Other means of fixing the deficit?
Nathaniel Herz: Deficit-reduction bills from Walker would freeze pay for 2,250 state workers
Land in soft snow on wheels~ Fortunately only his wallet and pride were hurt.
Laurel Andrews: Pilot picked up from plane ‘nosed over’ in Katmai National Park
Athabascan Woman Blog: Woman’s March on Anchorage Youth Report
No more hockey and he should be expelled from school.
Stephan Wiebe: Soldotna suspends hockey captain for racist Twitter remarks
When the use of deadly force is questioned, how many folks actually at the scene, involved in communications have alternate suggestions with training to accomplish them? Are these questions and comments from Keyboard Commandos, Monday Morning Quarterbacks, etc?~)
Jerzy Shedlock: Review finds Anchorage officers were justified in using deadly force in Hillside standoff
One bullet
Jerzy Shedlock: Eagle River man pleads guilty to killing teen girlfriend
Martin Buser of Big Lake and Jeff King of Denali Park, both four-time Iditarod champions, and Nicole Johnston of Anchorage
Beth Bragg: Alaska Sports Hall of Fame welcomes mushers and a star of Native games
Storyknife News + Gift Ideas + Kate 21 Pub Date
Amazon Kindle: Nine Kates! 99¢!
One of my publishers has lost his mind, and now the FIRST NINE Kate Shugak novels are available for only 99¢ on Amazon. And actually, the first one is even free!
Grab them now, before he comes to his senses. Who knows when that will be?
A Cold Day for Murder
A Fatal Thaw
Dead in the Water
A Cold-Blooded Business
Play with Fire
Blood Will Tell
Breakup
Killing Grounds
Hunter’s Moon
Laurel Andrews: Driver shot by Juneau police officer expected to survive
Shannyn Moore: Sisters, there’s a war on women
Zaz Hollander: Anchorage company’s controversial Palmer monofill returns to life
Nathaniel Herz: For first Alaska Native House speaker, a budget fix is personal
Mike Dunham: Alaska, the day before Pearl Harbor
Nathaniel Herz: Alaska Gov. Walker looks to local leaders for help lobbying lawmakers on budget plan
Suzanna Caldwell: Four found dead in Fairbanks hotel room
Zaz Hollander: An ambitious state study aims to reduce Mat-Su moose crashes
Ned Rozell: Bowhead whales might be the longest-lived mammals on the planet
Erica Martinson: Alaskan Bob Gillam wants to be U.S. Interior secretary
How effective is public shaming? If people held protests in front of criminals homes and places of business do you believe that will affect a positive outcome?
Brock Turner’s Parents Fear For His Safety
Brock Turner was released from a California jail on Friday after serving only three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious 23-year-old woman at Stanford University.
Does your State have a backlog on Rape Kits? How are kits prioritized?
Victim’s age, race, gender, or how the investigators feel about the victim or attacker?
Victims have a life sentence. Read that again. Victims of sexual assault carry those events for the rest of their lives. We owe it to ourselves, to them, to get this right.
Shannyn Moore: Rape kit backlog reflects failure of justice in Alaska
Shannyn Moore is a radio broadcaster. You can hear her show, “The Last Word,” Monday through Friday 4-6 p.m. on KOAN 95.5 FM and 1080 AM and 1480 We Act Radio in Washington, D.C., and on Netroots Radio.The views expressed here are the writer’s own and are not necessarily endorsed by Alaska Dispatch News, which welcomes a broad range of viewpoints. To submit a piece for consideration, e-mail commentary(at)alaskadispatch.com.
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