This past weekend, the Washington Examiner reported that some very questionable provisions were inserted into the amnesty bill “for Alaska.” Find out why here.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-24 05:17:062013-06-24 05:17:06Alaska’s Delegation Selling Out Alaskan Workers … Again (+video)
Alaska State Troopers will try to defend last year’s win over the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on home turf at the 53rd Annual International Police Shooting Competition taking place at the Palmer Shooting Range this weekend.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Katy Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngKaty Miller2013-06-22 03:41:072013-06-22 03:41:07Troopers, Mounties Square Off in Shooting Competition in Palmer This Weekend
A resolution calling for a “Day of Prayer” as a time for prayer for the land, waterways, andimals, and people who use God’s creation on June 21st was passed in March of 2013 by the Tanana Chiefs Conference Full Board of Directors.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-21 03:26:542013-06-21 03:26:54Day of Prayer to be Held across Interior Alaska
In one of the first uses of one of three armored vehicles shipped to Alaska over the last several weeks, Troopers used the “BearCat” to help arrest a Homer man firing a pistol.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-21 03:16:292013-06-21 03:16:29Troopers Use New Armored Vehicle to Arrest Homer Man Firing Pistol
A mountain rescue ends well after a distressed hiker on Mount Marathon called into City of Seward Dispatch via 911 this week and advised that “he was in a bad spot.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-21 03:14:282013-06-21 03:14:28Mountain Rescue Ends Well (+video)
Governor Parnell’s office made a statement that it would look into state resources being used against pro-lifers on April 2 and would make sure it didn’t happen again. Much to the shock, amazement, and frustration of the demonstrators, it did happen again the very next day. And now, no word on the promised investigation.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-20 01:58:442013-06-20 01:58:44Months Later, Deafening Silence from Alaska State Government Regarding Investigation of Assault, Interference with Juneau Pro-Life Protest
Mid-term elections are problematic for the party holding the Presidency; mid-term elections following scandals or highly divisive policy choices are particularly problematic.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-20 01:56:152013-06-20 01:56:15As Alaska Goes, So Goes America?
A heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise.
The Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act (S. 340) was approved Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by unanimous voice vote. The bill now heads to the Senate floor for consideration.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-20 00:31:482013-06-20 00:31:48Legislation Finalizing Sealaska Land Claims Advances in U.S. Senate
Rubio and his fellow Gang of Eight Republicans helped the Democrats kill an amendment from Sen. John Thune (R-SD) that would have required the double-tiered fence be built, as current law requires, before amnesty was granted to America’s at least 11 million illegal immigrants. The only other Republican to vote against the amendment was Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-19 02:44:542013-06-19 02:44:54Murkowski, Rubio Join With Democrats to Kill Border Fence Amendment to Immigration Bill
When Reagan recommended in 1987 that Congress should reopen a small sliver of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil and gas exploration, it started an epic battle between those who believe more U.S. energy supplies make us more energetic and those who argue that we should not use or produce any more oil.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-17 03:58:362013-06-17 03:58:36Alaska Makes Obama an Offer He Should, But Won’t Take
Police arrested an Alaska man who they say was driving a motorized shopping cart while drunk and in possession of stolen cookies and cake mix.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-16 01:51:062013-06-16 01:51:06Alaska Man, 63, Charged With DUI on Shopping Cart
In this open letter to the Governor, the author contends that the State of Alaska has implemented the Common Core Curriculum from the Race to the Top program.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-15 23:31:152013-06-15 23:31:15An Open Letter to Governor Parnell Requesting Withdrawal from SBAC
Every Sunday night in Alaska as the weekend comes to a close and to-do lists come back into focus, we jump on the telephone with like-minded people joining from all around the state. The Statewide Teleconference is an effort to facilitate a conversation on a variety of topics important to Alaskans with one goal in mind: restoration of The Rule of Law.
On Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 1:00pm in communities across Alaska, you are invited to remember a great Alaskan leader, Katie John. Click her for gathering points in rural and urban Alaska.
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In Alaska, scores of volcanoes and strange lava flows have escaped scrutiny for decades, shrouded by lush forests and hidden under bobbing coastlines.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-02 23:28:442013-06-02 23:28:44A Blast of a Find: 12 New Alaskan Volcanoes
Following an April which was the coldest on record in many locations (including Fairbanks), May was a month with more record events, events that have a spectacular visual impact from space.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-02 20:38:142013-06-02 20:38:14Alaska May Events from Space
There is a study being done to provide information about options for a borough in the unincorporated area encompassing Nenana and many villages in the interior. There are four borough options that have been set out as talking points.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-02 20:27:512013-06-02 20:27:51Nenana Borough and Taxes
After former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said no to the Race to the Top money it looks like Alaska may end up with the Common Core State Standards anyway.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-01 00:01:432013-06-01 00:01:43Alaska is Bringing Common Core Through the Back Door
Katie John, Athabascan Elder and famed plaintiff in the monumental court decision that restored subsistence fishing rights to the Alaska Native peoples, passed away on Friday. She was reportedly 97.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-06-01 00:00:142013-06-01 00:00:14Alaska Loses An Icon: Katie John Dead at 97
Tea party favorite Joe Miller won the Republican US Senate primary in 2010, but lost to GOP incumbent Lisa Murkowski’s write-in campaign. Now he’s back, exploring a challenge to Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in 2014.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-31 03:09:412013-05-31 03:09:41Joe Miller Moves Forward With Senate Bid, Appears on Cavuto (+video)
State emergency officials say more than 300 people have been evacuated out of Galena, or left on their own after Yukon River flooding hit the community hard.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-05-31 02:49:322013-05-31 02:49:32Waters Continue to Rise in Galena Flooding
Alaska’s Delegation Selling Out Alaskan Workers … Again (+video)
/5 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorThis past weekend, the Washington Examiner reported that some very questionable provisions were inserted into the amnesty bill “for Alaska.” Find out why here.
Troopers, Mounties Square Off in Shooting Competition in Palmer This Weekend
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Department of Public Safety Press ReleaseAlaska State Troopers will try to defend last year’s win over the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on home turf at the 53rd Annual International Police Shooting Competition taking place at the Palmer Shooting Range this weekend.
Day of Prayer to be Held across Interior Alaska
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by TCC Press ReleaseA resolution calling for a “Day of Prayer” as a time for prayer for the land, waterways, andimals, and people who use God’s creation on June 21st was passed in March of 2013 by the Tanana Chiefs Conference Full Board of Directors.
Troopers Use New Armored Vehicle to Arrest Homer Man Firing Pistol
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Homer News Staff WriterIn one of the first uses of one of three armored vehicles shipped to Alaska over the last several weeks, Troopers used the “BearCat” to help arrest a Homer man firing a pistol.
Mountain Rescue Ends Well (+video)
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Wolfgang KurtzA mountain rescue ends well after a distressed hiker on Mount Marathon called into City of Seward Dispatch via 911 this week and advised that “he was in a bad spot.”
Lisa Murkowksi, Quoting Reagan, Embraces Homosexual Marriage
/15 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by BURGESS EVERETTLisa Murkowski endorsed the right of gay couples to marry on Tuesday, joining Rob Portman and Mark Kirk as the third Republican senator to do so.
Months Later, Deafening Silence from Alaska State Government Regarding Investigation of Assault, Interference with Juneau Pro-Life Protest
/5 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Amy WalkerGovernor Parnell’s office made a statement that it would look into state resources being used against pro-lifers on April 2 and would make sure it didn’t happen again. Much to the shock, amazement, and frustration of the demonstrators, it did happen again the very next day. And now, no word on the promised investigation.
As Alaska Goes, So Goes America?
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Randall DeSotoMid-term elections are problematic for the party holding the Presidency; mid-term elections following scandals or highly divisive policy choices are particularly problematic.
Unusual Record-Setting Heat Wave Baking Alaska (+video)
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressA heat wave hitting Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of the 49th state, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven — or a tropical paradise.
Legislation Finalizing Sealaska Land Claims Advances in U.S. Senate
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Mary KauffmanThe Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act (S. 340) was approved Tuesday by the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by unanimous voice vote. The bill now heads to the Senate floor for consideration.
Murkowski, Rubio Join With Democrats to Kill Border Fence Amendment to Immigration Bill
/5 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Matthew BoyleRubio and his fellow Gang of Eight Republicans helped the Democrats kill an amendment from Sen. John Thune (R-SD) that would have required the double-tiered fence be built, as current law requires, before amnesty was granted to America’s at least 11 million illegal immigrants. The only other Republican to vote against the amendment was Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Alaska Makes Obama an Offer He Should, But Won’t Take
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Daniel V. KishWhen Reagan recommended in 1987 that Congress should reopen a small sliver of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil and gas exploration, it started an epic battle between those who believe more U.S. energy supplies make us more energetic and those who argue that we should not use or produce any more oil.
Alaska Man, 63, Charged With DUI on Shopping Cart
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Associated PressPolice arrested an Alaska man who they say was driving a motorized shopping cart while drunk and in possession of stolen cookies and cake mix.
An Open Letter to Governor Parnell Requesting Withdrawal from SBAC
/4 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Barbara Haney, Ph.D.In this open letter to the Governor, the author contends that the State of Alaska has implemented the Common Core Curriculum from the Race to the Top program.
Second Alaska Peninsula Volcano Erupting
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Yereth RosenThe second Alaska Peninsula volcano is now erupting on the Alaska Peninsula in the southwestern part of the state’s mainland.
Alaska Statewide Teleconference
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorEvery Sunday night in Alaska as the weekend comes to a close and to-do lists come back into focus, we jump on the telephone with like-minded people joining from all around the state. The Statewide Teleconference is an effort to facilitate a conversation on a variety of topics important to Alaskans with one goal in mind: restoration of The Rule of Law.
Man Killed in Bear Mauling in Interior Alaska
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressA 64-year-old Fairbanks man was mauled to death by a bear just a few miles from Joe and Kathleen’s Delta farm in Alaska’s Interior.
Statewide Silent March in Respect and Appreciation for Katie John
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Terrence ShaniganOn Saturday, June 8th, 2013 at 1:00pm in communities across Alaska, you are invited to remember a great Alaskan leader, Katie John. Click her for gathering points in rural and urban Alaska.
A Blast of a Find: 12 New Alaskan Volcanoes
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Becky OskinIn Alaska, scores of volcanoes and strange lava flows have escaped scrutiny for decades, shrouded by lush forests and hidden under bobbing coastlines.
Alaska May Events from Space
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorFollowing an April which was the coldest on record in many locations (including Fairbanks), May was a month with more record events, events that have a spectacular visual impact from space.
Nenana Borough and Taxes
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Lance RobertsThere is a study being done to provide information about options for a borough in the unincorporated area encompassing Nenana and many villages in the interior. There are four borough options that have been set out as talking points.
Alaska is Bringing Common Core Through the Back Door
/7 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Shane Vander HartAfter former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said no to the Race to the Top money it looks like Alaska may end up with the Common Core State Standards anyway.
Alaska Loses An Icon: Katie John Dead at 97
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorKatie John, Athabascan Elder and famed plaintiff in the monumental court decision that restored subsistence fishing rights to the Alaska Native peoples, passed away on Friday. She was reportedly 97.
Joe Miller Moves Forward With Senate Bid, Appears on Cavuto (+video)
/9 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Brad KnickerbockerTea party favorite Joe Miller won the Republican US Senate primary in 2010, but lost to GOP incumbent Lisa Murkowski’s write-in campaign. Now he’s back, exploring a challenge to Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in 2014.
Waters Continue to Rise in Galena Flooding
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Abby HancockState emergency officials say more than 300 people have been evacuated out of Galena, or left on their own after Yukon River flooding hit the community hard.