From somewhere in the hereafter, the late Alaska Gov. Jay Hammond must be watching with interest the spectacle of the moment in the state’s capital. Never could the old Bush Rat have […]
Jay Hammond’s curse
Prudhoe Bay scaling back
The news just keeps getting worse for the ailing Alaska economy with BP officially announcing on Monday a plan to idle three oil productions rigs on the North Slope. The cut […]
Free tickets south!
Anyone who thinks Alaska’s current population of almost 800,000 people too big should be all down with Gov. Bill Walker’s plan to reintroduce the income tax, according to Forbes magazine.
Alaska’s biggest problem
Trust is a precious commodity. Once lost, it is difficult, often impossible, to regain. Friendships, marriages and business partnerships die when trust disappears. Many among the 40 to 50 percent of Americans […]
Is this Alaska’s future?
FAIRBANKS — The deep cold of winter had settled in along the Chena River in the days before Christmas, locking the heart of Alaska’s only real Interior city in a deep freeze. […]
