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Oyster Roundup – Bears, Bones and a Brrrricane!

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Enjoy today’s dose of random stuff on the half-shell! Links in the titles. Brrrrrricane Makes Landfall The Bering Sea megastorm that made landfall yesterday on the West Coast of Alaska did damage to buildings, caused massive erosion in some areas, and flooding [...]
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Open Thread – Moore Up North Premiere (Season 3)

Those of you who have been suffering Moore Up North withdrawal, be sure to tune in Sunday at 3pm on KYUR Channel 13 for the premiere of Season 3!  Shannyn’s panelists this week are Senator Bill Wielechowski, Craig Medred of the Alaska Dispatch, and Tom Brennan of the Anchorage Daily Planet. The interview is with [...]
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Treatment of Anchorage Community Leaders and Workers by the Sheraton is No Joke

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: A priest, an African American woman and a “union thug” walk in to the Sheraton… But, in reality, it’s no joke at all for the hard working hotel workers in Anchorage. First, a little background. Currently, two hotels in Anchorage are under boycott – The Anchorage Hilton [...]
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Open Thread: An Afternoon at the Symphony

I had planned to post the video(s) of the absolutely wonderful performance of Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” by the Anchorage Civic Orchestra and Shannyn Moore as narrator. However, the download seems to be taking FOR-EVA! (It couldn’t POSSIBLY have anything to do with the video game being played on the other computer…nooooo…) Ya’ll will [...]

ALERT — HB 110 Facing Vote in the House

We’re hearing that those who believe Alaska should continue to get their fair share of tax on the resource that belongs to us…we the people…MUST CONTACT THE REPRESENTATIVES IMMEDIATELY. As we’ve seen in the news, there has been a HUGE lobbying push by the Governor and the oil companies towards the Alaska House. DON’T LET [...]

The Best Bill in Juneau on Moore Up North TONIGHT!

Join us TONIGHT, Thursday, March 3, 2011 for the 52nd taping of Moore Up North with Shannyn Moore, at the world-famous TAPROOT! Taproot is located in the Republic of Spenard at 3300 Spenard Road. It’s Mr. Whitekeys’ old Fly By Night Club! The taping starts promptly 5:30pm. Senator Bill Wielechowski, the best Bill in Juneau, [...]
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Open Thread – Moore Up North

Tune in Saturday at 4pm, and Sunday at 9am to KYES Channel 5 for Moore Up North!  The show films Thursday nights at 5:15 at the Taproot Cafe on Spenard Road. The photo shows this week’s panel beginning (ironically on the far left) with Tom Brennan, Jill Burke from the Alaska Dispatch, and (also ironically [...]