The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Where in the World is Dennis Zaki? Part 3

Dennis Zaki just checked in.  He is heading out for Emmonak today at 2:30 from Bethel.  While he was there he saw the finish of the Kuskokwim 300, and got a great interview on the fuel crisis with local newspaper owner Kelly Lincoln.  You can see a photo of the winner, musher Mitch Seavey at [...]

Where in the World is Dennis Zaki?

Thanks to outstanding fundraising efforts, our intrepid videographer, Dennis Zaki is packed up and ready to go to Emmonak to put the eyes of the wider community on Alaska’s rural energy crisis. He’s actually been packed up and ready to go for a couple days now. He’ll be flying in to Bethel, and traveling on [...]

Hey, Rural Alaska! Imagine a New and Better Governor…

As I was lulled by the sweet sound of little chirping crickets coming from the Governor’s office today, and while the progressive media and Alaskan bloggers worked this story hard, I wondered. I wondered to myself, “What might a different kind of governor have to say about the rural energy crisis that Governor Palin’s administration [...]