn’t develop its resources
We can't keep full government services, reject new development, refuse new taxes, and quietly raid the Permanent Fund Dividend to make up the difference. That's managing decline, one budget cycle at a
Dunleavy threatens to veto AK Senate’s latest gasline plan – calls 3rd special session
Despite his misgivings, Dunleavy said the bill is very close to being satisfactory, and he has decided to call a third consecutive special legislative session this summer to allow lawmakers to finish the bill. That will begin on July 27 in
Amid looming energy crisis, Republicans urge Democrat-run Alaska Senate to pass clean gasline bill
The House Republican plan replaces complex, unpredictable local property taxes with a stable alternative volumetric tax - exactly what investors claim they need to finance the massive 807-mile
OPINION: Democrat dogma and transactional politics are killing the Alaska gas pipeline
This isn't about whether LNG is good or bad policy. It's about whether Alaska's Democrats will abandon their stated principles when those principles get in the way of preferred outcomes. They answered that question in
Federal judge hears case to decide fate of Alaska’s Pebble Mine
Last week, two Alaska Native village corporations urged a federal judge to strike down a sweeping Environmental Protection Agency veto that they say has blocked the development of the long-stalled Pebble Mine project in Bristol
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