By RICK WHITBECK | POWER THE FUTURE From the frequency of the attacks, one would think President Joe Biden has a personal vendetta against Alaska. In reality, he’s just trying to do anything he can to live at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for another four years. Even if that means continuing to harm the people of […] The post Rick Whitbeck: Biden destroying Alaska economy for sake of reelection appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

The DC-54 aircraft that crashed on Tuesday seven miles from the Fairbanks International Airport was a Douglas 54-D Skymaster, owned and operated by Alaska Air Fuel, and operating as a bulk fuel cargo plane. The plane was en route to Kobuk with 3,200 gallons of heating fuel when a wing caught fire and the engine […] The post Listen to control tower audio prior to DC-54 crash on Tanana River: ‘Tell ’em I love ’em, man.’ appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

By WIN GRUENING When I last wrote about Huna Totem Corporation’s cruise ship dock project in November, over four years had passed since the Juneau subport property on which the project was to be located was purchased by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Over 15 months had passed since Huna Totem Corporation took over the project, now named Aak’w […] The post Win Gruening: Huna Totem dock project inches forward, Assembly decisions await appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

In this episode of the Must Read Alaska Show, host John Quick welcomes Jubilee Underwood, a dedicated Matanuska-Susitna Valley resident and school board president, as she shares her journey from local advocacy to political candidacy. Underwood discusses her successful efforts to end mask mandates for children just two months after joining the school board and […] The post Jubilee Underwood, candidate for Alaska House, on the Must Read Alaska Show appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

To celebrate Earth Day, Rep. Mary Peltola touted Alaska getting $125 million out of a $7 billion grant package from the federal government for solar energy development. It was an infinitesimal win in a sea of losses handed to her and Alaska from the Biden Administration. “Investing in energy projects across the board–solar, wind, hydro […] The post Peltola celebrates her ‘L’ with a mini-grant for solar, as Biden slams Alaska mining, energy jobs appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

By ROBERT SEITZ There is nothing more important that to secure increased natural gas production in Cook Inlet in order to give Alaska the time to work out what the replacement primary fuel source will be in our future (it could be more natural gas).    Increased production of Cook Inlet natural gas is much more […] The post Robert Seitz: Railbelt utility, electricity, gas, and how we move forward appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

An Eagle River town hall meeting with legislators on April 13 was focused largely on education issues. There were lots of union members and officials there from the National Education Association-Alaska wearing “Red for Ed” shirts. In attendance were Rep. Dan Saddler and Sen. Kelly Merrick. Rep. Jamie Allard was stuck in Juneau as the […] The post Eagle River teacher doxxes Rep. Jamie Allard’s children during Eagle River legislative town hall appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

A new expenditure for residents of New York — a bill that has taxpayers paying for reporters at newspapers has been introduced in the state’s legislature. It’s part of a push across the country to have newspapers join the ranks of public broadcasters, who also receive taxpayer underwriting. New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and […] The post New York taxpayers will underwrite journalists appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

By BETHANY BLANKLEY | THE CENTER SQUARE More than 1.7 million foreign nationals have illegally entered the U.S. in the first six months of fiscal 2024, the greatest number for this time period in U.S. history. It’s far beyond twice the population of Alaska, which is 733,000. The 1,733,496 who illegally entered in the first […] The post Invasion 2024: Illegal immigrants in first half of fiscal year equal more than twice the population of Alaska appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more

Internet is down in portions of the North Slope after the fiber optic cable owned by Quintillion had some type of break. Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative has said the communities impacted are Atqasuk, Point Hope, Utqiagvik, and Wainwright. “Currently these communities are experiencing an all services Quintillion network outage. Quintillion’s teams have been deployed […] The post Another break in the Quintillion fiber optic line leaves North Slope communities with weak internet appeared first on Must Read Alaska ..read more