Archive for the ‘Hooray!’
Open Thread – The Mudpuppy Project: Day 3
In honor of the Iditarod, which is currently underway, we’ll be posting pictures of readers’ mudpuppies submitted over the last few days. “Sadie is a retired sled dog- trained as a lead dog. Smart girl and loves to hike and be in the snow.” “Well, this is about the best I can do for my [...]
Ron Paul Comes to Alaska – Packs the House
The bronze medalist in the state’s 2008 Republican presidential primary, Ron Paul, decided to make a trip to Alaska this election cycle. Paul came in a close third behind frontrunner Mitt Romney, and second place winner Mike Huckabee. Alaskans, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on, tend to have a wide libertarian streak, [...]
Voices From The Flats — The Mayor’s Education Summit: Race to Re-election
(Note from Linda: On February 21st, I wrote a post asking if the Education Summit Community Dialogues seemed to reflect an agenda by the Mayor. I also promised to write a follow-up post giving my opinion. I changed my mind when we received the attached article, printed in its entirety below. Roger Elconin’s piece is [...]
The Mayor’s End of the Street
Last week, thanks to information from a Mudflatter, we posted about some interesting snow plowing priorities. Apparently, Mayor Sullivan supporter and former Gov. Bill Sheffield isn’t the only one at the end of a street who seems to have gotten a visit from the plow fairy, while the rest of the masses went unplowed, and [...]
Open Thread – Mudpuppy Project: Day 2
In honor of the Iditarod, which is currently underway, we’ll be posting pictures of readers’ mudpuppies submitted over the last few days. “The big guy on the left is Theo and the pretty girl on the right is Gaia.” Bearded Collies from California. This is Eloise. Upper right – when we found each other in [...]
Your Inner Lorax: Protecting the Tongass
By Tele Adsen Today begins an important week for the trees. Trout Unlimited and Sitka Conservation Society are sending a team of commercial and sports fishermen to Washington D.C., where they’ll lobby for increased funding for habitat conservation/restoration in the Tongass National Forest. Now is a critical time for this effort: on Tuesday, the Senate’s Natural Resource Committee meets to [...]
In My Cottage Garden — Online Garden Planners
by Linda Kellen Biegel It’s March…there are hundreds of inches of snow outside and it continues to pile up. Those of us who are in a gardening frame of mind are devouring seed catalogues and ordering the plants we want to grow this year. Traditionally, garden planning is done with a pencil and a piece [...]
BP Settlement Sells Out Victims – Buries Evidence of Oil Company’s Willful Negligence
By Greg Palast [Following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, Greg Palast led a four-continent investigation of BP PLC for Britain's television series Dispatches. From 1989-91, Palast directed the investigation of fraud charges in the Exxon Valdez grounding for Alaska Native villages.] Some deal. BP gets the gold mine and its victims get the shaft. And a few lawyers will get vacation [...]
Open Thread – The Mudpuppy Project (Part1)
In honor of the Iditarod,which is currently underway, we’ll be posting pictures of readers’ mudpuppies submitted over the last few days. I can’t tell you how much fun it’s been getting these adorable little faces in my inbox! Tadpole, the Sheba Inu from Juneau (aka King of the World!) “Willow is a pound puppy. Her [...]
Iditarod XL (Photos)
Downtown Anchorage was full of energy and excitement Saturday – like no other day of the year. Today was the start of Iditarod XL – not extra large, Iditarod 40. The day began with a heavy snowfall as the first mushers headed down historic 4th Avenue. Of course, the real start (called the re-start) of [...]
Where Water is Gold – Part 4 of 4
By Carl Johnson A project to tell the Bristol Bay story What is it about the Bristol Bay region, its history and its people that has led to such an opposition to development of the Pebble Mine? For most people, the answer to this question is spread out among a tangling web of websites, [...]
Open Thread – Happy Iditaday! Share Your Mudpuppy!
Yes, today’s the day – the ceremonial start of the Iditarod sled dog race in Anchorage! Dogs and their mushers will take the first step in a long 1,049 mile race to Nome. In honor of this special day, when dogs are the celebrities du jour, the editors wanted to share our four-legged friends with [...]
Lisa Murkowski Was for Contraceptive Coverage Before She Was Against It
[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post] Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) was one of four women in the Senate, along with Susan Collins (R – ME), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to vote this week for the Blunt Amendment, which would preclude insurance coverage for contraceptives and other medical procedures [...]
Happy Apostrophe Optional Day To You, Good Sir!
By Jim Wright Presidents Day? Is this a stupid holiday or what? We should call today what it is, Just Another Random F***ing Reason To Close the Post Office Day. Whose dumb idea was this anyway? It was Congress, wasn’t it? (no way! They couldn’t be that stupid. But I digress rhetorically). No, really, considering the sheer level of contempt [...]
Alaskan Women First Same Sex Couple to Wed Atop Empire State Building
On Valentine’s Day, here’s a wonderful love story to celebrate. An Anchorage couple, Stephanie Figarelle and Lela McArthur became the first same-sex couple to wed in the Empire State Building, in New York City. The happy couple won an online contest for the right to have their special moment at the famous landmark. There were [...]
