Judge denies request to halt Anchorage Assembly from holding closed door meetings
In an order issued Dec. 11, Superior Court Judge Una Sonia Gandbhir refused to prohibit the Anchorage Assembly from holding future closed-door meetings that bar the public from in-person participation due to COVID concerns. The order came after hearing oral
Petition warns Alaska Airlines not to mandate a COVID vaccine for travel
With growing speculation that a COVID-19 vaccine may soon be a condition for flying on major airlines, a petition is now circulating online to tell Alaska Airlines to oppose a vaccine requirement. The petition on Change.org supports individuals right to
Anchorage’s acting mayor stopped by hair salon while COVID positive
While at least one eyewitness claims otherwise, Anchorage Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson said she did not actually enter a hair salon after testing positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 5. If she did, that would be blatant defiance of her own emergency order
Anchorage Museum offers ‘affirmations’ for the hunkered down
The Saturday Night Live’s “Daily Affirmations with Stuart Smalley” was a wildly popular spoof on the idea of sappy self-affirmation. Created by comedian and former U.S. Senator Al Franken, the skit was a SNL mainstay for much of the 1990s. It often
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas election lawsuit, which Alaska supported
The U.S. Supreme Court has officially denied a Texas lawsuit challenging the election results in four swing states. In a short notice issued on Dec. 11 the high court said Texas had a lack of standing to bring the case. “Texas has not demonstrated a
What Alaskans should know before getting the fast-tracked COVID shot
With Alaska just days away from receiving an expected 35,100 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations, there are several considerations Alaskans should keep in mind when deciding whether to get the shot. On Dec. 10, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Alaska backs Texas lawsuit to overturn election results in four states
Alaska has signed on to the multi-state coalition supporting the Texas lawsuit that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the election results from Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania due to alleged violations of state and federal election laws.
Pruitt’s lawsuit highlights the peril of a runaway Alaska Supreme Court
Rep. Lance Pruitt, who lost his State House seat by a mere 11 votes to challenger Liz Snyder, is seeking relief from the very court system that suspended an election law it deemed overly burdensome just three weeks before the general election. On Dec. 9,
Alaskans invited to celebrate three-day Christmas fest in Palmer
Small town Palmer, Alaska, is renowned for the way it celebrates the run up to Christmas. This year’s three-day Colony Christmas event is slightly different, but the historic farming community is determined to light up the streets and the sky with Christmas
2020 exposed a festering disease in America
This past winter the world began to change before our very eyes as the specter of an unknown global pandemic struck fear into the hearts of men. Lockdowns and closures – unthinkable in modern America – reshaped our lives overnight. Whole sectors of
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