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FROM A PRESS RELEASE By ALLISON GATLIN Special to the Valley Press By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press GIRDWOOD, Alaska — Three skiers who had flown by helicopter to a remote mountain range were swept away by an avalanche and likely killed under the weight of snow nearly as deep as a 10-story building, Alaska State Troope
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Letters From Readers, Sept. 10, 2026
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (487+ words) Last month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott froze state funding for automated license plate readers, acknowledging concerns about the warrantless surveillance enabled by such AI-assisted cameras. Abbott took that step the day after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican, declared…...
Letters From Readers, Sept. 8, 2026
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (430+ words) Is there a way to stop the raises? OK, so how do we go about legally stopping the mayor, the city council and our state officials from being able to vote themselves raises? Do we have the power to do…...
Burnham risks Trump anger with new sanctions on Israel
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (213+ words) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham gestures to the rain Wednesday in London as he departs 10 Downing Street to attend his first Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is expected to ban trade…...
Selective about who takes office | Letters
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1135+ words) A few points to ponder: I found Skip Thacker’s recent letter interesting where he wrote: “As for the Bible and Mr. Donald Trump: God puts into office whom he wants. He doesn’t have to tell anyone why. Mr. Trump didn’t…...
Democracy is in the trash — and that’s a good thing
1+ week, 1+ day ago (689+ words) The future of democracy is in the trash. And that might be a very good thing. The essence of democracy is not elections — which tend to produce oligarchs and conflict — but, rather, self-government to solve community problems. And refuse, in…...
Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes,’ plays down war
1+ week, 1+ day ago (259+ words) A man walks past a wall mural of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday along a street in downtown of Tehran. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called the war in Iran “small potatoes,” the latest comment from a…...
Cardinal, nuns sue to block Illinois aid-in-dying law
1+ week, 1+ day ago (268+ words) Cardinal Blase Cupich helps to lead a procession on Feb. 18 around Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Melrose Park, Illinois, following an outdoor Ash Wednesday Mass. CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic archbishop, two orders of Catholic nuns and other plaintiffs filed…...
Rent control: It still doesn’t work, but they keep trying it
1+ week, 3+ day ago (552+ words) In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control. I said that would lead to bigger problems. My update video reveals what happened. St. Paul politicians pushed rent control, saying rent caps would stop “unfair profiteering.” But what…...
Letters from readers, Sept. 1, 2026
1+ week, 5+ day ago (320+ words) Mindset of wall has not died There was literally a wall running the length of Europe till it was dismantled about 1989. This wall plainly divided a free individualized and prosperous western Europe and a communist-controlled eastern half that was a…...
Court, in 5-4 vote, rules for Trump on ballroom
1+ week, 5+ day ago (465+ words) US President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside posters of his proposed White House ballroom amid construction at the White House on May 19 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump to finish…...