Anchorage bars and restaurants can open at 25% on Jan. 1
Under mounting pressure as local businesses continue to shutter in the wake of crippling COVID-19 mandates, the unelected Acting Mayor of Anchorage Austin Quinn-Davidson signed Emergency Order 17 in what she called a “response to the changing conditions of
Key to the White House: Can Pence declare Trump the winner on Jan. 6?
On Jan. 6 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, Alaska’s delegation in D.C. – Rep. Don Young, Sen. Dan Sullivan and Sen. Lisa Murkowski – will take part in what could be a hotly contested joint meeting of Congress. On this day, Vice President Mike Pence will oversee
12.23 > The COVID Relief Farce
I worry that most people just hear anything that rhymes with *illion* and think “a lot.” The best way to bring it home is to start dropping zeroes until you can relate… If we drop 9 zeroes, that’s a billion dollars worth of zeroes… it
Under mounting pressure, acting mayor agrees to revisit plan to reopen Anchorage restaurants
She’s late to the game, but Anchorage’s unelected Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson is now intently interested in a plan to partially reopen the city’s bars and restaurants. First developed and presented to her by Anchorage restaurant and bar owners
A few ‘courageous’ restaurants defy Anchorage mandates on ‘Day of Reckoning’
On Dec. 19, precious few Anchorage restaurants dared to challenge the ban on in-person dining that has decimated the once thriving industry. Several caravans drove from the Mat-Su, Kenai and Valdez, braving snow and wind to shop and dine in Anchorage. Billed
Will the light of Christmas crack Anchorage’s COVID lockdown?
When it comes to bringing humanity together for worship, celebration, parties, feasting and shopping, nothing compares to Christmas. It is the absolute antithesis to emergency order lockdowns and restrictions which Anchorage’s acting mayor Austin
Ketchikan mayor aims to defend civil liberties of those who refuse COVID vaccine
Ketchikan Borough Mayor Rodney Dial is urging the Assembly to support his resolution calling on businesses to “refrain from discriminating against any individual by denying that person access to goods of services based upon their COVID-19 vaccination
The history of secession or threats thereof (part 2)
Editor’s note: This is part two of a three part series on the history of secession in the United States. Part one is here and part three is here. When seven southern states seceded in the winter of 1860-61, northern opinion was clearly divided. Many
The history of secession or threats thereof (part 1)
Editor’s note: This is part one of a three part series on the history of secession in the United States. Read part two here. “The Declaration of Independence is the birth certificate of the United States.” Heard that before? Well, it’s wrong. It’s
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
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