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Impaired waters
Lawn debris part of problem for Chena, sloughs
Published July 23, 2008
The little green monsters show themselves each summer on the Chena.
Assessing the conflict
Careful steps required as Monegan situation progresses
Published July 22, 2008
Was Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan pressured by the governor’s family and administration to fire an Alaska State Trooper or wasn’t he?
The gas tax
Rep. Young’s critics need to say how they would fix the highway fund
Published July 21, 2008
Rep. Don Young has gotten some screwy looks this year for suggesting that Congress needed to raise — not lower or suspend — the federal gasoline tax.
Palin’s silence
Public Safety commissioner’s ouster needs explaining
Published July 20, 2008
The best thing Gov. Sarah Palin can do for herself right now is to explain exactly why she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan on July 11. A nasty account of why she supposedly fired the commissioner was posted last week on the Web site of a Republican political rival, and the governor has strongly denied the accusation.
Examining ‘Doc’
Records request seeks insight, clarity
Published July 19, 2008
Seldom does a request for public records result in a quick release of public documents.
Coal liquefaction
Research, not rejection, is what this project needs
Published July 18, 2008
The No. 1 issue in Alaska this summer is the cost and supply of energy.
Hoping for more
$1,200 is enough money, not enough solution
Published July 17, 2008
Potential $1,200 payments, initially discussed as a means of helping Alaskans with soaring fuel costs, now are characterized as a “resource rebate,” based on comments this week from the Department of Law.
Welcome back
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics makes summer whole again
Published July 16, 2008
July in Fairbanks just wasn’t like a true July in Fairbanks last year.
We need an answer
Governor’s firing of top cop is unsettling
Published July 15, 2008
Something smells rotten here.
No guarantee
Alaskans need to remember pipeline isn’t a sure thing
Published July 14, 2008
With all the tension and loud talk coming out of Juneau these days, you might think the impending gas line vote in the Legislature is a vote that will actually produce the pipeline and the economic boom that supposedly will go along with it.
Save the van
CSP does good work and should keep doing it
Published July 13, 2008
People seem to complain regularly about the service of the Fairbanks Police Department. Not all people, mind you. But there are people who do find time to complain. They say they police don’t respond to this or that in a timely manner, if at all.
Excuse me?
No sense in cutting a federal weatherization program now
Published July 12, 2008
How silly is this?
Energy options
In-state gas pipeline question
Published July 11, 2008
Alaskans need to see a rational business plan before the state goes any farther with the undefined “partnership” on an in-state gas pipeline.
The AGIA vote
Local legislators will need to explain their decision
Published July 10, 2008
The Legislature has gone back to work on the question of whether to grant TransCanada an exclusive license to build the North Slope natural gas pipeline.