As the sentencing for former Veco CEO Bill Allen looms, a new strand in the web of corruption that rocked Alaska’s political world has been discovered.  It’s not much of a discovery really, but it’s been made official.  Bill Allen has formally fessed up and admitted that his company gave gifts and payed for lavish [...]

The Alaskan Spirit!  Just made me laugh.

It’s time for your weekly check-in from our nation’s capital with A View from the Hill with KTVA’s Matt Felling, or as I like to call it here, “Hey! I can see Washington D.C. from my house!” Kudos to Matt Felling for putting this weekly segment together. Last week we heard from Lisa Murkowski, so [...]

HERE is the link for live streaming of the AFN convention. This will be the 43rd gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives. It’s a wonderful celebratory time for Anchorage when we welcome visitors from all over the state. Many attendees travel to Anchorage only once a year, and use this time to connect with [...]

I read a great quote on Twitter tonight.  “Never trust anyone who doesn’t kiss their pet.” – Steve Irwin And as I read that great quote, and thought about what an awesome dog I have, it hit me.  Today, October 21 is Buf the Dog’s birthday!  OK, it’s not really a birthday, and her name [...]

Oh, the fun never ends! Alaska Report has been hinting that a Palin insider was getting ready to “tell all,” and now confirmation comes from Andrew Halcro. None other than Frank Bailey, a member of the inner-sanctum will tell his story in the upcoming book entitled Renegade:  Sarah Palin’s Hatchet Man. The second-most infamous Frank [...]

I bet you all thought there was nothing, I mean NOTHING that could get you to your local bookseller on November 17.  That’s the day that Sarah Palin’s memoir Going Rogue hits the shelves, and Palin fans will overwhelm your local Barnes & Noble and Borders to snap up the 400-page tome.  Well, grab your [...]

As we begin to look past the immediate future in which the laser focus of the nation’s capital still points squarely on health care reform, we see another giant looming. The climate change bill is standing in line, ready to step in as soon as a health care reform bill is passed. If the insurance [...]

I took this one a couple summers ago when I backpacked the Resurrection Trail. (No, that’s not like the “Appalachian Trail!”)  The whole trip was 40 miles, and close to the end was a wonderful little cabin next to a lake with this boat.  It was as quiet and peaceful as it looks.  This picture [...]

“In a world exclusive, Oprah Winfrey will interview former Alaska governor Sarah Palin for an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to air Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Winfrey and Palin will meet for the very first time on the episode, which will mark Palin’s first interview to discuss her upcoming book, “Going Rogue: An American [...]

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When Mt. Redoubt violently awoke from a 20-year slumber, I wrote about it a lot, especially since it was in danger of wiping out the oil terminal at Drift River which sits at its base, and right next to Cook Inlet.  And almost every single time I typed the name of the volcano, I made the same typo [...]

Going Rogue!  Now for the Low Low Price of… $8.99 and free shipping from Walmart?  I think I have found my source for Palin’s memoir.  Yes, I’m buying it and I’m going to read it all, so you don’t have to.  I shouldn’t be so quick to say I’ll buy it.  By the time November [...]

Happy Alaska Day!  Even if you’re not in Alaska, you are encouraged to use Alaska Day to take the day off, go home early, start a parade, look North to the Future, admire the Big Dipper, have a salmon burger and an Alaskan Amber Ale and enjoy yourself. Alaska Day celebrates the official transfer of [...]

Here’s the iGOP in all its horrible glory. Where’s the Don Young app?  You know… when you want to bite someone like a mink, or do bad things to a spotted owl, or have a good ol’ machine gun fundraiser, or talk to a bunch of high school students about…er….alternate methods of copulation!?   Ah, [...]