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Print article On a warm spring day in 1980, a friend asked me to come along to the daily laborers’ dispatch at the Fairbanks union hall. We drove downtown, parked on a narrow side street, walked in and sat down in the middle of the room on folding chairs. There were maybe 35 men present, by themselves on chairs or in small groups at tables. They were a diverse lot by race, by age. Befitting a spring day, good humor prevailed. A group of guys at a table were joshing and laughing — or, as my friend put it, “swapping lies.” Suddenly, there was a stir and all eyes turned to the back do...

The state has not only been complicit in the face of the climate crisis, it has continued to go out of its way to support the extraction of fossil fuels.

The problem is that all of this legalistic talk spills into and infects an inherently political process, turning a mechanism of self-government into an episode of “Perry Mason.”

Tightening Anchorage’s leash law would only create more problems Author: Patrick Sullivan Published February 8 Share on Facebook Print article For decades, thousands of Anchorage residents have regularly exercised their dogs off-leash on municipal multi-use trails. Incidents involving off-leash dogs do occur, but they are rare and probably no more common than conflicts among other user groups (bikers vs. runners, equestrians vs. skijorers, etc.). The proposed changes to the Anchorage leash law would make exercising with an off-leash dog an illegal activity, subject to a fine. I think ...

Print article The April 6 Anchorage mayoral election quickly approaches. Other than the office of governor, no election in Alaska impacts such a large collective of municipal and tribal government citizens, private business and public service delivery interests. And this year, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Our city has just closed out a very long, difficult year and faces an uncertain landscape in 2021. I think it is fair to say that between the pandemic, economic havoc, the corresponding harm to our mental and behavioral health, and political divisiveness, our community is emotionally o...