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Captain Horn’s encounter: Alaska Navy pilot shares his story of being chased by a UFO
I asked my back-seater, “Jim, are you seeing what I’m seeing?” He says “I sure as hell do!”
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Speaking out: Alaska seniors plan for big changes. Pt. 2 of 3.
The document is critically important for seniors in Alaska because it uniquely focuses on issues we care deeply about such as health, housing, financial security, personal safety, and quality of life.
Alaska seniors plan for big changes. Pt. 1 of 3.
In my experience you have not been able to find a book or even a website in the state of Alaska that comprehensively lays out the concerns, aspirations and plans for the future of Alaska seniors — but now you can.
Fine Dining or Food Poisoning?
Warning! After you read the inspection reports they may not be your favorite restaurants any more.
Here's a checklist for your retirement
What would you like to do when you retire? What is on your bucket list? How will you spend your time so that it gives you joy, pleasure and satisfaction?
Alaska Snags Corporate Evildoers
Typically Alaska teams up with dozens of other states to go after these board room bad guys, resulting in aggregate settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
Study finds scrapping pensions was a bad idea
What was the worst piece of legislation enacted in Alaska in the last quarter century? Well, OK, there have been some doozies. However, I would suggest that it was legislation enacted in 2005 that destroyed the traditional pension plan for teachers and public employees...
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Unfriendly skies: The extraordinary flight of JAL 1628, Alaska’s best known UFO encounter
Three UFOs played tag with Japan Air Lines (JAL) cargo flight 1628 for 50 minutes while they were visually observed by a sometimes terrified flight crew.
Alaska joins lawsuit against generic drug manufacturers
We often think of people who espouse “conspiracy theories” involving the machinations of huge multinational firms as a bit unhinged, gullible or misinformed. Not this time.
Senior exemptions for local sales taxes
These Alaska boroughs and cities offer a break.
Trade war and the cost of health care
Why has the cost of health care risen so dramatically in the United States during the last few decades? Could be mergers, buyout, and concentration of ownership in the industry world-wide – a new version of the old robber barons.
Will you be financially secure after retirement?
Ah, retirement – the “golden years.” Visions of fit youngish-looking seniors cavorting on a white-sands beach. Beautiful perfect-teeth smiles glowing on their faces, palm trees swaying in the breeze...