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Looking back on one year of the pandemic Author: Adam Crum Published 4 days ago Share on Facebook Print article This past week, Alaska marked the one-year anniversary of our state’s public health disaster emergency declaration, first enacted on March 11, 2020. On the same day, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and the National Basketball Association suspended all basketball games after a Utah Jazz player tested positive. A day later, Alaska announced its first positive COVID-19 case in a nonresident cargo pilot. The day after that, then-President Donald Trump...

Sen. Reinbold is not passing the ball to anyone. She’s too principled.

Plan to close DMVs in six Alaska communities is a government disservice Author: Sara Hannan Published March 11 Share on Facebook Print article Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka’s judgement is beginning to trouble me. She continues to compromise services to individual Alaskans in favor of businesses and out-of-state contractors. Procurement practices she oversees at the department have come under worrying scrutiny. Most recently, she is insisting on closing Division of Motor Vehicles offices in six locations around the state in order to pave the way for pr...

In a year that’s been notable for a great shortage of hope, this news couldn’t come soon enough.

I firmly believe people should be judged on their merits and what they contribute to our community.